https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 06:50:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-regression#post-2216839 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:26:54 +0000 Cherrybee 2216839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO did this when she first started talking! It was weird... but seem to be normal! Her language exploded soon after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-regression#post-2216821 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:11:50 +0000 Punky 2216821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is kind of doing the same thing. She's 17 months and went a couple weeks learning a new word almost everyday and then it stopped and she doesn't use those words much anymore. She was doing more babbling and using less words I recognized. But then this week she's kind of picked it up again and today out of nowhere she gave me her first clearly spoken sentence "I sit here" pointing to her little stool. As long as he is still babbling and attempting to interact and speak I wouldn't be concerned. I would give it a couple months and if things don't pick up call/email the pediatrician. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-regression#post-2216808 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 22:08:33 +0000 PurplePeony 2216808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD just had her 18-month checkup and they asked if she had 10-15 words (animal sounds like woof, meow, moo count, as do made-up words they use consistently, i.e. my DD calls her pacifier a "mimi" and her ped said that's a word). Apparently more than that is great but ten is appropriate. Her ped also said "we're happy if they can put two words together at age two." So I think you probably don't need to worry yet, but you know your LO best so if you're worried, there's no harm in asking for help/more info. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-regression#post-2216733 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:25:26 +0000 sunstar 2216733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for your feedback. The pediatrician was definitely unconcerned at his last check up, so we'll just give it some months and see how things go. Maybe if there's no progress, I'll take him in. I was just surprised that he hasn't made a "comeback" with the words that he was saying before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-regression#post-2216552 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:02:08 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2216552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once a word is said once it "counts." So it's normal not to repeat words. But that being said, I'd trust your gut and if you are really concerned, check it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-regression#post-2216536 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:46:54 +0000 mauxie 2216536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember my nephew had some speech regression in that he stopped saying words he previously was using. It was as though he was very self conscious about it sounding "correct" so he stopped saying them altogether. He ended up being a late talker but when he did talk it was a big boom of vocabulary and strings of sentences. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-regression#post-2216520 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:38:21 +0000 Mama Bird 2216520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think sometimes kids at that age learn new words, file them away, and then stop saying them for months. An eval can't hurt if you're worried, but kids' speech development can be all over the place, so it's easy to worry when it's nothing.</p> <p>For what it's worth, my son had about that many words at that age, and he started talking properly very late (just after two) but he's actually ahead of many kids in his day care now. He did get early intervention therapy, but he started talking while we were still waiting for it to get approved :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-regression#post-2216500 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:20:26 +0000 sunstar 2216500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My year and a half old son is very social and a babbler, but only has about 6 words that he'll say consistently. About 2 months ago, he was showing a lot of progress, and added about 10 words to his vocabulary, although he'd mostly say those with prompting. Then, we moved from DC to Florida, and he pretty much lost those 10 words. He continues to babble a lot and will sometimes (rarely) repeat familiar words. Anyone know what's normal for this age? Should I schedule a follow- up with his pediatrician before his 2 year appointment? </p>