I’m worried about my son and his lack of talking. He turned 22 months old this month and is barely talking. He only says maybe 6 words and has only put together one sentence together. I plan on addressing this with his pediatrician. I was just wondering if anyone has had a kiddo in the same boat my son seems to be in
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My daughter was/is just like this. Finally at her 2 yr check up her pediatrician put in a referral for ECI, early childhood intervention. She saw a speech therapist one hour a week until the age of 3, that’s the cut off age for ECI. She’s now enrolled in the school district for Special Ed. She works with a teacher 2x a week. My daughter was diagnosed with Apraxia, for the longest time she didn’t have a voice, and she still really doesn’t. People joke “be careful what you wish for” or “once they start, they won’t stop” 
but I have yet to hear the words “I love you Mommy”, and that’s heartbreaking. So, that’s where I would begin, a referral. Also, simple sign language has been a great tool. More, drink, eat, please, all done, open, on, off, etc. Good luck.
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I had a kid like that in daycare. His mom was super worried and talked to his doctor, doctor sent him to a therapist. Turns out the kid could talk- A LOT- just didn’t want to.
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Be careful what you wish for. Like they say one minute your begging them to walk and talk and the next wishing they would sit down and be quiet🤣
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Prayers for your son Amene
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I would look into a speech therapist.
My son is 23 months and says maybe 10 words and 2 sentences. Pediatrician said as long as he is saying atleast 7 words he is fine. Most kids don’t start talking until 2.
Don’t dwell on why he’s not talking, he may not need to to still get what he wants. An older sibling may be talking for him or you may be unknowingly allowing him to point and grunt for things. Whenever you give him something, encourage him to say the word by saying it yourself several times. Let’s say your giving him a sippy cup, repeat the word “cup” a few times before handing it to him. Or if he wants one, say “cup please?” a 3 or 4 times before going to retrieve it. Eventually he will catch on that he needs to use his words.
Don’t wait. Get him evaluated. Your intuition is probably correct and early intervention means everything. There are some really good speech therapy apps for iPad that you can use in the meantime. Seeing a specialist won’t hurt anything but could certainly help
My son was nearly three before he really got his speech. I had him at a speech therapist at 2 who determined he was fine. He didn’t need a voice he lived in a household of mum and dad, uncle and aunt, grandparents and great grandmother! So all he had to do was point at what he wanted and he got it. No one asked what do you want? Tell grandma what you need. Once everyone stopped doing it the easy way his speech came on really well.
Parents of Children with Speech and Language Delay