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Hi there,

Just found this list after doing a search on " late talker " . My son

is 25 months old and not talking at all. His pediatrician has

recommended we go to get a speech therapy evaluation which we'll set

up for next week.

We've been operating under the assumption that he was just late to

talking and that we had a " little Einstein " on our hands. After

reading about things at the apraxia website, I'm now quite sure that

he has apraxia and will need therapy.

's *very* intelligent. You can see that just by observing him.

He's developed his own set of signs to tell us what he wants/needs.

But the only thing he says right now is mamamamama. He did dadadada

for awhile, but is back to mamamamama. He's a very expressive kid -

uses his face to tell us all sorts of things. But he's just not

talking. His 6-month-old sister seems more inclined to talk than he

does, and at this rate she will talk before he does.

In any case, if anyone has any words of wisdom for us, or whatever,

I'd be very interested. We're not quite yet used to the idea that

there might be something " wrong " with our perfect little boy.

Thanks for listening, and I look forward to being a member of this

group.

Sincerely,