Speech delay in son?

I might just be paranoid but I’m curious where y’all’s boys speech is at at this point? I’ve seen a lot that boys speak a little later than girls.

At our 18 month appt the pediatrician said to wait until 2 to see if there was a delay but I don’t like the idea of waiting that long if he does have a problem. There’s certain letters he won’t pronounce like any word beginning with a T for example and it takes a lot of coaxing for him to say a word again. If we ask him what a specific animal says he can tell us the sound but won’t say animal names and he doesn’t say typical words like banana or water. He can make gestures for honking, beeping, and chop choo but won’t say any of those either.

We do a ton of repetition with him and read a ton of books/songs with him every day too. Am I being overly paranoid about this and we should wait until 2 years to bring it up???

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Hi! I clicked this one bc I was paranoid too and my pediatricians said the same thing something along the lines of she only needs 6 words. I did a free consultation at a speech clinic called ocean Beach speech and they did a little interview with me and gave me the speech development milestones that differ greatly from the pediatrician. My girls development kind of kicked up between the weeks I was waiting for the appointment but I would say if your concerned then there is really no harm in going to a speech pro, I think earlier intervention (if necessary) the better plus speech is fun so many toys and games!

At 18 months old my son’s pediatrician referred us to a speech specialist (it’s called babies can’t wait). At the time he could only say “mama” “dada” and “eat.” Now he’s 21 months old and can say probably 15 words and can sign some things. Speech therapy definitely helps, but if you’re not able to get him in it right now don’t even worry, he will get there eventually on his own.

My oldest was similar. She would point to things- colors, animals but only had just a few words at 20 months. And I knew it was a problem because she was screaming a lot because she was frustrated. We started looking into birth to 3 program but meanwhile I found this app called Gemiini. Within weeks, her language exploded. It’s kind of expensive, but not as expensive as therapy and we only used it for about 3 months.

Mine does the exact same. Says a lot of sounds and only says the last syllable of words. I’m not concerned. He understands everything we tell him though and we speak two languages. I have seen a huge growth in his speech just this last month. The doctor told us 18 to 24 months is a big development. So I think waiting a bit isn’t an issue for me at least.

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