2years, 4months old is still not talking

[Vickyyeboah]

My baby girl is 2yrs4months old but not talking. Let me list the things she does. -she can point to what she wants - can say “I want water” something she learnt from ms Rachel, say Byebye with waving, blow kisses - know her abc, counting, colors. -sing rhymes with actions -she turns when I call her name. -knows her younger brother’s name and sometimes refer to him as baby. - mentions names of object she knows when she sees them like egg, monkey, apple, orange, star She understands when I say she should come, eat , her shoes. She is eating and satisfied, she just shake her head no; meaning she is not taking a bite again. She point and say meat when eating. But She can’t answer a yes or no question, not potty trained, doesn’t answer simple questions like; where?how are you?, what is???she sometimes repeat phrase from her favorite shows. Doesn’t say mama or dada. But randomly says them but not to us. Sometimes I feel like I have failed her as a mom.

I know it's not the answer you want but as a mum of one who p a bit slow to talk, and has just turned 2, I would say it sounds like yours is talking quite a bit!

Does she have a different name for you and her father? How does she call you?

i guess I’d expect at her age that she would have some form of way of getting your attention (doesn’t have to be mummy and daddy, but something consistent).

She is shaking her head for no, and pointing when she wants something. Maybe when she does this say the words so she attaches then to the meaning.

Asking a two year old “how are you?” Is a big question as it ties into a number of things in terms of understanding their emotions, expressing those emotions, thinking about this because someone has asked them to.. it seems quite straight forward to us but it’s not to a small child. I know many 2-3 year olds with very advanced speaking ability who would struggle to answer this question without repeating a stock phrase that doesn’t actually reflect how they feel. Some children aren’t ready for potty training until they are closer to 3 and that’s normal.

I think the key things are she is communicating her needs to you and she is interacting with you ❤️ I definitely would not say from what you described that she is not speaking. Give it a few months - my son had a huge language leap at around this age. He is a few months off being 3 and still does not often answer “yes” to a question, he does it in his own way e.g. I say do you want toast? And he will say “I want toast” or “toast please” so we just tell him you just say “yes please” and he will repeat it. My son also only does two way conversation when it interests him, I’ve spoken to our nursery lead and the SEN lead who have all said he is developing amazingly and they have no concerns 👍