So, the little prince just turned two, and I have some questions about how much he talks.
Background- he seems to be a very bright kid. If you ask him to point out anything in one of his books, he goes right to it. He can follow directions if he feels like it (where did he get THAT, I wonder?), and has a pretty good attention span. He can even recognize words and fonts on black videotapes (same tape color and type color), to pick out the one he wants to watch, and he’s always right!
But he just doesn’t talk much. He has about a dozen short words- car, mama, dada, up, truck, trash, doh (bulldozer), no (his favorite, of course), pop, poop (just learned that one! Daddy is so proud!), etc. He makes himself understood just fine, but without a lot of speech.
I understand that a child is not a textbook, and that every kid is different. The pediatrician said to watch him over the next three months, to see if he starts putting words together into groups or simple sentences. If he doesn’t, maybe some testing is in order. Now, he just spent a week away from the sitter, with me, hubby, my mom & dad, and he seemed to make quite a leap. I think he put a couple of words together on purpose this morning, so I’m waiting for a repeat to confirm it.
So, what is your experience? Any ideas? I know he’s smart, I would just feel better if he talked as much as the other two-year-olds I seem to see around.