Talking for Eleven Month

I would not worry at all. My son didn't really start talking until about 22 months old. It'll happen. One year old is still really young to have a lot of words. It's hard not to worry when you compare to other kids. Everyone excels in different areas. Hang in there.

I mean absolutely no disrespect- But what on earth do you expect an 11 month old to be saying? You have such a long time before you have to worry! Relax and enjoy your little one. Before you know it, you'll be saying "OMG will he ever shut up!"

I think you are about a year early.
Talking really takes off after 2 yrs old (and then you'll be missing these non talking days).

"Babbling" is a precursor, to "talking."

The sound "gra"... as in "gramma" is difficult to 'say' at this stage of development.

"Talking" and enunciation.... is per a child's age and developmental age stage.... it does not all come at one time.
There are 'front of the mouth' sounds, 'back of the mouth' sounds, the tongue/throat/mouth/lips coordination too... in which talking is developed. Not all sounds... are 'mastered' at the same time, and will come with age development.

My son, from 19 months old until close to 3 years old, had Speech Therapy. And this is what I learned from the Speech Therapist.
My son, was simply delayed in speech, but advanced for his age in other developmental areas.

My daughter on the other hand, talked earlier. As girls often do. Boys being later.

But since you are concerned, just ask you Pediatrician.

As an aside, every State has an "Early Childhood Intervention" organization... that does FREE developmental assessments, including for speech, for children up until 3 years old. You do not have to be referred by a Doctor. I just called them myself. Just do a Google search for it, in your area.

Your son, is not yet 1 year old. My daughter at that age, was babbling like yours and saying simply sounds like "dada" and "mama." She was fine.

Again, if you are concerned, just ask your Pediatrician.
Not all kids, develop babbling or talking at the same rates....

For my kids when they were that age, instead of expecting them to say "Grandma".... I let them call her "Nana." Which is easier to say...
For example.

all the best,
Susan

He is normal.
I have a daughter who didn't talk unitl she was 2.5. I thought something was wrong. All she did was scream at us. She didn't even babble, it was blood curdling screeches.
THen one day she just started talking, it's like she went from an uncontrollable banshee to sentences in a month.

Not at all! He sounds on target to me. My son talked at a very early age but for some reason didn't say mama or dada for a long time. Now at 3 he wears it out lol. I think its mostly babbling at that age. Like all the other milestones, each child develops at their own pace. Don't worry! I know this is easier said than done. I worried about every little thing.

You should bring it up at his one year well baby visit. Insist that you get a referal for any mile stone he misses at that time. He still has 1/11th of his life to make some progress, he may do a great deal in the next 5 weeks. I would advise you to not wait and see if he is not making his one year milestones, you should ask for a referal for an evaluation even if your pediatrician is inclinded to wait, tell them that you aren not comfortable doing so. It is always better to evaluate when you do not need to, than it is to wait when you needed to evaluate.

If anybody tells you that the later children will talk less and that it is nothing to worry about, that is not the case. The milestone expectations are identical for all children without any regard to gender or birth order.

Never wait on development.

M.

In my opinion- NO!! 11 months seems young. At 2, I was worried about my son- he seemed to talk less than his peers. This led to him getting extremely frustrated when he couldn't say what he wanted to and then he'd have major fits! We had him evaluated, they said he was fine. And then all of a sudden he started saying more and more and more! It makes me laugh at how worried I was. So give it some time. They are all different, they all develop differently. Just keep talking and reading to him. But give him some time. Good luck!!

He sounds like a perfectly normal 11 month old. I would not be concerned.

If you are really concerned, talk with the pediatrician about a referral for an Early Intervention evaluation. Truthfully, it is not uncommon for younger children to speak later b/c older siblings (and parents) tend to speak for them.

You could try:
- introducing some basic sign language to see if he's having trouble communicating in general or simply a late-talker
- "forcing" the use of langauge by requiring him to produce a sound when he wants or needs something. If he wants a ball and he points or grunts, ask him "Would you like the ball? Say, Ball." and wait for a response. Repeat it again and try to get him to utter something. If he does, make a huge deal and had over the toy.
- Talk to him and get him to babble back to you. Again, with the younger children we don't always realize how little we speak to them directly b/c other things get our attention. In the car, point out trees, grass, birds, buildings... narrate your day and get him to respond.

If he's still not generating single word "approximations" in 2-3 months, definitely have him evaluated. It may be nothing, but if he's having a hard time expressing himself you can intervene early with maximum impact and few long-term challenges. You will also head-off some possible behavioral issues stemming from frustration.

This sounds about right for this age. My 2 kids both said 1 or 2 words at a year (my first one said cat and car by second said cat and throw). My son learned very few words until about 20 months and them something clicked and he was talking away by age 2. My daughter is 22 months now. She only said a few words until around 18 months and now she says many words, including 2 word sentences, and always repeats words to learn them when you say them to her. Also around18 months she also learned to say hi and bye at appropriate times. I know another child who was not saying any words at 24 months (which is the marker to get speech therapy from early intervention). He got speech for about a year and is fully caught up now (age 5). He was also a preemie but I'm not sure if that is relevant.

I would call the nurse and see what they say. I do remember HUGE jumps in development at that age. One day nothing, and a week later, 3 different words. Milestones are guidelines, but at certain times, they can be alarms. The doctors and nurses should be able to help you decide which this is.

I was upset when my son had only 3 words at 15 months. At the recommendation of several moms on this site I ordered the "Baby Babble" DVD's. They taught him more sign language which helped us communicate. He loved watching the DVD's (still watches them sometimes). I'm sure he would have started talking on his own, but being a new mom I was freaking out and I thought "Baby Babble" helped.
Now he's 3 and 1/2 and he WON'T SHUT UP!!! Good luck!