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18 Month Old Doesn T Talk. The first step in understanding why your 18-month-old isnt talking yet is to learn the milestones that are considered normal for this age. Updated on June 21 2012 PM. By 4 years old a child should be mostly understood even by people who dont know the child. Shell follow simple and not so simple instructions but she doesnt talk.
Most but not all children can say at least six words by 18 months. Keep doing this until your child will look at you when you say his name about 80 of. Even when she tries to talk like ball shell say ba but only if we ASK her to say ball. At 19 months he hardly talks. When it comes to mealtime. Your toddler should be able to follow simple instructions from you such as Pick up your teddy She.
If we ask her to say please.
My 18mo DD only says three words. These strategies can help in the meantime to encourage your child as much as possible in a positive way at home. If at 18 months your child prefers gestures to vocalizations has trouble imitating sounds or difficulty understanding simple verbal requests it might be time to talk to your pediatrician. When to be concerned. Also call the doctor if your childs speech is harder to understand than expected for their age. When it comes to mealtime.