So my son will be 2 in 9 days and we have about 3 clear words and lots of babbling.
Words I understand and he uses in context are Mama, Dadda and yeah. That's it! Lots of babbling and da-da-do-do, acka-baba etc.
On the plus side he has good comprehension. Goes and gets his car, ball, Iggle Piggle toy, Peter Rabbit toy when requested. Gives things to other people when asked, ie take this to Daddy please. Knows his body parts and we are learning colours at the moment - currently knows blue and green.
Has no interest in repetition. I will ask him to repeat something and he will throw himself on the floor and scream. So I try not to badger him and make sure I keep talking to him and telling him numbers and what things are.
He goes to crèche four mornings a week and mixes with children up yo the age of 4/5. He loves kids so I think this is a definite positive, not sure it's making any difference to communication skills though.
I've talked to through with my HV on the phone and she is going to assess him in January with a view to recommending we oh to a local drop in speech place if there has been no improvement.
I used to feel somewhat heartened by the fact that my sisters toe boys didn't speak until after the age of two, however one of them has now been diagnosed with SEN/possible autism and I'm now looking at this in a slightly different way.
Thank you.
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