he sounds fine =) lots of words.
one thing i will say though is follow your instincts, my son was starting to say quite a few words then everything stopped. when we got his ears checked by a specialist he actually needed grommets and now has quite a few words for a 16mth old and is starting to put two word sentences together. i think thats because he spends a lot of time with his 3yo sister though. we saw other developmental signs too though like he would try to stand up and lose balance easily, not hear us when he wasnt looking at us, and had ear infections as well.. just thought id put that in there, cant hurt to get his ears checked if your worried but other than that sounds all good =)
Thanks Noni*e - we actually have a paed check up in Jan and he is going to check his ears again as he'd had quite a few ear infections over winter and mentioned that grommets could be a possibility, so will definitely make sure thats checked. However his talking as picked up again just in the last week - the other day I was shutting the microwave and he said "shut", says "Pretty" for the xmas lights and "car" when playing with his toy cars so it seems we are getting a new word or two each day again - whew!!
Gosh, thats nothing to worry about at all. When my DD was that age, we were really worried and counting words up until just before her 2nd birthday.She'd had a few persistent middle ear infections. She is now 3.5 and talks a lot better than others in her age group.
My DS is 19.5 months and he says dada, mama, Bree (sister) nana, woof woof, ah (as in ta - please and thankyou) og (dog), up. So that's only 8 words. I think he's just like his sister and his expressive language is just going to develop gradually. Receptive language is the super important issue at this age. As long as he understands everything you tell him/ask him, all is good.
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