Thread: 20 month old not talking

thanks girls thats made me feel a bit better i never thought of the fact that animal sounds could count as words, that would bring our count to about 20 so i will wait a little longer and see how he goes. thanks again

Tis normal Boys generally speak later As long as he is able to communicate with you in other ways, just keep talking to him and he'll catch up, and then he won't ever stop!

If you are still concerned get his hearing checked. Thats probably the most common reason for kids having few words. My son is 15 1/2 months old says mum, dad, bub, dog, Bella, hello, bye, bucket & lots of things we can't quite work out yet. He dances to music, he gets frightened by loud noises. He appears to be hearing normally. Despite all this he has a hearing problem. I would never have had him tested had it not been for his...

I think animal sounds count as words eg meow, woof, woof, cheep ect. Same as action sounds like beep beep toot toot.

My DS was the same at that age - we got mum, dad, bub, ta, and a bunch of animal noises. I was worried as I had a few friends whose kids had to get grommets and I thought maybe we should look into it too. Then around his 2nd birthday, he just started talking. And talking and talking and talking. We can't shut him up!!! He counts up to 50, is starting to add simple numbers and knows so much in such a short space of time. It's like he...

hey my 3 year old doesnt speak. she can say mum and more recently what sounds like no, but other than that we use makaton sign language. its not just for deaf kids (my dd is a hearing child) and its the best thing we ever learnt. its not hard either will help eliviate the frustration of having limited communication