I’m worried about my son’s speech as he seems to be behind when compared to other infants his age...
He can say:
(the words in brackets are how he pronounces them if he says them different to how the word correctly sounds)
Mama
Dada
Quack quack
Bath (bah)
Cat (cah)
Ball
Book
Teeth
Shoes
Bye
Bear (beh)
Bird (burr)
Car (darr)
And that’s about it.
He hums/sounds along to songs that he recognises and to theme tunes to recognises of cartoon programmes my 4 year old watches.
His understanding is good, I have no concerns with that.
He babbles all the time, he is never quiet but I’m worried that he should be saying more? Shouldn’t he be saying basic words like hello or milk etc? He doesn’t even attempt to say his brother’s name.
He is also a picky eater and someone told me that fussy eating and poor speech can be signs of lip ties but also signs of autism?!
I’m now worrying about it even more than I was and thinking about contacting HV/GP/Dentist etc whereas my husband thinks I’m completely overreacting.
Would you be worried?