Little one still not saying any words?

My Little boy was born on 1st so is one of the very oldest in the group and he still doesn’t say any words doesn’t say mamma or dadda or anything not even any animal noises and won’t repeat anything. He seems to have good understanding and will fetch things when asked or get in his pram when asked etc. He talks away in his own language all day everyday. He claps, waves, high fives, says shh with his finger pressed again his lip and will say oh (for o oh) in context,whilst holding his hand against his mouth, he also makes a brum brum noises when playing with his cars but has been doing this for months and no matter how much repetition we do or how much we talk to him he doesn’t say any words. I’ve tried reaching out the to health visitor and am hoping they get back to me asap. But I wondered if anyone else is the same? And if anyone has any advice?

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My girl was born May 28 and also isn’t really saying a whole lot.
So much counts for words though so don’t be worried! Animal or car sounds count as does any sign language or words that just don’t sound correct (but they say the same thing every time they refer to something in particular).
I wouldn’t be worried yet! Some just take a little more time than others ☺️

Lo born the 9th, similar story here. I've been worried about it for a good while now but whenever I've raised it with HV they've never been worried. I'm going to get lo weighed next week and am going to raise it again and see what they say ☺️

It sounds daft but miss rachel (on YouTube) has definitely had some influence on my little girls talking x

I second Ms Rachel!

My first born was speech delayed. Understood everything just didn’t talk. Made noises, especially peppa pig noise. She’s 3.5 now and doesn’t shut up, sometimes it’s not that clear but getting clearer week by week, especially since she started nursery at 3
My 16 month old boy doesn’t say an awful lot, he has said mama and dada and his sisters name but not heard it in a while. Loves to roar like a dinosaur tho and understands even more than his sister did at this age

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I’m so sick of arguing with my husband over this.

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I feel like I do everything. I feed and settle her every time. When he can’t calm her down within 10 minutes he passes her back despite me having her all day and him not seeing her.

I love my daughter more than anything, and my husband is lovely, I swear. It’s just a really tough time with her sleep, and I’m struggling to cope. I’m so, so tired. And he doesn’t seem to realise this, because he is. We have talked about this so many times, but it just turns into an argument. Please tell me this will pass?

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