My little boy is 13 month on the 19th and he's not saying any words at all it will sound as if he says mam every now and then and sometimes sound like he's he's saying mamamam when he's crying and kicking of I have spoke 2 my health visitor an she said that as long as he's got quite tuneful babbling then not to worry but I can't help but worry I always talk 2 him and repeat words 2 him before I give him it like dummy or juice or ball and things like that if I tell him to pass me the ball he will I always tell him what I'm doing I always sing to him before he goes to sleep and the past week have started reading him a story before he goes to bed as well but is there anything else I can do to try and encourage him to say some words? He's getting close to walking he can take 2 or 3 steps on his own steps on his own then will quickly grab hold of something has been doing that nearly 2 weeks how long do you think it will be before he's walking on his own?