20 month old not talking

[LaraNotCroft22]

Hi all.

I have a ds who is bright and understands everything I say, but doesn't talk yet. We get a bit of 'yeah yeah yeah' 'mum mum mum' and he tries to say dog, but that's about it.

Starting to wonder if he should be talking more by now or if it's normal? He's always been very chilled out and like a I said before I know he understands an awful lot.

He claps/waves and blows kisses etc but only fairly recently.

Anyone had similar or should I be concerned?

Thank you :-)

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I think you need to ask HV for a referral for SALT assessment or see if there are drop in sessions locally. There are often long waiting lists for treatment, you might find his expressive language suddenly catches up with receptive (understood) language in the meantime, but if not, you are 'in the system'.

If it's any consolation, apparently I didn't start talking until after my second birthday - and then I went straight onto sentences!
I'm now an English teacher

My 20 month is very similar. Has a few words and understands an awful lot. He also babbles a lot and sounds like he's talking but actual words very slow. I keep wondering whether to call HV!

Thank you for the comments. I think I will mention it to the Gp when next in, just to get their opinion.

The range of normal at this age is huge. My DD is 20 months too and has about 50 words, which she is just starting to put together in 2-3 word sentences. My MIL is convinced she is behind as apparently DH spoke in full sentences at 14 months! There is such a wide range and eventually they all get there! It wouldn't hurt to speak to your GP or HV though, as a pp says there's a long waiting list for intervention so it would make sense to get on the list. If things change in the meantime then you don't have to go!

I went to HV with same concern and was told they'd expect 50 words by 2.5 years. My 20 month old is only just saying a bit more now but is still very minimal so I wouldn't panic yet

Op he sounds just like my Ds who is now 22months. I've found he has improved a lot over the last couple of weeks it seems to kind of click. I have 4 dc and they have all started talking at different ages, one had amazing speech by 18 months, Ds is a little slower but has really good physical skills. I know it's hard but try not to worry and I would ignore that quiz it's utter shite

Sounds just like mine. He is DC3 and the other two were only fractionally ahead at the same age but were indistinguishable from any other child soon after their second birthdays so I'm not worrying yet.

If he understands well and is trying then I wouldn't panic yet. That said, SALT referrals can be very slow so it might be worth getting on the waiting list just in case. Your GP or HV would be a good first port of call

Thanks guys.

He definitely understands a lot and answers yes or no by shaking it nodding his head. I'm hoping it will click soon, he's never been particularly noisy so I'm hoping he's just being lazy!

He's doing very well physically, jumping/climbing etc so fingers crossed the speech will catch up.

Talking point is the website for Ican, a speech and language charity recommended by SALTs buttwing but hey, what would they know?

DS is 21 months. Can't run, jump or climb but has suddenly picked up lots of words. One of his friends is 2 weeks younger. Great at physical things but only about 3 words. They all develop differently.
IFt your DS understands that means that he can hear and will probably catch up soon.