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He mainly says words in English but understands everything I say to him in Czech, he goes to nursery and they said that he is improving. Some days he is repeating everything I say but sometimes he is not interested at all.
Being bilingual shouldn’t be seen as a hindrance to speech development, even if milestones are met later than monolingual peers, it’s not responsible for any delays in development that may be present even if he were learning just 1 language.
And their receptive language develops before expressive (understanding before speaking) Are nursery at all concerned?
They said that he is communicating (reacting) fine.. can express all his needs etc.
My eldest was saying singular words and pointing and making noise until around 3.5 when you could have a little bit of a conversation with him. It was only me that understood for ages though and would have to interpret for him to other people. He is now 9 and not a brilliant communicator but he does speak! And he does well across the board at school and it never held him back. My daughter on the other hand has been talking clearly in sentences from 2 🤷🏼♀️
There's absolutely no harm in seeking advice from your local speech and language therapy service. Many run drop-in clinics face to face, via phone or via video call. You can get advice without being referred for actual intervention.
Just to add- he understood complex instruction from early on and so he knew what was going on but just couldn't talk back. He didn't pick up sign language either and would just point or show me what he wanted
@Aurora this is another thing I took mine too but at 3 they weren't interested! Maybe things have changed since 🤞🏻
Children develop differently, some may take longer to reach speech milestones than their peers, but if you’re concerned then I would definitely reach out to your health visitor at first. However, it shouldn’t be mistaken for underlying speech developmental delays- and learning 2 languages doesn’t cause a delay. However, sometimes they will show milestones first in one language much earlier than the other. I can understand your concern if you’re only hearing single words. Is that in both languages? Does he attend any nursery or preschool setting?