Hello,
My 13 month old doesn't use consonants p, b, m etc. at all. I understand these are first consonants that a baby usually utters. But mine always uses n, d, k, t. Do I have to get him checked with speech pathologist or will he be getting them after a while?
Normal. The baby is ONLY 13 months old. It takes practice and at least another year or year and a half to get the hang of consonants and saying words in their entirety.
It's still very early. Kids learn at different rates. My child didn't use a lot of sounds, and never said a real word until 16 months. The pediatrician said to wait until 18 months before any evaluation, and also said that usually kids with problems are delayed in other areas as well. If your child doesn't show major areas of concern, I wouldn't worry. Can he hear you? Does he respond to stimuli? Does he play and run around and notice his surroundings?
Once my child started to talk, he never stopped. Instead of talking in the early months, he was focusing on gross and fine motor skills and creative play. Your child is probably advancing in other areas first, and will get to the talking later. Just keep talking and reading to him, as well as stimulating him with outdoor play, puzzles, toys that require him to actually do something with his hands, etc. I bet you will see that he turns out well. If there's any area to address in terms of speech, I think he needs to be older anyway.
No need to worry about it at this point. My middle son is almost 4 and occassionally he still calls milk "nilk." I had many concerns about his speech when he was younger--he only had 2 words before he turned 2, but we have a Speech & Audiology Pathologist in our family and she wasn't concerned for him. Once she started telling me about the kinds of kids that DO need help, I realized that he was ok, developmentally.
Give him time--he'll probably start sorting it out over the next year or so.
They won't even test them until they're much older if there is no evidence of deafness or a physical deformity. He's talking very early if he's using more than a very few words. A lot of toddlers don't talk until they are much closer to 20-24 months. They don't even talk in complete sentences until they're much closer to 2-2 1/2.
Here are some links that should give you enough information to determine if he's ahead or behind or right in the normal range.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-...
http://www.babycenter.com/milestone-charts-birth-to-age-3
http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/abc/
This is communication only from the site above.
http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/abc/communication.html
Then some general milestone sites.
http://www.asha.org/slp/schools/prof-consult/norms/
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/pages/speechandlang...
http://www.speechandlanguage.com/clinical-cafe/speech-sou...
I think 13 months is a bit early to be worried about this particular issue.
Give it a year. Seriously. I worked with kids for a long time... yours is FINE!
The baby is 13 months old. Do not worry. Spend your time enjoying this time. It goes by so quickly. All babies develop at different times. Relax and enjoy.
ask the dr at the 15 month check up. but it is normal. they do not do speech therapy for kids this young for articulation.. that is develoopmentat..
I remember from my college linguistics class that children learn consonant sounds in a particular order so it is normal for them to develop some later than others. With that being said, it was an elective so I do not recall what the order was. My guess is that it is perfectly normal.
My 5 year old still has trouble with some of his sounds. We are just now looking into speech therapy for him. At 13 months your little one is doing fine. Just keep talking with him and worry about speech later. Ask your doctor if you are concerned.
