Hi all,
Just come back from HV assessment and very worried about my son. He’s not ‘bad’
Enough to be referred for speech therapy as he signs and communicates through gestures and pointing but he is not saying or attempting a single word.
He seems so with it in every other way but doesn’t not want to even to try to
Make an animal noise yet will happily do the signs.
It’s great he has signs and that he can communicate in his own way but I do worry as each month goes by and still no words that it’ll be so hard to ever catch up and therefore affect him socially and emotionally.
I’m also worried there may be another condition like axpraxia or selective mutism…. But it’s so hard to tell at this early age.
Anyone else have a child who simply didn’t say any words at all at this age.
He also can be very shy in front of other people, likes to take his time with stuff, can be sensitive to loud, sudden sounds such a laughing and screams a high pitched shriek if this happens.
When we go to playgroups and classes he enjoys interacting with other kids in his own way and focusses well on any of the activities, copying any of the physical actions etc… he also starting to enjoy imaginary play