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Thomas is going on 11 months know and still does not make the da da or ma ma or ba ba sounds they"Early Intervention" said he should. Should I be worried about this at this point or is this something that comes in time like the crawling and sitting. He laughs when you tickle him or play pee pie with him. He squeals and makes noises but does not try to imatate sounds that i make. I was just wondering if any one else had this problem? I thought about hearing and he looks a you when you call his name.

Carron,
I don't know much about speech delays yet, but is it possible for Early Intervention to get a speech therapist out to see you for an evaluation?
Cindy

Carron,
This has nothing to do with what you actually are asking about... just a side note... mainly for thoes from the West Coast... Pee Pie is the same thing as Peek a boo! We recently moved to West Virginia and people started playing Pee Pie with Ian.. he didn't know what that was at first but has finally caught on! I chuckled when I saw your comment becuase it just reminded me about the language differences from Coast to Coast!

Well about Ian he is 13 months and is really just now starting to say Mama and Dada (and meaning it). I know that others have speech delays. Ian is going to be evaulated through EI soon. But I wouldn't worry about it too much just yet. Keep talking to him and if he does babble do it back and you do a lot of MaMa DaDa stuff.
Blessings,
Kristie

I have a 13 mth. old and he is still not quite clearly saying mama and dada. He has started making the sounds in the past month but I don't think he truly knows exactly what he is saying yet. The pediatrician seemed a little concerned and asked me if we had any late talkers in our family, which we did, my father, who is actually very intelligent. And now that I think of it, wasn't Einstein the one who did not start speaking till a late age. Kids vary sooooo much in their development. Walking, talking, etc. I wouldn't worry too much, from what the development books say you have some time on your side before it should become a real concern.

My son is 26 months. He is a late talker. At his 18 month check up he wasn't really talking at all yet. His pediatrician said that if he wasn't talking by 21 months, then maybe he should see a speech therapist. By 21 months, he had started to say words. He talks a lot now, but it's really hard to understand what he is saying. You have to kind of know what the context of the situation is. He doesn't really talk in sentences yet. At his 2 year check up, the doctor said that as long as he is trying to say words and seems to understand language, then she doesn't worry too much about clarity until about 3 years old. So I guess we have a little more time.

Andrew is our 5th child. My other 4 are older. My first was talking in sentences by 13 months old. My second hardly said a word until he was about 2. They are now 18 and 15. They both get all A's in school, and I don't think when they started talking really made a difference.

I know how hard it is to have to wait. We are still a little concerned about our 2 year old (BPI baby). But in most other ways he seems to be a very ordinary little boy. He understands everything, just can't talk very clearly. It makes you wonder if there isn't some coorelation.

Well, good luck. I don't think I'd worry too much at 11 months, I'd give it a little more time.

Connie

Thanks for the explanation! I was wondering what Pee Pie was!!! Hee hee hee!
Pam

Hello,
My son who is 3(not BPI) now didn't talk very early either and now he talks up a storm!!! I was a little worried too but he got over it....He still is sometimes hard for me to understand but it's cute because my other son understands him perfectly and interprets for me....
As a precaution you should have his ears tested...I do American Sign Language and it is great for babies whether they hear or not....One thing that is a little sad...my kids love to sign except Jameson because he can't make his hand do what he wants it to. I have told him many times that it doesn't matter if he modifies the sign because it would be kind of like his accent and I would know what he was saying anyway!!! You can kind of test your child yourself by sneaking up behind him and saying things softly to see if he hears you....If he doesn't seem to hear you should get him tested professionally because even if a child can hear sounds they may not hear some verbal tones..Good luck and try not to worry...all babies develope at different phases.
T.

OOPS I forgot!

LOL I have loved this too! My husband's mom from Kentucky is so cute she does PEEP-EYE and we do PEEK-A-BOO....I was so surprised the first time she played it with the kids. It seemed so different that even in the USA we have culture differences from coast to coast!
Have a great day!!! ;o>

I wouldn't be worried at all at 11 months, but if you do have concerns, ask your pediatrician. EI said the same thing to me when my daughter was 12 months. By the age of 2, she was speaking in complete sentences and was and still is advanced in her speech. I would suggest to do a lot of reading with your child and check with the Doctor if words don't start coming around. Best of Luck.

Julie Wolfgram

We thought Maia was really speech delayed until about 2 weeks after her capsulodesis surgery (just in December) when she got up at 2 am and had a full conversation with me. She had something important to tell me and she was going to do it. She still talks gibberish when she wants to and talks normal when she wants to...seems to be immature in terms of speech compared to her classmates - who always seem to talk normally. I guess I stopped worrying about it after the fateful night in December.

But she started sounding out things VERY early on - actually thought she'd be fluent early on and then something shifted...maybe her 2nd surgery put the kabash on it cuz they say that surgeries cause delays.

And also - she stuttered for a time after a high fever and that recurred a few times but (thank God) that seems to have been resolved for the moment.
-francine