Non Speaking

My Boy just turned 2 in September, my concern is that he still doesn't have any clear words, he points and gestures like hands me his empty bottle or grabs things he wants but doesn't verbally say anything... His hearing is fine I know that, he barely gets screen time either and I am trying my hardest to verbalize everything I do or repeat words when he wants something.. anybody else got this problem or advice?🫠

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I don’t know about the states, but here you can self refer to speech and language specialists, for free. Idk if that’s worth looking into if you’re worried

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Pediatrician hasnt said anything about it? May not be too concerning until 2.5. I cant remember. My son was like that and they did a hearing test and also a speech evaluation. He ended up having a speech delay and receptive language disorder. It just took longer for him to talk. Now hes almost 7 and hes still not much of a talker. Hes just quiet. They set up speech therapy and he also was able to go to the "special" preschool that offered speech therapy and had "model kids".

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My son started to say stuff a bit after 2. The only 2 word sentence my son says is ā€œCat earā€ lmao but as time goes on he’s saying so much more. He counts to 4, knows several colors and shapes, facial features, Letters too! Something with letters that helped was one of those Leap Frog Fridge magnet alphabet things! They all get there in their own time. I was all the same. I talked all the time, we don’t do an iPad, just doing all the ā€œrightā€ things. They all get there in their own time! Especially if your child is babbling a lot I think it’s not too much of a concern!
I was scared for a while because my son wasn’t saying words that he should’ve been saying when he turned 2 but one day he just exploded

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My boy is nearly three and does exactly the same thing. He's still mainly non verbal but as the saying goes conversation is only 30%
A speech therapist on tik tok said it was a good sign if your child leads you to what they need it shows they have the.basic building blocks of understanding language. Some kids don't have that

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My Boy just turned 2 in September, my concern is that he still doesn't have any clear words, he points and gestures like hands me his empty bottle or grabs things he wants but doesn't verbally say anything... His hearing is fine I know that, he barely gets screen time either and I am trying my hardest to verbalize everything I do or repeat words when he wants something.. anybody else got this problem or advice?🫠

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