development of speech in a toddler?

He is able to communicate his needs sufficiently so he does not see a need to talk. My youngest son is now 25 months, and just starting to form a full variety of words. I learned quickly what his grunts and eh's meant, so he had no need to talk. He also has a brother that is 23 months older than him who did a lot of talking for him.

Give him time, I'm sure he will start to form words in his own time, and if you're super concerned about it, contact a pediatrician and ask if it is something that needs to be addressed.

Best wishes!

At 2 my son could say maybe 5 words (he didn't start actually talking until he was 3). My daughter probably had right about the same as yours maybe a little more or less cant actually remember to much. Every kid is different and develops on their own. We got a speech therapist for my son when he turned 2 and they worked with him for a year with little to no improvement but right after he turned 3 he was put into school (a developmental delayed class) and within 1 week he was on perfect track for a 3 year old. We were all told that it most likely was just when he decided to talk and probably had nothing to do with school since the therapy didn't work for a whole year. Some kids just like to do what they want on their own. Make sure your child is understand things (ask him to look under a table, go find his toy in his room, simple stuff like this) if he understands everything than theres really not to much of a worry. You can bring it up and you can look into therapy (and getting ears checked) but every therapist we saw has always said as long as they can understand you not to worry much.

hi there, sorry to hear about your troubles, i have a 3 year old son that has speech problems. He did grunt alot and at first it didnt bother me but obviously as he got older it annoyed me more and more.We used to sit with him and make him watch us talk and if he said something wrong we would just correct him until he finally got the idea. its a long process but it does work with some perserverance.

i would advise that your daughter take your grandson to her heath visitor who can maybe refer him to speech therapy if he needs it.

He is only very small still so maybe in time his speech will get much better. if he still isnt talking very well by 3 then you may want to consider that he does have a speech problem and have your GP take a look at him.

they always say that boys are slower than girls apparently they are lazy according to my nan so hopefully the more hes around other children the more he will talk.

I wish you all the very best. take care saera x

I would set him up with a speech therapist or have some tests done on him right away. He doesn't sound like my son but if a child exhibits speech problems it could very well do with disorders. My son wasn't speaking at 2 1/2 and he was diagnosed with ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder). If we had not gotten him in when we did he's be in way worse shape than he is now. Don't hesitate! Get him evaluated!

My brother had similar symptoms he knew what you were saying but when talked back it was just a garbled mess. After a while when it didn't get better my parents set up and appointment to evaluate his speech and they said he needed speech therapy. He is four now and he is doing alot better and still doing the speech therapy. So my suggestion is get in contact with a speech therapy organization and they can evaulate them.

Just be patient, and try to sit down with him, and when you see that he truely enjoys a toy or game, repeat the name of that toy or game over and over again and point at it. Then after awhile he might smile and say the name. GODD LUCK! =]

SOME KIDS JUST TO TALK AS SOON AS OTHERS. WHEN MY SON STARTED TO TALK HE WOULD ONLY USE ONE WORD SENTENCES. LIKE, "EAT" MEANT HE WAS HUNGRY. "UP" HE WANTED TO BE PICKED UP. WORDS STARTING WITH "S" LIKE "STOP" WERE "FOP" "D" WORDS LIKE "GIRL WERE "DERAL." "CH" WORDS LIKE "CHICKEN" WERE "SHITEN" IT WAS HORRIBLE ESPECIALLY IF WANTED CHICKEN AT A RESTAURANT, LOL WHEN HE STARTED SCHOOL HIS KINDER TEACHER PUT HIM IN SPEACH. THE SPEACH THERAPIST SAID HE MISSED LEARNING THE SOUNDS FROM 1 TO 3 YRS. SHE SAID SOMETIMES IT JUST HAPPENS. BUT SHE GOT HIM TALKING AND NOW WELL, HE'S 16, UGH! HE KNOWS HOW TO USE IT KNOW TO THE POINT I WANT TO SMACK HIM.....

is he an only child or does he have older siblings.