17 Month Old Son and Talking

My kids( I have 5 and one more on the way) did not really talk until they were over two and spoke in full sentences. All kids are different and if he is babbling and getting his needs met then he will talk when he is ready. Good Luck!

He seems to be well on track. If he is 24 months old and still not saying anything more than that, that is when you need to talk to your doctor. Boys do take longer than girls, so that is also not in his favor. My suggestion is to just keep doing what you probably already are. Read books to him for at least 20 minutes a day, when you pick up something at the grocery store tell him what it is (same can be applied to just about anything you pick up in front of him), etc. Hope this helps...I promise that once he starts, he won't stop! (Some days I PRAY that my son will take a 5 minute break from his chatting!)

I have a 17 month old son too and the only word he can say is DaDa and that is if we ask him to do so. So I think your guy is doing good with 6 words. I have 2 older daughters that were saying small sentences at his age. My boy understands everything and uses sign language to communicate. I think as long as he is understanding and getting what he wants he is OK.

It sounds like he's doing well. However, be sure to ask your pediatrician because they know more about developmental milestones. I have two sons with speach problems and I wasted time believing that they would be ok and would talk on their own time. As it turned out, they both have issues with motor skills and needed therapy to help them catch up. They are 2 and 3 years old now and the hope is they will be caught up by kindergarten. My 2 year old only says 3 words and my 3 year old speaks in full sentences but his words are very difficult to understand. The earlier the intervention, the better. So, while your son seems to be doing well I would encourage anyone with concerns to ask at their next well visit.

As long as he is answering you when you talk to him and the words he does say have an annunciation where most people can understand them, he's probably fine. They each develop at their own times and those are quite a few words when you think about it. He probably doesn't have the need to say much... figures you have it covered. :-)

Don't worry, it'll pick up QUICKLY! My DS (just turned 2) didn't say his first word (ball) until 15mos. Now he's talking a mile a minute. I find that a lot of what he says is learns from us ("there ya go!", "I see it!", "where'd it go?")...

Just keep reading to him and talking to him and he'll get it. We have plenty of babble still, too. But we've gone from only having a few words to understanding full sentences in just 6 months. Don't worry!

My daughter didn't say much anyone could understand until her second birthday.
it was like over night when she suddenly started to talk.
and I haven't been able to get her to be quiet since lol.

He's prob ok.

Check with your pediatrician at his 18 month check up, and just raise your concern so that they check the milestones very carefully, then follow the advice you get. Given a choice, get an evaluation. Never wait with development. By 24 months, he should have a baseline of at least 50 words and be putting two words together in a simple sentance. He should be intellegible, but not without articulation errors, which are typical and expected. He may be off track earlier, but you pediatrician is the one to help you tease this out. If your gut says evaluate, evaluate, because you have nothing to loose. You either walk out of the evaluation knowing that he is fine (for now) or you walk out knowing what to do to help him. Win-win.

Never wait on development...time is free, but it is also priceless!

M.