r/speechdelays

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice/reassurance from parents with similar experiences.

My little boy is 23 months old and currently non verbal. He’s very social, affectionate, engaging, understands lots, uses eye contact well and communicates through signs/gestures. His other development seems on track.

What concerns me is that he has no consistent words, struggles to imitate sounds, and will occasionally make a sound once and then never do it again. He mostly says “uh” for everything. He also drools and often has an open mouth posture.

We’ve had hearing checked, seen an SLT, and are using AAC/signs and all the usual speech strategies consistently.

I keep being told to “wait and see,” but I’m starting to wonder about childhood apraxia of speech/verbal dyspraxia because of the inconsistency and lack of progress.

Did anyone else’s child present similarly at this age? What was the eventual outcome?

my boy is 31 months old
And in daycare they told me he doesnt want loud noises( he screams a bit when he does t want something and says bye bye, to get out of the situation)
He started daycare like 10 days ago and only stays there 1-2 hours, always been home with me or his grandparents)
The teacher asked me(sorry about my english , not my native language)
She asked me , if he follows and comands, and i said yes. Cuz at home he says like:remote,gives it to me, i say: go give it to dad! He goes to his dad and gives the remote . If i say close the door , he does it!if i say, get the keys open the door, take this and throw it to the bin, wash your hands, what is this, who is this, he answers and follows simple comands okay.
He strugles with questions like: where is mommy? He will say just :mommy!(actually i never modeled this kind of questions to him)
To be clear he is my first child and first grandchild for both of our families,we always do things for him. We Dont let him struggle .
he has more than 150 words and 2-3 word phrases
Anything similar with your children. Cus im very worried dont know what to do and cant stop comparing. Any “happy endings” ?

We have been referred to speech therapy, but we are trying out best to get him to talk. We noticed recently that when we talk, his jaws move from left to right and he sort of whispering. It’s as he’s his trying to communicate, but it’s not coming out. Has anyone experienced this ? Should we be concerned?

my boy is 31 months old
And in daycare they told me he doesnt want loud noises( he screams a bit when he does t want something and says bye bye, to get out of the situation)
He started daycare like 10 days ago and only stays there 1-2 hours, always been home with me or his grandparents)
The teacher asked me(sorry about my english , not my native language)
She asked me , if he follows and comands, and i said yes. Cuz at home he says like:remote,gives it to me, i say: go give it to dad! He goes to his dad and gives the remote . If i say close the door , he does it!if i say, get the keys open the door, take this and throw it to the bin, wash your hands, what is this, who is this, he answers and follows simple comands okay.
He strugles with questions like: where is mommy? He will say just :mommy!
To be clear he is my first child and forst grandchild for both of our families,we always do things for him. We Dont let him struggle .
he has more than 150 words and 2-3 word phrases
Anything similar with your children. Cus im very worried dont know what to do and cant stop comparing. Any “happy endings” ?

My son has suspected CAS and I am panicking about his future prospects.

Will he be able to socialize, enjoy and have a fulfilling childhood and eventually settle down to be able to be independent and successful and whatever he puts his mind to?

How serious is this condition?

We’re obviously willing to throw everything we can into supporting him. He’s almost 2 and is a bright; engaging and charming little boy with an exuberance for life and people. It breaks my heart to think he’ll be starting nursery soon and the other kids may think he’s a baby and not want to play with him cause he can’t talk…

Any future hope - please share. Very worried mum xxx

My little boy is almost 2. He’s really social, lovely, affectionate and engaging. He initiates interaction, loves people, understands lots, and all his other development seems on track.

But he still doesn’t say any words at all — not even consistent animal noises or play sounds. He’s had his hearing checked and that was all fine.

We’ve seen speech therapy and AAC was suggested, but there’s no regular therapy at the moment. We’ve also been consistently using all the strategies the speech therapist suggested for over 6 months now.

Since he was born we’ve constantly read to him, sung to him, talked to him, engaged with him, played with him, and taken him to groups/classes, so I don’t feel like it’s a lack of interaction or stimulation.

He’s also been using signs since around 9–10 months old. Very occasionally he’ll do an animal noise or sound once, and then not do it again for months. Sometimes it honestly feels more like regression than progress, which is what worries me.

Everyone keeps telling me to “wait and see” but I just have this feeling that it’s more than just being a late talker.

I think what confuses me is that he’s so connected socially and seems bright in every other way.

Would really appreciate hearing from parents whose children were similar around this age. Did speech come later? Was there eventually a diagnosis or was it just a speech delay? Did anything help?

So my boy is 31 months old
And in daycare they told me he doesnt want loud noises( he screams a bit when he does t want something and says bye bye, to get out of the situation)
He started daycare like 10 days ago and only stays there 1-2 hours, always been home with me or his grandparents)
The teacher asked me(sorry about my english , not my native language)
She asked me , if he follows and comands, and i said yes. Cuz at home he says like:remote,gives it to me, i say: go give it to dad! He goes to his dad and gives the remote . If i say close the door , he does it!if i say, get the keys open the door, take this and throw it to the bin, wash your hands, what is this, who is this, he answers and follows simple comands okay.
He strugles with questions like: where is mommy? He will say just :mommy!
To be clear he is my first child and forst grandchild for both of our families,we always do things for him. We Dont let him struggle .
he has more than 150 words and 2-3 word phrases
Anything similar with your children. Cus im very worried dont know what to do and cant stop comparing. Any “happy endings” ?

Please tell me parents
What is considered speech delay
For toddlers 30-31 months old
Because i see on the internet children with very advance vacabulary
And 5 phrase sentences and more . And they answer very complex questions
And i dont know what to think
My boy has more than 150 words
Can say 2-3 word phrases
But most of the time he preferes to use 1 word
For the things that he wants
Answers questions like “who is this? Or what is this”
Brief eye contact
Turns head when you call him
No repetetive behaivor
Please tell me your experience and how it turned for you