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Speech Delays and Language Concerns

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My Son is 23 months old. He tries to speak but he can only say 20-30 words and, not joining the words, he speaks a lot in his own language. What should I do? Is it a matter of concern? Otherwise, he is too good at everything. He understands whatever we say fine with gross motor skills.

It sounds like your son has a good start on a single word vocabulary if he has 20-30 consistent words that he is currently using. After age two, we do look for children to start combining words into two word phrases such as "Mommy go", "me eat", "hi Daddy", etc.

Since your son is not quite two, you may want to give him a bit more time to progress with his speech skills, but if by 25-26 months your son is still using a lot of jargon (babbling things you don't understand, but using the inflection of speech), has not increased his single word vocabulary to 50+ words and is not starting to combine words into two word phrases you may wish to have him evaluated by a speech and language pathologist. This may be a link to services in your area. You can review our sections on speech skills for 12-24 months and 24-36 months for ideas and tips to enhance speech development, as well as red flags.