to get your advice on my sons speech

[Nooneyouwilleverknow]

My son is 2y9month and knows quite alot of words but he is not really speaking fluently.

So for example he will say "mummy. need. a. driiiink" so every word is seperate if you see what i mean. Alot of words he has he cannot pronounce properly which at his age i wouldnt expect but im the only one who understands 90% of what he says. I try and speak skowly to him and try and break things down he really trys but its like hes mouth wont do it.

AIBU to think maybe i need to speak to HV or am i over reacting?

Hmm, just realised that was going on for DS1 when he had undiagnosed glue ear.... Never made the connection because he spoke fairly early
He's 16 now

Sorry to chip in flippantly, but talk of Speech Therapy always reminds me of taking DS1 to see nice Mrs Bottomly (and trying to avoid calling her Mrs Bumly) as he had trouble with his 'Ss' . DS2 accompanied us and when we got to 'sausages' he intervened to say 'In our house we call sausages penises and sometimes we pretend to take Daddy's out and cook it" .
On previous visits Mrs B had been asking DH about sending her DCs to the Grammar school where he then taught. She didn't mention it again.

Speech therapy is catastrophically difficult to get so if you think you may need it start trying now !

My ds 21 speech at that age was unintelligible. I was watching videos of him the other day and although there were lots of words and sentences, most of the words were very unclear. TBH at the time i didn't realize how bad it was. He did get referred to a speech therapy and saw a speech therapist he had a few weeksgroup therapy for c and t ( ie tat instead of cat) and also a problem with f and s which we worked on by mirroring ie if he said "thats a nice tat" say the sentence back pronounced correctly ie "yes that is a nice cat" with the emphasis on "cat"
by the time he was 5 he was a year ahead with vocabulary and had an adult level of grammar comprehension and speech was and is very clear.
He is dyslexic mainly affecting spelling and his english teacher said that his spelling is usually what he would associated with someone who doesnt speak very well, but said ds speech was excellent.

I would self-refer to SALT. Some areas have drop-in clinics, mine doesn't, but it does have an online self-referral system. As PP have said, It is also a good idea to request hearing test too.

TalkingPoint is a useful website for speech development information.

DS2 accompanied us and when we got to 'sausages' he intervened to say 'In our house we call sausages penises and sometimes we pretend to take Daddy's out and cook it"

Stoppit!

Now my keyboard is covered in tea

TrickyD

I'd definitely take him to HV and get referred to the speech therapist. The sooner the better.
My DCs both had hearing problems (glue ear) and delayed speech. With DD, I didn't notice as I knew what she wanted without her taking! But she was booked in for grommets a few months of her 2 yr check.
(Top tip - never say you're not worried to the HV - sometimes the parent just doesn't know!)

DS2 didn't say a word until his third birthday, they were about to refer him to speech therapy and he suddenly started talking in sentences

Altiara and 2kids, DS1 has mastered "S", and DS2 has broadened his culinary activities.

Just as well, they are now 45 and 44

Where I live (England) there is a drop in speech and language clinic once a month - no referral needed, you just take your child along if you think they might have a problem (DD's nursery suggested we take her until they realised they thought she was a year older than she is). Have you checked if you have anything similar locally?