should they have?

Isn't it like 10-15 words?? Andrew use to say alot, and then one day just stopped saying half the stuff he did.

I was just wondering if I should have him checked?

Here are words that he says on a consistent basis.

Mom
Daddy
Hi
Up
Ches (Chestnut, our dog)

He babbles alot, and may be saying more then I have figured out yet. He points and grunts for what he wants, and even follows simple direction.

Just wondering if I should be concerned?

I'm not sure of the number of words he should have, but our ST said to count a "word" he uses consistently, even if it doesn't sound a bit like our words. For example, Daniel said "gus" for dog and something that sounded like "ock-em" for thank you, and we counted those as words. Also, Andrew may just be concentrating on some other skill now and ignoring his words. Will you see the ped at 18 months? You can always ask about it if the ped doesn't bring it up.

My daughter is 18 1/2 months old right now -- she's just in the last couple of weeks exploded with her language development...as a matter of fact on Christmas Day, DH's family (They don't see her alot) kept going on and on and on about not only how small, tiny and petite she is - but how she doesn't talk -- AT ALL.

Since then, she's just really started going with her words!

Just wanted to let you know, you're not alone!

He will be seen for his 18 month check up, and hopefully by then will be a talking machine!

I have a bad habit of comparing Andrew to my oldest:???: And I know I shouldn't be because Zachary never had reflux so this could be associated with that!

Thanks for your thoughts Girls:-D

I know what you mean about comparing. I constantly comparing my girls. Kaylin was speaking in two word sentences by her first birthday. Cady, though has one sound for three different words - "da" - dog, dad, done. I count it as three words. In any case, I'm sure Andrew is fine and will soon be talking your ears off.

(I just noticed that Kaylin's name is missing an "l" in your siggy!):-D

Oh, my! How'd that happen...Thanks for the heads-up, Lucy!

Check out the sticky on communicative development:

http://www.infantrefluxdisease.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7697

I am sorry that I am seeing this so late as I will have to dig out my milestones for ages tomorrow (make that today:razz: ) and make it a sticky. It is something I have on my "to do" list.

The trick is figuring out how much he understands as well. If he has suddenly lost all speech or a significant portion than that warrants immediate investigation. Some words do come and go and the babbling and vocab you are stating is really pretty good. Then again, I am no substitute for your ped.:-D Do you have any screening clinics where you are? If so, take him in and have a check.

I will get the sticky up soon, ok?

Firstly it is very normal for babies to learn something and it be very exciting and then they learn something new and stop doing the old thing. Very normal.

I don't think that at 17 months you have anyhting to worry about. Parker is 16 months and says maybe a handful of words but they aren't clear. Like he says Duh is dog and ish is our dog george. He doesn't even say mum its mu and dad is da.

The important thing at this age is to say the word properly and they learn better. So say Parker says duh (dog) we say yes that is the dog, when they say something cute it is easy to say it the way they do.

The other thing is word extension so they say duck, you say yes yellow duck, or truck yes, big truck. Try it one more word than what they say.

Again dont worry, but if you still are ask the Dr.

It sounds like Andrew is right on track with his speech. I'm guessing that he also says a few garbled words.

I am a speech therapist and mother of an infant with GERD. It sounds like your child has some great language skills. The range of normal for speech development is so wide. It sounds like your child is communicating effectively with gestures. Using some simple signs at that age has been extremely effective for many children. Just keep an eye on the amount of words that he was using in comparison to now.