Speech at 18 months concerns

My son is almost 19 months old and has very few words and none of them are very clear, he says gone, balloon and up and rarely says mum or dad not even once a day, doesn’t say it when he sees us or if I ask him who we are, I’ve been to see the health visitor but she said there isn’t much they do before 2 years old, just wondering where everyone else’s babies are with speech and if anyone else is worried about their little ones speech

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My son is 19 months and can say about 25 words or more, however whilst he says daddy he never says mama even when people ask him who I am!

Same here- my son can say mamma, dada, hello, yeah, hi, no, nana and that’s about it
I guess it’ll come in time x

My just turned 19 month old is pretty much the same
She says dad, but not mum
Boo Cat bye clap five six bird
Not all of them are clear ( I know what she’s means because she’s mine )
She understands very clearly what I’m saying to her just doesn’t really speak back
I’ve posted on a post this week about how apparently at age 2 their vocabulary improves so fast
I wouldn’t worry too much I’ve spoke to a few people that are also in the same situation I guess it’s a bit like all other milestones they will do it in their own time x

I think it’s really hard to know what helps. I just tried to talk lots to her because I know she understands and hopefully she should just start copying.
Does he go to any play groups or anything ?
My niece is 5 months younger than my daughter but has siblings so she has lots of child interaction at home and she says so many words so I was thinking just more child interaction might help my daughters speech

My daughter is the exact same and doesnt go to nursery or play groups etc i am 33 weeks pregnant and had a video call with the health visitor a couple weeks ago and when i mentioned it to her she said its normal and they dont usually till 2. Im not worried anyway as she understands very well hope that helps!x

Yeah mine is exactly the same, her sister is highly autistic and I know I shouldn’t compare but I do, she’s not here all the time so it’s not a copying thing but it does make me wonder why. She doesn’t say any words apart from mama and dada and sometimes up but nothing else just loads of noises and sounds rather than words x

I wouldn’t be worried. It’s positive he is saying words.

My son is starting to say words now. But also not clear. Eg banana is nana, strawberry is Bebe. But he is trying and knows what he is trying to say which counts. It will come.

I acknowledge what he is saying and praise him, then give the correct word whenever he says the “wrong” one

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