16 month old...not talking yet: Hi... my son just turned 16 months. Around 4 to 6 months, your baby's sighs will give way to babbling. My son just turned 2 years old. However he not putting two words together yet, unless you count bye bye as one. ScienceDaily. Mixed Results For Late-talking Toddlers. However he follows directions really well and listens well. Hi Emma Don't worry too much keep talking to him and reading books etc. But although it's not typical, your child's situation is not necessarily cause for great concern, either. : Hi all. 16 May 2008. I'm not a child development expert, but I know my cousin really didn't talk until she was 2-2.5 years old. 10 Jun. 0 0. He does seem to respond to his name and babbles. He started walking early. 2011. Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (2008, May 16). I currently run a day home and I have a little girl who i'm fairly certain is autistic. She had not spoken any words yet but makes lots of babbling sounds. She does not have much interest in playing with the other children, unless we're outside. You'll hear back-of-the-tongue consonant sounds, such as g and k, and lip sounds m, … Most children have learned to say at least one word by the time they're 12 months old, and it's unusual for a child to not be speaking at all by 18 months. does not seem to be pointing at anything. Rice, M. L., Taylor, C. L., & Zubrick, S.R. Anonymous. My son was about 18 months old when he started and didn't stop! Then she just started coming out with full sentences. Babies later diagnosed with autism are slower to start babbling and do less of it once they get started than typical babies do, reports a study published 31 January in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.Because delays in babbling are rare, this could serve as an early marker of autism. Looking for some advice, not sure if this is the right spot. ... Just listen very closely to his babble. Use this list of milestones and signs of possible delay when considering whether your little one's speech is progressing normally. Web. Other healthcare systems, such as Kids Health, suggested that most 18-month-olds are saying 20 words, pointing to a number of pictures in books when asked, pointing to objects and people in … (2008). He has anywhere from 40-50 words he uses. She doesn’t talk. Just a thought. After the second birthday, there is usually an explosion in vocabulary and the use of more complex sentences. 16 Month Old Not Talking. In subsequent months, they begin to string words together into toddler sentences. Language outcomes of 7-year-old children with or without a history of late language emergence at 24 months. Some kids just listen and then when they start talking, they're much farther ahead than others. But he does not seem to be interacting much..no real words yet. She is VERY smart; she knows exactly what you are talking about; she’ll follow simple and not so simple instructions, but she doesn’t talk! His doctor just said bring him back in 3 months … Source(s): https://shrink.im/a9eLK. ... My 19 month old doesn't say anything either, just babbling. he has still not spoken his 1st word, not even mamma, pappa. Don99fnm. My daughter is going to turn 21 months in 2 weeks and I’m a little concerned with her talking. Guest Posted on 28-02-2011 at 9.39PM . If it sounds even remotely close to a real word, say yes and the proper name for the word (ie the word is milk and he says mu, say yes, milk or oh the milk). 0 Like this post Log in Add an account. And he is still picking up words. 16 month old son not talking at all - worried . 16 month old autism? An explosion in vocabulary and the use of more complex sentences.. no real words yet but makes of. Not sure if this is the right spot, not even mamma pappa... 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