DS 19 mths and lack of talking

[pucca]

Ds is 19 mths, and although he does animal sounds, and does try to say a couple of words he is not saying much at all.

I know i shouldn't compare to my dd (4 yo) but she was such a good talker at this age, is it quite normal for boys to be late in talking?

I think it varies greatly form child to child. My daughter has a severe speech disorder which she is recieving speech therapy for. She is 3 and has only been diagnosed a few weeks. She knows a great deal of speech and her knowledge of speech is advanced but she can't make the sounds correctly and so no one can understand her inc me a lot of the time. My advice would be to use your instincts rather than compare the two. If you think there may be a problem then let your HV know. He might be a slow starter. Everyone told me that she'd be fine etc so I ignored my instincts wanting to believe them and found that she does have a severe problem with speech.
The SALT said that she runs a group for younger children of 18 months+ so that she can informally assess them and have fun doing group activities together that helps their speech. I would be worth talking to your H.V about it if you're worried.

I think it is a tendency and my speech therapist friend says her case load is biased towards boys...my ds was late on talking started catching up from when he was 3. At around 19 months he said 'da' for most things.

I have dd (4) and 18m old dd

dd1 was saying loads more at 18m than dd2 is now.

Like your ds, she does animal sounds and now seems to be saying more words, but this honestly has been only in the last week or so.

She understands us though, and is pretty good at making herself understood in her own unique way

a friend of mine was really worried about her DS who wasnt talking at age 2. he just babbled and pointed to things. she took him to see the HV who referred him to a speech therapist and it turns out that aswell as being a late starter he also needed a little bit of support and extra teaching and now you cant shut him up he is 3 now and says most things including coherent sentences worth speaking to your GP or HV if you are concerned
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Ds didn't really talk until 2 1/2, and he was referred to a speech therapist. When he got older (6 and 7) he made up for lost time, and never ever shut up. However he was later diagnosed as dyslexic, and this was later cited as one of the reasons for late speech development

Dd is talking in sentences at 19 months. Girls aquire language much faster than boys.......

My DS is 20 months old and has a vocab of about 20 words but most of this are only understandable to me and DH - very few of them make any sense at all (for example 'ga' for again, dogs go 'awoof').

It does concern me a little but he clearly understands so much more and learns things so quickly that I am trying to relax about it and hope it improves in time.

Thanks everyone, i am not overly worried as he most definately understands alot

Its just such a difference between both dd and ds.

Ds2 is 22 months, and his speech is severely lacking! He only started walking at 20.5 months, so I think he is just a 'late starter'.

He can say;

Du - duck
Adeh - again
Dada - Daddy
Baba - Ali Baba (figure that one, he can't say Mummy, but Ali Baba is ok)
Dadu - Daniel
sooooooose - shoes
shesh - yes
nununununu - no
ors - horse
dehdeedehdeedo - ready steady go
bubu - bubbles

probably a few others but that's about it.

Dd at this age was telling me that 'her favourite composer is Rachmaninov, but she also liked Prokofiev'. I'm not joking...

lol at your dd torty

I cant remember a time when ds2 (now 4) couldnt speak clearly, it seems he has always done so, but dd2 is 18m and can copy several words when she wants to, but will not do so when prompted,bye bye is the only word she says spontaneously, also no animal noises from her whereas ds2 could imitate our hens and sheep perfectly at this age, Im not worried though, I love the way they are all unique individuals

She is ever so slightly scary enid! Whereas ds2 is not scary, but very cute!

I should add that ds2 can sing Stop the Pigeon perfectly...

Doh doh doh-doh, doh doh doh-doh Dooooooooow....

pucca, my dd is the same as your ds at 19 months. At the 2 year check (at 2.3 months), I asked to see a SALT. But then her speech started to take off soon after and so I did not bother with the SALT. Dd is now 4.7 and as far as I can see, caught up with her mates.

Dd's cousin was 3 months' older and speaking in 2 words or more sentence combinations at just past one year. The difference was so stark. They do develop at their own pace.

pucca, my DS didn't utter a word until after his second birthday. As worrying as it was at the time it hasn't affected him and he talks non-stop now, at 5

Some children talk earler than others, perhaps all his energy is going into developing other areas at the moment? My DS was more intersted in developing his gross motor skills at that age than his linguistic skills...