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My son is going to 23 months and is just saying only 2 words - ' car' and ' amma' . I am a bit concerned since children at his age are already talking well. Even if I try to speak to him, he keeps pointing at different things trying to tell something, but doesn' t speak much as such.

After a while if I keep repeating the same words for him to say, he gets irritated and doesn' t want to listen.

When i check with doc, they say boys under the age of 2 are normally slow. is this true ?

Please provide your comments.
Nidhi replied. Hi Sarathamy son 2yrs 9 month old.he is not taking much he is saying mama.car baanna like that but nit realting things to each other he is crying .showing me those things he want that one.i am so worried.if i want to teach something he won' t ......what i will do help me Saratha replied. Anupama, Revanth and everyone else who has a son who is not speaking as yet, my son is 25 months old and he speaks very little. I am very worried like all of you are but my doc says its okay for boys not to talk until they are 2 1/2. Its especially worrying for me, ' cos he is one of a twin and the other guy talks a lot. I even got doubts whether he was deaf ' cos sometimes he would not even respond to his name but then the minute he hears his favourite song on TV he rushes to the TV hall. So that worry is rested for now. I guess we just need to patiently wait and keep encouraging speech. Sometimes its very embarassing ' cos girls his age talk so much. My brother talked when he was three but today he would sell the world with his talking skills. So all we need to do is wait patiently but keep encouraging direct speech like doc' s advice. Refer to your kid by name and keep talking to him/singing to him directly. Its not enough if he hears you speak to someone else or if he listens to TV. Hope I was of some help. All the best. Rahul Agrawal replied. My son Neel is 19 months now, he speaks only ka ka ka and sometimes pa pa pa.. cha cha cha. I am bit worried, doctor adviced to wait till completion of 2 yrs and also adviced to send him to play school. Pls advice from your side. Prity replied. My son is 24 months. He is also not talking properly yet. But I think it should be OK. boys are slow.