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Not Speaking Much at 20 Months in a Multilingual Family
My son turned 20 months a couple of weeks ago. I'm a little concerned regarding his speech development. He speaks very few words (Mama, papa, no, tata for pacifier, nana for Grandma, pata for potatoes, muuh for cow, nnnh for horse, baa for ship, vruum for car); so this makes 6 "words" and 5 sounds. I have many reasons NOT to be worried: - He signs more than 100 words and communicate a lot by signs and gestures (and eye contact) - He understands everything when I speak to him (in French) and also most of the Spanish and English that is...
