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With no disrespect, but this reminds me of a story.
There was a hair to the throan born in king's family. Overall handsome and healthy lad. But with only one impairement - he did not speak. Years passed, but he never said a word. He was seen by best doctors and what else, but no one ever had it figured out.
One day, at the age of 27, during dinner, he suddenly opens his moth and says - soup is over salted. Everyone is in awe! He spoke! King and queen rush to him, in tears of happiness, and cry - son, you are healed! Hosanna! But why you did not speak for all those years?
Why should I, says prince? Everything was perfect!
Which, also, reminds me of another story.
A young man is accepted to a monastery, but he is allowed to express only one word a year, for 3 years.
So the first year passes. He is placed in front of abbot, who hands him a board and piece of chalk. Man writes "food" on it.
And the 2nd year passes, and he is in front of abbot again. This time, he writes "is".
And so the 3rd year comes to an end, and he has that board and chalk in his hand again. Quickly, he draws "awful".
What is wrong with you - yells at him abbot - you have been here for three years, and all you do, is complaining.
Once again - no disrespect to your concern. Maybe it's all perfect though?
Are you using sippy cups? I was worried because my daughter didn't speak in words we could understand, and the pediatrican said to take away the sippy cups. Within a month, we could understand what she was saying. I never used them at all with my younger daughter and she was talking much earlier.
As others have said, boys can be late talkers. My son was a champion babbler, but didn't really start to say words until he was 20 months old, then he wouldn't shut up. My aunt told me her brother didn't talk until he was well over 3. So it's probably nothing to worry about, though as others have pointed out, you should ask your pediatrician as we're not qualified to give advice.
However...my best friend of almost 60 years now, who I grew up next door to, is almost exactly one year old than I am. My father told me that once when both our families were in the back yard when I was 3 and she was 4, her dad wondered why I could talk so much better than she could. My dad suggested that perhaps she couldn't hear very well, and sure enough, they had her tested and she had pretty severe hearing loss. She had to go to a speech pathologist for several years as a child, and wore two hearing aids until 2 years ago when she finally got a cochlear implant.
*Just* in case a child doesn't talk until a later age, it never hurts to have their hearing checked. But if you child is babbling a lot, it probably hears fine but just isn't enunciating yet.
My son did not speak until he was 2 1/2... his big sister talked plenty, and he did not have to!
My youngest brother had 6 siblings who spoke for him until he was well past 3. He started walking around the same time. Come to think on it, that was at the start of a school year and he was the only one left at home. He had to learn then.
I agree that kids all have their own time tables for every milestone. Some good advice here.
Just remember this, no matter what age he starts talking, when he graduates college no one will be able to tell he was a late talker.
My son is will turn two in May but he still hasn't said a word. He interacts great and responds to people. He understands much of what we say to him and in all respects is a really happy little guy. Just isn't talking. Should we be concerned?
No. I would not be at all concerned, it's more common than you think for kids to not be talking at age 2, some don't start talking until age 3 or so. What is fascinating is how these kids can communicate non-verbally.
As long as he is babbling and understands a fair bit of what you say then there's no need to worry. He's probably just focusing on another part of development at the moment, my toddler was slower to start talking than most other kids I know but she was so focused on physical development (climbing, jumping etc.)
My son is will turn two in May but he still hasn't said a word. He interacts great and responds to people. He understands much of what we say to him and in all respects is a really happy little guy. Just isn't talking. Should we be concerned?
YES, you should be concerned. I had the same situation with my son. He was my first so I didnt know. I thought it was odd that he wasnt talking by age 2. By age 3 he still really didnt talk much, at least it wasnt intelligible. He certainly could hear, because he would follow directions. Everyone said, "boys are slower, dont worry about it, etc". Well it turns out, he could hear, but he had excessive wax in his ear, so what he was hearing was muffled.
It affected him in so many ways. Because his hearing was off, his fine motor skills were off. So he was late doing a lot of things, holding utensils, tying shoes, etc. He had to do several years of intensive speech therapy. He speaks fine now, but even as an adult, his motor skills are not good.
So RUN, do not walk, and have his hearing tested. If he does have a hearing impairment, make sure he gets occupational, physical, and speech therapy. You would be suprised at how intertwined they are.
My son is will turn two in May but he still hasn't said a word. He interacts great and responds to people. He understands much of what we say to him and in all respects is a really happy little guy. Just isn't talking. Should we be concerned?
Not necessarily a sign of a problem. I know of a child whose first utterance was a complete sentence: "I'm ready to go now!" that child grew up to be an exceptionaly gifted adult. If he interacts normally otherwise I wouldn't worry. He may just be deciding whether you're worth talking to.
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My aunt told me her brother didn't talk until he was well over 3. So it's probably nothing to worry about, though as others have pointed out, you should ask your pediatrician as we're not qualified to give advice.
He had to learn then.
