I have a 15 month old baby/toddler who definitely seems behind the curve in terms of speech, but because I have almost no experience with children of this age, I’m struggling to know what is normal variation in development, and what could be cause for concern/further evaluation.My daughter doesn’t have any words, and in fact really uses the same syllable(s) for just about everything – she will point and say “ba” or “da” at just about any object she is curious about. She also doesn’t have much variety in the sounds she makes when babbling, maybe ba, da, ma, na and some nonsense baby gibberish. She doesn’t ever try to imitate words people make, but will imitate things like blowing raspberries or shushing.Having said that, she clearly has strong receptive language as she clearly understands a wide range of objects and commands. She also knows a couple of signs (pretty much just food related ones). There are no concerns at this point about autism really, as she makes a ton of eye contact, points, claps, waves, plays peekaboo, and generally loves attention and interactive games with people. She was also pretty early with motor skills, taking her first steps before 9 months and generally being ahead of the curve with that stuff.I understand that some babies don’t say their first word until 18-24 months (or later!) and that there’s a wide range of normal with this stuff. I guess the reason I’m slightly concerned is that I imagine those children that speak later are still making a wide variety of different sounds while babbling, imitating syllables, things like that. Is it normal for a baby of 15 months to just seem essentially totally uninterested in experimenting with language and different types of sounds? Paediatrician not concerned at all yet, but I was curious what other parents might have experienced, since – as mentioned – I have no experience around other babies to draw on. Thanks for any input you might have! via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2IAFOUo
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