Hello all
Just posting a new thread in the hope that I am worrying about nothing!
DS is 25 months. He's been speaking single words with the odd linked word for about 4-6 months. He had a fairly strong set of words (digger, ta, please, grandad, see-you-later, please, juice, cheese, do that, do this), probably about 40 or so words (although not a brilliant speaker compared to his peers as he is learning 2 languages - his DH is not english and this second language is not as strong as his English. He can say only a couple of words but understands his DH completely).
He's always struggled with change - if we go away on holiday his behaviour on return is diabolical almost as a way of punishing us for taking him away from his comfort zone but comes back round in about a week or two.
Anyway I'll stop gabbling. We went away in the UK at the end of April to visit friends he's very shy so didn't speak much at all while away (which is expected) and since we have returned his speech seems to have gone. He can still say words but doesn't offer them at all anymore. He will still ask for juice 'juice' and 'ta' when he wants you to take something and if you make him say please he will but the response to conversation (yes, no) and the speaking off his own bat (seeing a building site and saying 'digger' or just merrily gabbling to himself, calling grandad to come and play or baba to take him outside) has completely gone. Instead he is making humming noises or car noises when he plays (his grandad taught him that last week which is a joy as it comes with ten ton of spit when he does it!)
I am really worried about this as all of his peers are progressing really well and he seems to be going backwards with a confident vocab of 40 words to 2 and some noises!
He has a check up next week and I'm wondering if I should bring it up as something to worry about or whether I need to wait it out a bit more to see if it comes back...
Any thoughts welcome..