Talking

Great news any tips!? My sons is 2yrs 4mths and still really behind in speech 🥲 I'm living for the day he gives me a sarcy reply or says I love you

@M honestly i never thought id hear him speak! He wouldn’t even make noises. I read to him every night, atleast 4 books. Everything I did or was doing, I just commentated. I ended up sounding like I was writing a book about my life and everything I did 😂 Everything he touched, shown me, watched, I just repeated what it was x

@Megan this is so reassuring and gives me hope. So pleased for you! I'm pretty convinced my sons neurodivergant but my OH is indenial. He babbles constantly and sometimes sounds like words "the car" "what's this" He has said wow, uh oh, no (all the time) ye, yay, ahh wee boo, car cat, will wave/say hi and bye in context but only on his terms (shop attendants), mum, dad Can clap/blow kisses (on his terms), will put his hands up of wants lifted, will give high fives often, and is beginning to point more. Hand leads and will give you things ie remote if wants something put on/changed. Kinda makes a high pitched ye noise when he does it. Very affectionate, especially with me. He won't let us read to him but does like yo look at pictures in books. It's so hard as I don't wnat yo cause unnecessary stress with therapy but feel it's need but I feel like the worst mum and so judged. He's really happy boy but can get very frustrated at times. I feel I'm going blue in the face repeating what he says/points at x

@M honestly try not to worry! I know what it’s like. Everyone said to me “don’t worry he will talk eventually” and I used to think “you’re not the one going through it. You don’t feel like you’re failing, you don’t understand”. But honestly I wish I never worried. I took him to his 2year health check and the health visitor wasn’t concerned in the slightest! She said because he has an understanding, she doesn’t want to refer him. When we went I really thought she was going to refer him and she said “nope, a lot of children his age still can’t talk” Then within the next week he just woke up one morning and started copying everything we were saying, then the following week he just started talking on his own. He still can’t pronounce words properly. Like when he says “love you” it sounds like “uv oo” If your child is babbling then they are already so close to talking! My son didn’t even babble, and every animal noise sounded the same! X

This is so reassuring,my LB is 2 years and 4 months and still not talking he does try to bubble and make noises and past month he start to understand things.. we don’t know each other’s but honestly I am so so happy for you💖 I’ve been waiting so long for him to call me mummy or say daddy reading this full my heart with joy ✨

My little boy is very similar seems to have come on loads in the last month 28 months he’s not saying full sentences but will say like blue car. It’s so hard when they don’t speak you feel bad comparing to other toddlers that seems more advanced

@Chifae✨ Thankyou so much 🩷 mine is 2 years 5 months, but I’ve also known of children not talking until 3! As long as he has an understanding, then I really wouldn’t worry! ☺️ xx

@Lindsay yes! All what I did was compare him to other children. But there’s some stuff that he does that other children aren’t doing yet. It’s hard to get out of the habit of comparing but all children are unique and go at their own pace 🫶🏼