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My 20 month old, son, only says a few words clearly, I do not know how to encourage him? Please help


My son is 20 months old and he says very few words. Like "dada", "Ma", "help" "up" and some others.A few months ago he was saying a lot of words probably 15-20 words. He also knows a lot of sign language. If feel he may have replaced speaking with sign language, so I have stopped teaching him. He understands when we speak to him. You ask him to do something and he does it, or if you ask him if he wants to eat he'll shake his head yes. But he will not say the word yes or please. We have tried and are still trying to hold back on giving him things with out saying the word, but it doesn't seem to be working. Actually it frustrates him. I feel almost like I am discouraging him? We spoke to our pediatrician, and her advice was to not give him what he wants until he says the word. He is a VERY smart kid, I'm not be bias just because I'm his mom, but, you only have to show him things once. I'm looking for some advice from other parents. Please help.

Posted: 01/28/2008 by ACB's Mom

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