Yeah....

So, as I've mentioned before (old blog) our little Trevor is a slow talker. At 20 months, his expressive vocabulary is still very limited. Because he fell below the standard 5-15 words at 15 months, his old pediatrician recommended he be evaluated and after the evaluation, because he was at least on target or even ahead in all other areas, therapy wasn't recommended at this point so we are just patiently waiting for more words! We do have a service coordinator- free service from Guilford county where they come in once a month to assess his progress and make sure we aren't missing anything. So far, they've been extra reassuring that they aren't worried about him and some children are simply slow to talk. From what I've read and choose to believe, some toddlers are extra interested in motor skills (he was walking at 8 months-have to always throw that in there when I discuss his strengths and weaknesses;)) which can coincide with a delay in speech and that some toddlers choose to talk later (2-3) when they have passed the frustration stage of learning and can just start speaking in sentence form. So, we'll hope for that explanation!!

While we don't get to hear a new word everyday, we can easily tell big changes in his receptive (understanding) vocabulary. I love being able to actually give him instructions and watch them get carried out. I'm sure this is not abnormal behavior for this age, but maybe just seems more interesting to me because he can tell exactly what we are saying, yet just doesn't say it back.

What he loves to do is continuously point at everything and say his own version of "what's this?" until we answer him. Then we quiz him on any items or people and he points correctly at everything. He also seems to have his own language with lots of babbling and attempting mimics of what we say. Although he doesn't say many English words, he is always making noise and different sounds. He recognizes all of his friends and family names, just doesn't typically attempt to verbalize them. We do use some sign language and that has been helping with the verbal communication road block.

Anyhow, the point of this long rambling post was too remind me of his speech, both receptive and expressive at 20 months. And to say, that it is clear that Trevor now uses the word- "yeah". He loves to answer questions correctly "yeah" which I'll gladly take over "no!"

The words he commonly uses...

Truck
Cat
Dog
Got-tiger
Char- Charlotte
Gof- Golf
Cocoa
Uh oh- lots of times this is used in advance of an accident
Sock

While I am definitely ready to communicate more with my little boy, the one word that I can't wait to hear is MOMMY! We'll get there one day!