20 month old not speaking

By 2 years children should have around 50 words so please don’t worry too much. Might be worth looking up gestalt versus analytic language processing- children learn language differently and what you are describing is quite typical :-)

I wouldn’t worry at all. My daughter is 27 months and only just started saying the odd sentence now and the HV at her review said it’s completely normal! Your first was obviously ahead with her talking which is brilliant as my niece is the same! If she still isn’t talking much by 27 months the HV will refer you, but don’t even worry about it until then!!

I work in a nursery, I wouldn’t be worried, every child is different and each area of development for each child develops at a different rate. You can also encourage sentence building and story telling (you start and they carry on and gap fill). If you’re worried you can always contact your health visiter x

what’s the difference and how do children learn what you are describing? Never heard of it

Thank you ladies,
honestly my eldest girl started talking and just hasnt stopped for the last 10 years 🤣but she was also very shy and reserved at my youngest girls age, My youngest is the opposite, shes confident and really outgoing, i may not always understand what shes saying (probably cussing me for not letting her climb up something thats 7ft🤦‍♀️🙄🤣) but shes very confident in what shes saying when shes saying it. Would never compare the two as every child is different, but just wanted to get on top of anything if needed you know. We will continue with our daily routine and see how she gets on by October. Thank you all x

My 21 month old only has 2 words - 'yeah' and 'hiya', but no concerns at all from us or from nursery. His comprehensive skills are vastly different (ie. He clearly understands a lot of language, he just doesn't use it). He uses other methods to communicate like signing, pointing, nodding, tone of 'voice' (babbling) so I don't feel he's behind at all. I think it's all about putting it in the bigger picture, if there are a other concerns you have it might be worth looking into it more x

- gestalt is where children learn language through sentences before they understand individual word meaning- analytic is where they learn the word and the meaning at an individual basis. I know here in Devon one CFHD website there’s lots of useful info- children and family health Devon. Like others have said- all children learn at their own rates so nothing to worry about :-)

My little boy's speech didn't start getting really good until after he'd turned 2, so you've got a few months until you need to worry just yet. Also, just because your first child was talking by that age, it doesn't mean your 2nd child should be. They all develop at different paces. X

@Katie this sounds very much like my girl. Just wanted to make sure I'm doing everything I can to help her and if she needed some extra help to get ontop of that asap. But no concerns at all now iv heard from other mummas x

@Rachel agreed, my youngest is doing stuff my eldest wasn't doing at this age, they may look the same but there vastly different 🤣🫶 x

my son is 2 and Is only saying mumma (rarely) dadda and no, should I be worried?

children develop at different rates, the 50 words is a guide. May be worth speaking to your pre school/ nursery if speech doesn’t progress in the next few months- in Devon we have a parent phone call line where the speech and language therapy team do drop ins for parents- they are amazing. There are loads of lovely tips for parents at home.. I’m not a speech and language therapist but the ICAN top tips for developing speech for early years is great (can google and find). Good model of language at home and encouraging functional language through little ones choosing what they want using words (pictures and labels with verbal prompts) can help. Xxx

https://www.rmischool.co.uk/data/uploads/web/files/talk-together_0.pdf