Speech

My little boy still isn’t talking, he’ll say the odd word on his terms and try copy what we say when it suits him but it’s usually the first or last syllables rather than the full word. His understanding is all there and he’s quite clever, just delayed with speech but at his 2 year review last month they weren’t concerned and said he’ll get there but if I’m still worried by the time he’s 2 and a half, I can get back in touch and they can look at speech therapists but they were confident he’ll just wake up one morning and start talking🤞🏼🤣 it does get to you when you see children a similar age chattering away but I’m trying not to compare and just think he’ll get there when he gets there x

My little boy doesn’t really string a sentence together either but his nursery haven’t mentioned anything about s&l therapy. He can already say so many more words than what he could at the beginning of October but still no sentences and we’ve done all sorts with him to help speech. I think it just comes to them when they’re ready and it’s definitely not anything we’ve done wrong so try not to think that way!x

My little boy will say the same 3 or 4 short sentences for example ‘ let’s go home’ and says lots of random words but isn’t really there yet with communicating properly. The way he pronounces words are also not there yet but they said the same to me at his 2 year check that it will come in time. They all develop so differently and in their own time it’s hard not to worry but I’m sure she’s doing great xx 🫶🏼

I wouldn't worry too much over it. I know of children who didn't speak until they were 3.
Each child develops at their own pace

I wouldn’t worry about it. My son is a chatterbox mainly because he has a 5 year old sister and copies everything she says. My daughter was quite slow with speech then woke up one day and wouldn’t stop talking

Thank you for all these comments, she has her 2 year health review in a few weeks, I know I shouldn’t compare but sometimes I can’t help it, and find myself becoming sad thinking oh she’ll never get there (I know she will and I’m just being silly)

I wonder if she has a lot of toys which speak, play music so she doesn’t feel the need to speak as much? I wouldn’t worry, everyone is different and everyone learns to speak at some point.