Talking at 19m

Autism in girls is hard to detect when they are this young. This sounds like my daughter she refuses to speak it seems like but will speak sentence’s of gibberish.

My 19 month old still isn’t really talking but isn’t in speech. My 4.5 year old son has a speech delay and has been in speech for a while. He didn’t start talking until he was almost 3, which was 6 months after starting speech. I’m convinced there’s a “speech switch” in their brains and until it’s flipped, there won’t be any words.

I will say what speech really helped with those first months was general communication: they gave us the tools for him to be able to communicate (for him it was pointing to pictures in a book the SLP made for us when he wanted something).

As to the tip toes thing, both my kids have gone through phases where they wanted to walk on tip toes. I think it’s just a sensation thing.

But as with everything, if you’re concerned, speak to your pediatrician.