my DD2 was the same! even now at 26 months, has limited but ever expanding vocab, when she hit two she started talking much more!!
we had her hearing tested due to ongoing ear infections and her's was fine, im going to have her assessed agin in a few months by MCHN to see if we need to look at speech help, but im confident that shes ok, her comprehension is awesome!
My DS is about 6 weeks younger than yours & sounds almost identical temperament wise, he's always been a very easy going baby, great sleeper etc but lately his emotions are really extreme. We've been putting it down to frustration at his lack of ability to communicate with us. He is a very clever little boy (ummmmm....biased much? Lol). He understands most of what we say to him & can point to body parts etc & knows what's coming next when we are singing songs & joins in with the actions but he says virtually nothing.
He babbles a lot but very few words. He'll say brum when I ask him if he wants to go in the car, choo choo occasionally if we are reading the train book etc but he doesn't even call me mum, he knows how to say it but just doesn't ITMS? If he wants something he points at it & makes an 'uh uh' sound & i didn't realise til the other day when my mum said that I get everything he wants very quickly & maybe that's why he doesn't talk much. I don't know if that could be why or if he's just not ready yet?
Not sure if any of that has helped you at all though! I'd love to hear what others have to say as I'm not sure if there's something I could be doing o help DS along.
I hope someone has some good advice for you. I know I try not to compare my DS to others but it can be hard sometimes when other littlies his age are talking a fair bit.
Jordie - my DS (just turned 2 a few days ago) recently had a speech explosion - it seemed like it happened overnight, prior to that he always seemed a little bit slower with his speech development than others. Pretty much at 23 months we reached the turning point, now he never shuts up, its awesome!!! He always had a really good understanding of what we were saying and said a few keys words, now he copies everything we say and will attempt even harder words with lots of syllables. Don't be to worried, but if you are, get him checked out to ease your mind
My general observation re mothers groups and friends babies is that little boys tend to talk a little later than girls, but then my DS developed in other ways much quicker, (eg climbing etc)
DD1 at 18months only said a handful of words. by 22months she had a whole range of words. Now, at 23months she does not stop talking. It was like a switch went off and she actually forms sentences. DD1 was talking to DH on skype the other day and he was so surprised how much she talked and he has only been away 2 weeks.
Now if only I can find that switch and see if it has a volume control on it
I must have a little tomboy then haha. My 25 month old only has a handful of words but is definitely a climber, was pushing things together to climb into her high chair before she could even walk. She can understand simple instructions (could you being mummy a towel please, could you put on your shoes please, one more mouthful then we can head for a bath etc) so I'm not too worried yet. It is hard watching others of similar age speaking sentences but really, like homer says 'sooner they talk, sooner they talk back'... I figure she will get there in her own time and I'll enjoy the silence a little longer although, she knows how to communicate what she wants without words and is pretty "bossy" already!
My little guy was very similar. Hardly any words at that age - maybe 5? Ripper tantrum thrower - but he had a fantastic teacher too lol (no not me his sister :P).
Like all the PPs have said, word explosion happened....I never knew he could talk so much as when DD went back to preschool just before he turned two....he gives her motor mouth a run for it's money these days
He was much more physical than DD was and could co-ordinate much more at an earlier age whereas she talked first and developed physical skills later.
luke is just 18mths and the only words he says are mama da or dad jack hara (harry) oof (woof) you can see he is trying to say words but its just babble so I dont think I would be to concerned my CHN said he was righ ton scheduale with language etc
I just came in to post the same question! My DD is 20 months and has a couple of words and a couple of animals sounds. She seems to be developing very slowly to me. Her physical developments seems fine but her speech and comprehension seems behind. We read the same books all the time, point out the same pictures and she still can't point to any by herself. She is not doing anything that DS wasn't doing at 10-11 months. By this age DS had a vocab of around 500, speaking in sentences and could recite his books from memory. DD is miles away from that.
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although, she knows how to communicate what she wants without words and is pretty "bossy" already!
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