My 2 yr old can count from 1-10, sing the alphabet

My son is the same way! He's definitely getting more verbal as of lately but he can count, knows his colors, can sing songs but just doesn't speak as much as other kids overall.

We got him evaluated for speech and early intervention but they said he was within the normal range for kids his age so we can get him reevaluated at 2.5 if we feel he may still need help.

doesn't hurt to do the evaluation if you're concerned but according to our speech therapist boys are typically slower in language for some reason

That’s not really my son’s issue, though he is delayed in speech. He struggles more with imitation. But we finally had an evaluation with a SLP, and she suggestion combining silly sounds with words to make it more appealing to speak and imitate. Also reading books in a really sing-song way can help. And if he’s really set on not speaking, know that that’s ok, and when he has something to say, he’ll say it. Just do your best to get him some extra support and work on his receptive language skills

My daughter is just like this, but she has been taking speech therapy since about 20 months old. When she enrolled they said she was right on the border of needing therapy and I pushed for it a little. We're also in the process of getting her evaluated for autism and her first test had the doctor pretty sure she's on the spectrum, which makes the speech make sense for her. But I've been told that her current speech is borderline delayed. We've definitely seen huge improvement with her speech since starting therapy though!

My son is 2 and I think she said he is 12 months behind. We are in speech therapy and he is progressing! He knows more than he is willing to say and was not immitating either. He is now. I opened one of those babys first word books and asked him where is duck, shoes, banana? He knew almost all the pictures in the book and would point to them. I have started turning the TV off more and putting tablets up. It allows for more interaction. Also if you have animal toys and a book of animals you could open the book and have the toys laid out beside it and say, where's the cow and see if he can put the cow on the book page where he sees the cow. It's interaction and silly sounds. Or dinosaurs, or shapes, or whatever you have that let's them play a game while trying to match things up and talk. Also I started making sure I said easy words and made animal sounds more basic bok bok for chicken and not being overly animated with my neigh. Easier thing for him to copy.