I am really really starting to worry about him. He is 19 months old now and only says a few choice words.... wyatt (big brothers name), mom, papaw, jinxy (the cat), ba ba, bye bye yaw (country huh?), he says uh and points when he wants something, no matter how much we tell him what the thing is and try to get him to say it nothing comes out but uh. He will say "whats that" and he has learned a cuss word..... oh sh**t he says that one when he drops something (thanks dh) He will when I am trying to get wyatts attention yell for wyatt by name, but thats about all his vocabulary.... should I go ahead for speech therapy? He jabbers all the time making no since. It just seems that his older brother was talking way more at this stage then he is.

I think he sounds fine to me. Parker didn't have that much speech when he was that age, but he talks too much now LOL I think he is probably at the I am about to start talking stage, so I wouldn't worry just yet and keep an eye on it for a couple of months.

I suppose you would want to look at is he learning more words, how long does it take to teach a new word.

You could do speech exercises with him, lots of talking, reading books etc... you can also elongate sentances like when he says jinxy you can say yes jinx the cat... just making it a sentance, this works quite easily.

I have tried and tried the elongating words, labeling everything (heck I did it not knowing how much it helped with wyatt from age 2 up) we did the dressy pokey, read books ( i was finishing up resp school to get registered when he was small he prob knows more about the lungs than a lung specialist). Its just not kicking in w/ carson.
Thanks Scarlet, it helps to know that not all toddlers are talkers at that age, after having a blabber mouth from age 10 months up.

What about trying some sign language with him? That really helped Shae's speech come along well, plus it helped with the frustration she had over not being able to express herself.

I so wish I had done sign language with Parker, just cause he was late to talk, I bought all the books early and he was just high maintenence and we didn't get it done. It would have been a lot easier to understand his frustration.

Has he had many ear infections? you could also get that checked out or have a hearing test if you are concerned. Cooper was a talker too so I get the frustration.

They done some pretty intense hearing test at the ent docs office, his hearing was normal. That was in Jan. I am thinking of going back and having him rechecked early for a peice of mind.

He sounds bang on normal for a child his age to me :)

I really wouldn't worry about it, maybe your other son was a bit ahead of his peers? Understanding instructions is all they look for at two as speaking is one of those milestones that really is individual to the child. He's probably saying a lot more, but is yet to make himself understood :)

Allie is the exact same age as Carson and I, too, worry about her speech. However, I got an update from babycenter yesterday that said anywhere from 10-50 words is normal for this age. I have read elsewhere that they should be talking more.

Allie only says mama, cup, ball, up (sort of, it's more like "uh") bubbles, bear, dada (but not specifically to Chris), and I think that's it. She points to things she wants as well, so she does communicate that way.

She understands very well and follows directions fairly well, so we try not to worry. Allie's therapist tested her yesterday and she tested at 22 months for her receptive language, but only tested at 12 months for expressive language (which we knew she was behind in). Her ST thinks that b/c Allie doesn't chew foods well and hasn't had the opportunity to use those muscles in her mouth, her speech suffers. We are doing sign language, and it took her a long time to catch on, but she now does more and all done.

Try not to anticipate his needs, e.g. if he wants a toy to be turned on, let him figure out a way to tell you that it needs to be turned on. We were playing with Allie last night and DH knew that Allie wanted Pablo (backyardigans) turned on, so he did it for her. I told him not to do that again. We let her go for a while and eventually, she brought Pablo to me, as if to say "turn him on." So, that's a lesson we learned, try not to anticipate their needs.

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If you haven't called early intervention, it's worth a call. They are free and come to your house and it is wonderful. Allie gets therapy from them and it's helped us a lot.

Christyn

Aubrey is a bit younger than Carson, but she doesn't talk much either. She jabbers and screams all the time. But only a couple of "words". Mama, num-num, and sometimes Dada (but not very often at all). I *think* she also tries to say Elmo but its more like Nah-no.

As far as all other forms of development I know carson is where is supose to be. He is playing with toys that his older brother at that age was throwing becaue he couldn't figure them out. He has this little laptop comp toy and he absoultly loves it, his brother never would touch that stuff.
He is a little gymnist too, always climbing and jumping...
just not much talky