2yo not talking

[summerlover3]

Looking for advice from anyone who may have experienced something similar.
2 year old ds still isn't talking. He has hit his other milestones such as walking/fine motor skills ect. When he was 12 months he started saying 'dada' and about 6 months ago started to say 'nanny' and 'where gone' but now has stopped saying these things.
He has been referred to paediatrics but now I'm worrying about other things and don't know if it's just because I'm looking for the issues now. For example he hits and throws things at people a lot, if I tell him off he either stares at me blankly or laughs. He also won't really sit and play with toys.
Has anyone had similar experiences and it just turned out to be a speech delay? Or if it turned out to be something else, what was it?

Oh sorry, just saw he is under speech therapy which is good. My dc saw the educational psychologist and a paediatrician and was diagnosed with speech dyspraxia. I know the wait feels like forever but hopefully he will get the help he may need.

If you ask them to get a drink, coat or their shoes - can they do this? Can they retrieve a favourite book?

@Notanotherhun

If you ask them to get a drink, coat or their shoes - can they do this? Can they retrieve a favourite book?

Not really. If I ask him to get his cup he sometimes will but doesn't seem to understand anything else

Is that because he’s waiting for you to do it? Or does he just not understand?
Try and step back and consider ways which he could become more independent that are achievable e.g. getting his cup, getting his coat when about to go out.

Not really. If I ask him to get his cup he sometimes will but doesn't seem to understand anything else

What is his comprehension like?

If you play can you ask him to move the dinosaur, give you the block. When you read can you ask him where is the duck etc?
If you say- "oh look a digger/bus outside" will he join you in looking out the window?

I would try not to worry, my son was a slow talker, but he soon caught up. I remember feeling the same as you as the nursery teacher worried me to.death by her comments. He did well at school and now has a good job so.certainly wasn't disadvantaged by it.

@speakout

Not really. If I ask him to get his cup he sometimes will but doesn't seem to understand anything else

What is his comprehension like?

If you play can you ask him to move the dinosaur, give you the block. When you read can you ask him where is the duck etc?
If you say- "oh look a digger/bus outside" will he join you in looking out the window?

If I say something like 'let's get your shoes on' he will run to sit down so I can put them on. But if we are reading a book and I ask him to point to something he won't. If I asked him to pass me a toy that was in his hand, he normally will but if I asked him to pass me a toy that was next to him on the floor he wouldn't. With pointing, generally 8/10 times he won't follow where I am pointing

@Moonface123

I would try not to worry, my son was a slow talker, but he soon caught up. I remember feeling the same as you as the nursery teacher worried me to.death by her comments. He did well at school and now has a good job so.certainly wasn't disadvantaged by it.

Thank you for your comment, I definitely hope this is the case and he starts talking soon!

Sorry should have said I am the OP I just had to change my username

My son didn’t speak until he was 4. Now he never shuts up

It sounds like mild autism, good thing you are on a wait list. Early intervention is really important as they offer lots of support. I went through it with my son, and sometimes they catch up to their peers.

OP I know it must be a worry- development often does doesn't happen in the straight lines we expect.
It is important to get an assessement and any support if required.

Both my children were very late talkers.
My DS was 3 before he said his first word, but caught up quickly and excelled at school.
My DD was 3 and a half before she even said Mama.
Needed a lot of speech and language therapy all the way through primary school, ended up being head girl at her secondary, and is about to graduate as a paediatric nurse this year. Now a very eloquent and verbal young woman.

I'm so relieved to find this thread, tying myself up in knots over here 😣 I was fine until my DS had his 16 month review and as he's not saying any words he's 'behind' apparently and I've been worrying ever since. I keep rationalising it and then going off on the mum guilt train again. Trying to over compensate and keep thinking I've let him down in some way. His whole life has basically been just us at home all the time and now he's expected to recite the alphabet?! What the...

@speakout

OP I know it must be a worry- development often does doesn't happen in the straight lines we expect. It is important to get an assessement and any support if required.

Both my children were very late talkers.
My DS was 3 before he said his first word, but caught up quickly and excelled at school.
My DD was 3 and a half before she even said Mama.
Needed a lot of speech and language therapy all the way through primary school, ended up being head girl at her secondary, and is about to graduate as a paediatric nurse this year. Now a very eloquent and verbal young woman.

You've saved my sanity and must be so proud of your DC xx