19mo can still only say dada

[Queazy]

Is this normal?! I'm pretty sure my DD could say quite a few more words, but no real idea what's 'normal'. He started walking around 6 weeks ago, still wobbly but getting there :) Maybe he's been concentrating on that! xx

Same boat here. I have a late walker too (at 18 months) who barely talks.
she had maybe 30 words at 19 and 1/2 months but been showing no progress with her speech
lately.

We went to her GP who said she's fine (he thinks I'm crazy). SALT will only take her
if she hits 2 yo with less than 50 words. At 18 months, they expect 10 to 15 words.

That said, some toddler seem to be very quiet till late and have a word explosion closer to two.

Me personnaly, i would not be worried if she "only" had a speech delay. It's the speech AND gross motor delay that
make me fret.

In your case,if he's doing well with his receptive language, he should be fine. Does he understand a lot of what you say?
Can he follow commands ? Does he point to body parts, pictures in books ect. ?

If he does, odds are he only has an expressive delay.

With DD, receptive language is also a hit or miss. I don't know what part of it his her having an issue and what part is
simple toddler stubborness :(

Thanks so much for responding. He does seem to understand most of what I say, and it sounds mad but I was excited that he recognised the word 'duck' today. He's noticeably behind my dd, who wasn't a fast developer at all, and I've only noticed very recently. He's been at nursery since 10mo, and I thought that might have made his speech develop faster, but still not saying anything. He's only said mama a few times too. Mmm, maybe I need to just sit tight for a couple of months and see. I'm not concerned, it's still at the curiosity stage, but I just wanted to ask people like you rather than do a google search that makes me anxious!!

Thanks so much!