We wnt to aidens' 15 month check up and his doctor had asked if aiden is speaking three full words yet and he isnt she said that by his 18 month check up if he isnt speaking full words she will suggest speech therapy. Aiden understands wheni ask him to do something (lets throw away you diaper or lets cleanup) but all he says is ba (for anything that starts with a b and da for drink and dada otherwise he points and whines or screams. Should i be worried about this or is aiden just taking his time to talk??? I dont talk to aiden like he is a baby (goo goo gaga and that bullcrap) i talk to him like he is a big boy and i work with him on the sounds each letter makes and i spell out words to him and i read alot to him. What should he and i do about getting him to say full words????
Nothing!!!! My son's only word at 18 months was "doggie", he started saying "mama" and "dada" and other words about 22 months. Now he is 27 months old and he speaks in full sentances. Oh yea and do you guys do baby signs? My son wouldn't even sign (even though we had been teaching them to him since birth) until around 18-20 months. Now he still signs some words, but most words he has replaced with a spoken word. But signs can help you guys communicate until the spoken words start picking up.
DONT SWEAT IT !!! skylies 18 months and has just started to say 'B' words with no ending sounds~like ba for bag, and bea for bear...in adition to a few other simple words like mama, dada, juice, animal sounds, hello, and bye. mama and dada have been for a while, but the other came within days of eachother.. i try to encourage her to say words and sounds, b/c i too panicked a little, but she must have heard me saying i was worried bc she suddenly started making some really noticable strides....she understands EVERYTHING! so i stopped worrying~ and you should too. baby signs are great we used a few, and she still signs 'more' all the time.
"more" is a sign Danny still uses too! He uses it frantically! Like if he LOVES something he's eating, he'll go crazy signing more at top speeds! Its so funny to watch. He loves corn on the cob so much (he calls it "bob" LOL) and tonight he at an entire ear of corn and when he was done he was signing "more more more more more" until we ggave him ANOTHER one! He also still signs "please" and "thank you", but when he does "thank you" he does it on who ever he is saying thank you to's chin! its pretty funny.
I wouldn't worry too much if I were you. I think all kids are different. Plus little boys don't take the time to stop playing and being curious! My cousin's little boy didn't really say much until he was just about three. By then it was a little annoying...But it seemed like overnight he starting talking and wouldn't stop. He has a very minor speech impediment now.. he adds (sh) to s words. He asks to "shit down" rather than "sit down". We all think its funny, but he gets frustrated. He is getting help for it now. But all kids are so very different... He will learn just fine! Just be persistent when he asks for something to have him repeat it back to you!! Good Luck
As a speech therapist I can just tell you not to worry yet. He's just a bit behind in his active speech, his passive speech seems to be fine, and I'm sure he'll catch up over the next year. I would wait till he's about 2 and if he still doesn't talk by then, maybe get him checked. But don't let people stress you out, every child takes his time and some take a bit longer than others. If his physical and emotional development are ok I would not worry.
One more mama suggesting not worrying yet. My daughter was 17 months old and signing for everything. When we insisted that she use words, she would sit in the middle of the room and bawl. She knew about 3 whole words at that time, and wouldn't even use those and I was really getting worried that she either had a severe hearing problem, or was developmentally impaired. At about 18.5 months old she woke up one morning and started speaking... literally in complete sentences overnight. And she hasn't shut up since. love, mom
thank you all so much for your input and my worries have passed after reading this. I am just going to not stress about it and keep on doing what i have been doing. Again thanx so much.
that is just insane! My younger child wasn't speaking until two and a half years of age (just a few months ago), and now she's talking up a storm!! If he understands what you say to him and communicates in other ways, there's no reason to worry or to interfere. Some kids are more verbal than others, doesn't mean anything's wrong with them.
how do you start to teach signs from birth? I don't know anything about this baby signing stuff, but I'm kinda interested...
