Is my 15 month old behind?

[doxterrr]

I’m the parent of a 15 month old boy who has about 20-30 “words” that he’ll say unprompted, but many share the same sounds. He can say b, p, m, n, d, k, g but will use “gah” or some variation of it to refer to various things. He also doesn’t have the “ee” or “ey” or “ai” vowels and all his words are consonant-vowel (never end in a consonant). Is this normal for his age?

 

[neostarwcc]

@doxterrr More than normal - with that many words he’s advanced.

 

[naama123]

@doxterrr Perfectly normal. When we say words now for toddlers at this age, we mean sounds that the primary caregiver is able to understand about 50% of the time. This should go up to about 75% of the time around 24 months old.

 

[ctr]

@doxterrr Have you asked his pediatrician? What did they say at his 1 year checkup? If there was nothing to worry about then, it's doubtful you have anything to worry about now.