Feeling pretty good about it. We’ve been waiting and waiting for Gage to start talking with very little progress. Since the time came to update the pediatrician I gave him a call the other day and left a message describing Gage’s progress.
He is not particularly concerned with Gage’s progress at this time because Gage is showing plenty of signs that he is hearing well and learning appropriately; it’s probably just that he’s not ready to talk yet.
He was actually quite pleased with some things, especially Gage’s progress with his fine motor skills. Gage frankly amazes me in that area, as he is fascinated by small details and loves putting small beads on a string. He can do ones Ariel couldn’t do at three years old. Yes I keep saying that because it just keeps amazing me.
He also sings la-la-la-la, often imitating the melody if you sing something to him, even though he makes no attempt at the words.
Yes, of course it still drives me nuts that he doesn’t actually talk yet aside from about six rarely used words. Waiting is HARD. But his progress in so many other areas does leave me quite encouraged.
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My 21 month old is heading in the same direction as his older two brothers (and his father); speech therapy until 3rd grade. However, I feel better knowing that consistent sounds qualify as words. My son will tell me the animals sounds… “moo” “woof-woof” etc, and his ped. told us those counted as words. After adding those into his limited vocabulary he met the milestone.
We also anticipated an issue and started signing with him around his first birthday, and that has helped a lot. Good luck. My sister did not talk AT ALL until 3 and her first “word” was a complete sentence of like 6 words.