22 month old says only the first syllable of the words! Help!

[Hopitihop]

Hi All,

My DC1, soon to be 2 years old, was a bit speech delayed forever but she is now starting to gain new words. She is not yet at the stage of combining words together.

My worry is that all of the words are one-syllable words like car, more, up, shoe etc.

Or she would only say the first syllable of longer words like da for dinosaur, ca for carrot, mi for milk, poo for spoon, ba for bus etc.

She has gained around 40 words and all of them are like this.

Strangers wouldn't be able to understand what she means when she says these words...

Sometimes I am even puzzled because for example she uses the same sound for many words. For example ba is ball and bus, ca is car and cat etc.

Is this all normal and just a stage or is it an indication of a bigger issue that a speech therapist would help her sort this out?

In all other areas she is developing well and her understanding/receptive language is where it should be for her age.

It's only the expressive language that worries me...

I think only saying part of a word when they first starting talking is pretty standard, and yes, it does mean quite a few words all sound the same! My DD called her father Da instead of Dada/Daddy at that stage, and he was quite disappointed when 'duck' and 'done' got added to her vocabulary as they sounded pretty much the same, and she said them a lot more than she said daddy (all birds were ducks for a while, and she was bird-obsessed).

I think starting to put two words together is something they look for around 2 years or 2 years and a few months, which is quite a long time yet in the life of a toddler.

@skkyelark Thank you! That's positive! How is your DC speaking at the moment? Did you ever consult a speech therapist about that or did it resolve on it's own?

Mine hasn't started combining words yet, and I know she has a couple of months left before turning 2 to do it. However, I know her peers are having small dialogs, singing happy birthday fluently and this worries me...
I know I shouldn't compare but it's hard not to :(

Mine (same age) has only a couple of 2 syllable words, and uses the same word for a few things. I have no concerns. Talk often and especially when you do a task. It will come. Don’t worry until 3. Or you can share concerns with your HV.

We didn't see a speech therapist, and it just sorted itself out with a bit more practice. DD wasn't actually late to speak, though – I just meant to say that I think what your DD is doing is a very common stage whatever their age when the words actually start to come. You might find this guide helpful – they've got a nice chart at the end of what are normal childhood mispronunciations and when the pronunciation itself starts to warrant extra help: www.ghc.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/CLST-When_Children_Learn_Sounds.pdf

I think it's particularly easy to worry about speech because normal seems to be such a huge range, and it's such an obvious change from baby to small child. If her understanding is good, and she's got 40 words that she can use to tell you want she wants/things she's seeing/etc., then to me she sounds within the normal range for 22 months.

@Hopitihop in which month ur baby started to say full syllable word? Nd in which months started to question .do you want to go , do you hungry like these question nd replying yes or no?