Toddler speech

Please don't stress yourself on speech our little ones are still young. But if you are concerned ring your health visitor and maybe ask if she can come out and see you both and you can discuss your concerns and then maybe she can reassure you it's nothing to worry about at this stage but if you really want she could refer you to speech and language.

Honestly if I was you I wouldn't stress it too much just yet, try thinking of different activities you could do with your little one to encourage them to speak so for example while you're getting little one ready name every piece of item you're putting on, "let's put your vest over your head, now let's out your arms through the holes" Just silly stuff like that, my daughter knows what a shoe is saying "shoe" Over and over again and she even tries to put them on herself 😂 but while I'm helping her I will say "this is your shoe, let's put it on your foot" And sometimes I will add left or right on occasions xxx

My daughter is the same, says 5 words but understands everything I ask. I called the HV the other day and she said they don’t worry until 2yrs 4 months x

My almost 20 month old (5 days) literally says mama, dada, tickle tickle, attack, ba ba, he says “what’s that” just babyish like “waah dat”, star, and he mimics pretty well. He’s not saying 50 words thats for sure but I believe all toddlers have their own words they pick up on. Some say more animal noises, some say actual toy words like book, ball, etc. Some say random silly words. I think nowadays pediatricians expect more but we’re so busy working, doing what we have on top of the toddlers just stepping into actually picking up on the environment, that it’s not like we’re constantly over teaching words so it’s not a huge leap in talking. I read to my son slow and it’s still just not something he’s like highly motivated to do. My son didn’t start walking until 14 months he was more interested in playing with toys and being a Velcro breastfed comfort baby. I don’t think any milestones are too delayed at this age unless they are like 3 and not trying to communicate. My son still doesnt