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My son will be 2 next month. He says a few words like ball, mom, daddy, pa, eat, choo, bird, boon (balloon), truck, and car. When we are reading books I can say where is...? and he will point it out. He knows where his nose, mouth, teeth, ears, hair, feet, and hands are but won't say any of those words. It is frustrating to me that he won't talk and I'm wondering if I should really be concerned. My niece is 8 days older than him and can kinda count to 10 and sing the abc's and she can talk in sentences. I realize that girls develop faster than boys, but it has always seemed that he is way behind. It's hard not to compare him to her. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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It sounds like your son understands quite a bit of language AND is communicating an appropriate number of words. Just to put your mind at ease, make sure to talk to your pediatrician about it at the 2-year check-up. Most pediatricians don't worry about it unless there is little or no speech at 2 1/2 or 3.
With the amount he already knows, you will probably see a HUGE increase in his vocabulary in the next few months. All of a sudden after his birthday, my son started putting words together, and now at 27 months he's speaking in sentences. I bet yours will be there by 2 1/2 too!
I wasn't sure when he was supposed to be saying full sentances
What is he doing physically?
I had the same concerns with my son in May, but by November he was saying three and four word sentences.
Remember..."Girls talk, boys walk."
If he's able to comprehend and point things out to you in his books he's probably just fine. He may be just perfecting words in his head before he tries saying them as I think mine did.
All the best,
Dr. Jeremy