u/Organic_Gold_2546

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for some honest opinions and experiences from other parents because I've been feeling quite anxious about my son.
My son is **20 months old**, and while he has made progress recently, I'm still worried about some aspects of his development.

Here are the things he **can do**:

He responds to his name.

He makes good eye contact.

He brings objects to show me.

He points to things he wants and has been pointing more often recently.

He uses a few functional words consistently, like **"no," "open," and "up."**

He also says other words, but they're mostly for labeling things or repeating familiar phrases rather than using them to communicate.

He understands some simple things like **"no," "wave bye-bye," "clap," "pop bubbles,"** and sometimes **"blow a kiss,"** but I don't feel like he understands a wide range of everyday language yet.

His M-CHAT-R screening score was **2 (low likelihood of autism).**

My concerns are:

His expressive language almost seems stronger than his receptive language, which worries me because I usually hear it's the other way around.

He knows I m his mother and he is affectionate/craves attention from primary caregivers and close relatives but doesn’t refer to us as mama baba or grandpa granny etc

He still has very few functional words for his age.

He doesn't really point just to share interest (for example, pointing to show me something interesting). Most of his pointing is to request things.

He gets frustrated when I tell him "no" and sometimes hits his hands on a surface.

He has **night terrors almost every night**, and I'm not sure if that could be related to anything developmental or if it's completely separate.

I'm constantly wondering if he's just a late talker or if I should be more concerned.

Has anyone had a child with a similar profile at around 20 months? Did they catch up with speech? Were they eventually diagnosed with a speech delay, autism, or something else?

I'm especially interested in hearing from parents whose children had delayed speech, especially if expressive language seemed stronger than receptive language.
Thank you so much for reading. I'm really hoping to hear some real-life experiences.

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for some honest opinions and experiences from other parents because I've been feeling quite anxious about my son.
My son is **20 months old**, and while he has made progress recently, I'm still worried about some aspects of his development.

Here are the things he **can do**:

He responds to his name.

He makes good eye contact.

He brings objects to show me.

He points to things he wants and has been pointing more often recently.

He uses a few functional words consistently, like **"no," "open," and "up."**

He also says other words, but they're mostly for labeling things or repeating familiar phrases rather than using them to communicate.

He understands some simple things like **"no," "wave bye-bye," "clap," "pop bubbles,"** and sometimes **"blow a kiss,"** but I don't feel like he understands a wide range of everyday language yet.

His M-CHAT-R screening score was **2 (low likelihood of autism).**

My concerns are:

His expressive language almost seems stronger than his receptive language, which worries me because I usually hear it's the other way around.

He knows I m his mother and he is affectionate/craves attention from primary caregivers and close relatives but doesn’t refer to us as mama baba or grandpa granny etc

He still has very few functional words for his age.

He doesn't really point just to share interest (for example, pointing to show me something interesting). Most of his pointing is to request things.

He gets frustrated when I tell him "no" and sometimes hits his hands on a surface.

He has **night terrors almost every night**, and I'm not sure if that could be related to anything developmental or if it's completely separate.

I'm constantly wondering if he's just a late talker or if I should be more concerned.

Has anyone had a child with a similar profile at around 20 months? Did they catch up with speech? Were they eventually diagnosed with a speech delay, autism, or something else?

I'm especially interested in hearing from parents whose children had delayed speech, especially if expressive language seemed stronger than receptive language.
Thank you so much for reading. I'm really hoping to hear some real-life experiences.

Hello everyone! My 19 month old son is speech delayed and I m very worried about his development these days. I m loosing sleep & appetite and the anxiety is too much.

These are some things that he does:

1. Great eye contact
2. Socially engages with all family members
3. Smiles and laughs back at us, loves playing games like peekaboo and hide and seek
4. Says milk when he sees milk and says ‘done’ after finishing his milk bottle or after water. Says ‘open’ when he needs our help with reading his book or something similar
5. Loves reading and can fill in the blanks of his favorite books.

Things that are concerning:

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1. Does not point.

He started pointing and did it few times when he turned 18 but he hasn’t really done it in a few weeks.
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1. Can wave but only does it when in mood and not much when we ask him to.

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1. Poor receptive language but a developmental evaluation suggests that his receptive speech is emerging and that he most likely understands words like ‘give’, ‘come’, ‘open’

- lots

1. of whining and crying when I say no. He definitely understands the word ‘no’. But he has been a very sensitive toddler and is super clingy to me.

There’s so much more I can write but I think this gives a general idea. Please share any tips/suggestions/advices.

Also, I dont live in the US and we have no early intervention here. There are only private individual therapy centers. I have visited two and both have conducted a developmental assessment. I have also enrolled him into a play based naturalistic ABA center but not sure how good the therapists are and how beneficial it would be because the country I live in does not have many centers and experienced staff.