Just turned 2 and not talking

[Tentacles]

My cousins ds was 2 last week and is not yet talking. He says mummy and daddy but that's about it. He is being referred to salt but there is a 6 month wait.
I recall Tanya b on house of tiny tear aways that they sometimes start to talk more when they are at their most comfortable and confident.
Any body out there who can help and advise her?

DS hardly talked at all at 2.

He is now 2.9 and talks nine to the dozen (full sentences and uses quite advanced/appropriate vocab).

I don't think it's that unusual - I believe, that boys are especially late talkers.

I know he points out things he wants, but don't know if its a finger point or a hand waved in that general direction.

My dd will be two in two weeks and she doesn't talk yet.

I'm not too worried as her non-verbal com is very good and she is also developing normally in othe areas.

I thnk it's because I never used motherese with her, so she neve picked up single words. I think once she starts she'll speak in phrases rather than words. We'll see.

I'm not sure Dinosaur. I've only just found out really last night and spoke to my auntie & cousin about it.
I don't think I'll be able to get up north a see them for a while as we don't have transport.

my dd is nearly two and doesn't say very much - though she communicates very well, through grunts, sighs and pointing.

it's only recently that she's started to hum/sing to herself, so i expect that talking is not too far away.

but, she can climb, swing, run, draw etc, so maybe she's got more things on her mind than words?!

My ds is 2.6 he says about 10 words the rest of the time he uses signs which he made up himself. I understand him all the time but he starts playschool soon and i hate the thought of him not being understood.The rest of his development is excellent.

My DS1 barely said a word at 2, turns out he was very shy. As soon as Ds2 arrived and he had to compete for attention (at 2) he started to talk more, but not much outside of the house. When he was potty trained at 2 1/4 he suddenly got so much more confident and now (3 1/4) I wish he would have some "quiet time" more often!

I wouldn't worry, truly.

Forgive me as I haven't read this thread right through to the end but just wnated to give you some reassurance as I am going through the same thing right now.

My DD1 is nearly 5 now but when she turned 2 she couldn't say anything at all. By the time she celebrated her 3rd birthday she was talking in full blown conversations!! She was talking every bit as much as those around her including the ones who were talking loads at the age of 2. She caught up with in the space of a year no problem, she has just been storing it all in her head!

Now I am going through the same thing again with my DS1 who was 2 two weeks ago and yet again says very little. I am so much more relaxed as I know he will pick it up when he is ready. Someone mentioned at the top that their lo is talking loads but their gross motor skills weren't that great, this is very true. Most kids work on one or other and then tackle the other when they are ready. This is very true of my DS1, his motor skills are fab, he crawled, walked, jumped you name it very early!! Now we are waiting for him to take the next step in his development which he will do in his own time.

Please try not to worry and have faith in the abilities of your cousin's lo, he's just chillin' til he fancies joining in with you all HTH,xxx

Hi

i didn't speak until after i started school. i said a few words up until then but that was all. Mum took me to specialists who said there was nothing wrong, and she just had to hang in there. And finally one day when there was no-one around to speak for me i had to speak. i can remember being able to read before i could speak.

Sophus

Last week there was a thread very similiar to this one where I posted the following about my niece.

She was exactly the same as all the other children that have been mentioned. Until the age of 30 months she would only say the odd word mum, dad etc but developed her own version of sign language to compensate this was cute and sometimes very funny but also very worrying. Then one day out of the blue she decided to talk not odd words but full sentences now her speech is very advanced if you could only hear her you would think she was 4 or 5 (she turned 3 in April).

On reflection there were many reasons for this, she does have a dummy, she has a 6 year old sister who can talk for England, we gave in to her sign language and didn't get her to say what she wanted. Also I read that some children do not speak until they can form sentences so skipping the one/odd word phase.

She is strong willed and independent, she has been the same with potty training not doing it until she was ready and wanted to.

I also have and would recommended the I CAN Chatter Matters DVD

I wish your cousin all the best hopefully he will be talking soon. I'm sure letting him take his time and not stressing about it is easier said than done, good luck.

It might be worth suggesting your cousin gets his hearing checked, as a friend who used to be a special needs teacher told me that the most common cause of delayed speech is apparently glue ear - i.e. temporary deafness caused by ear infections.

But this is only one possibility - don't want to make you worry.

my son is 3.2 and has glue ear. he didn't say anything at 2 and at 3 is just starting to put 3 words together and says individual words ie pointing out things and naming things repeatedly until i repeat him!
was worried for a while, but SALT says nothing wrong (apart from glue ear), but they are baffled because his pronounciation is perfect, whereas kids with glue ear usually talk muffled.

I am not worried at all, it will come in its own time. His playschool have remarked on how bright he is, ie they have had to make his counting book up to 20 instead of 10 that is usual apparently, he knows his alphabet etc etc and has a very good memory.

he walked at 10 months and his gross motor skills are scarily advanced.

please don't worry it will be fine!

Tentacles - just a word of caution - I may be barking up the wrong tree but it might be better not to lead the conversation on this with your cousintoo much.

If you bring it up too much rather than her she might get upset - she probably realises that her ds isn't as talkative as some at 2.

I don't know, my ds isn't super talkative yet but if relatives start going on about it it just makes it into more of an issue than I feel it is and I get all sensitive about it!

Hope you don't mind me saying that - and maybe it is your cousin who has mentioned it to you anyway given she has been referred to a SALT.

Hello all

I have two DS one 3 and a bit the other 2 and a bit. The 3 year old talks the head off anyone. My baby Ds at 2 and a bit says a few words and can sing bits but on the whole doesnt talk. I notice that he started doing things i had never seen other children do, like lining up objects so in line and getting so so upset if these were not prefect. He also groups items and hates for things to be mixed up. He screams so loud it could break glass and this can be out of happiness or Frustration. My older DS loses his Patience with my younger son as playing with him and getting him to communicate is difficult. My baby son is so loving and happy smiling the biggest smile ever, but I feel his frustration and I think a lot about what he is thinking, what he needs and wants from me. He has been sent to have a hearing test which came back fine and tomorrow we have an appointment with Acorns a centre that is designed to provide assessment and early years education for young children with special needs. Tomorrow I maybe one step closer to communicating with my baby boy, or maybe somehow joining his little world he seems to live in for the most part. A dream that I am holding onto with both hands.

toria x

Spooky, there I was sitting alone on the sofa (DH away) getting myself into a gentle tizzy about DS1 lack of speech development, decide to go to Mumsnet and there on the home page a thread on speech development!

DS1 is 2.5 and only says a few words and those with mostly poor pronounciation, e.g 'gulk' = 'milk", "ooda" = "water". Reassured to read all the tales of children who have gone from little to lots of language all of a sudden as I think it is going in as once in a while he'll come out with a new word which we haven't 'pushed' at all.

Think I will call the health visitor tomorrow to talk through with her though just to make sure.

Just need F-in-law to stop suggesting that he's backwards (neice at just 5 months older is a linguistic genius to add salt to my wounds) and all will be well!

my son is 2.3 has very smal vocab but understands everything and will do as asked so no problems with hearing or understanding
he is very advanced in other areas he can do puzzles meant for a 3 yr old physically is capable of alot and is very independant doc feels this is why he has felt no need to speak as he woul dmuch rather do it himself he'll unscrew a bottle of drink have some put lid back on and then put it away he was doing this before 2 he is now potty training and as he cant ask has been taking himself since day 2 of training so i have advantages too i dont worry to mu ch for speech he does try to say more things but will clam up if i ask hiom so i dont push him he tries to say more in song so we sing alot he will have speech theropy but she thinks in 6 mths he would of caught up as he has learnt to do other things first that 2 yr olds and more are still trying to do he has to lack in something and it was speech but he is happy and we enjoy learning i just dont get frystrated now i thought i was only one but since looking on internet many mums are in the same situation