NEED ADVICE ON TEACHING 2YR OLD HOW TO TALK

Does he put 2 words together ? If he does'nt maybe you should talk to your Dr. about it and get him a speech eval just to see if he needs a little speech therapy .  

The only way to teach them to talk is by example. So, ask him what he wants as in, "cup?" and hold the cup up to him to identify. Also, use full sentences as he will be more likely to graduate into them faster. My 1.5 year old asks, "mom, where are you?" because she hears her big sister (age 4) hollering that when i'm in the bathroom. :-)

Hey, I've had some similar concerns with my DD, even though she's a bit younger than your little one.

I watched another child in her daycare working with a speech therapist.  They work with picture books a lot, and the lady would take the kid's hand, and have the kid point to the picture, and repeat the word she said (identifying the picture).  Then of course there is a huge celebration when the kid repeats the word correctly.  They'd also act things out, talking the whole way through ("Hug?"  **get hug**  "Hello!"  **wave hands**)

I just started copying what I saw there and I've seen huge improvements in DD.  She's not exactly ready for conducting speeches or monologues, but she does respond well to certain cues.  I'll get a couple words strung together...and a whole lot more jibberish...but I feel like we're progressing in the right direction.

It took about 3 months to teach her that she had to say "please" when she wanted something.  We would show her a cookie, and tell her to say please.  It literally took 3 months of violent temper tantrums several times a day...and no cookies...until one day she gave in and said "peez?"  I've never been so happy to hand a child a cookie.

But I guess my trick was to be just as stubborn as she was.  :-P

just keep on and try not to react to the screaming, and tell him to say the word instead.  if your really concerned about it bring it up with your pedi,but every kid learns at his/her own pace...like mine can talk pretty good hes almost 3, but he doesnt want anything to do with the potty = /

I second talking to your ped an asking about a possible speech and hearing eval. But, with that said, here is what was told to me-

Picture books- do lots of pointing to the words and then after going over them, asking him "what's that?" You can also before that ask him where the ____ is to make sure he knows what the pictures are called. The "My first _____" series are great for this. We have been doing this with my 20 mo old while working on potty training and his language has really taken off. I also tell him when he starts whining that I can't understand him, use his words. He's starting to do it more and more and I thank him for using his words when he does.

If you have an older child, don't let them tell you what their sib wants. My oldest is really good about getting is brother to repeat words though. He'll ask him to say certain things and well, because brother is asking, he'll do it. Turkey!

A friend who took her 2 yr old to speech was told that she had to talk nonstop to her kid and describe everything. "Look, mommy is getting the cereal. Mommy is putting the cereal in the bowl." Anywho, you get the idea.

The other thing is that if you have the TV on for noise constantly, turn it off. It's hard for them to hear what you are saying and well, the TV doesn't ask for feedback most of the time. HTH.

My son is now 3.5 yrs old and he didnt really start talking till he was 3. Now he can say almost a lot of complete sentences but not all are clear. I took him to the pediatrician and they just did a hearing test and that was it. But in my family that runs in it being "a lil slow" as MANY people like to call it. My brother and DH didnt talk till they were almost 5 so Im never too worried about it. Sorry i wasnt any help.

 I agree with some others....if he isn't at lease putting two whole words together you might was to see if you can get him in with a speech therapist

My oldest son was only saying one word at age two and ended up needing four years of speech therapy. Not only did he learn a lot but I did too. It has made it a lot easier for me to teach our toddler how to talk. It would probably benifit you to have an evaluation done for him and even if they tell you he needs it and you don't want to then they could at least give you some tips on how to help him on your own. 

Make it a requirement that he uses words if he wants something. Dont give in and be consistant. Do not require that he says the word correctly, just that he tries. Start by making a list of phonix he that cannot pronounce. H, J, S, L, etc. Then pick a couple of easier sounds to start with. H and F are two that are easier(unless he already makes those sounds). only practice those sounds, dont put them in words yet. Once he masters those sounds, start by adding each vowel after the consanant eg. Hi Ha Ho Hu He. Not making words, just sounds. Only after he masters that, then start adding a vowel sound in front too. eg., IHI, AHA, etc. then start making easy words, Hat, hot, hit, hut etc.

my son just turned four, has always been behind in speech and this is how his speech therapist works with him. it works!!!!ask your dr. to refer to a therapist if you feel it is needed. but the first step should always be a hearing test.

I had the same problem w/my DS.  I tell you what helped me is someone gave me this DVD called Baby Babble (by Talking Child).  Anyways....it was developed by speech pathologists.  It looked really boring to me, but my 2 yr old loved it and I swear after watching it a few times, he started talking more.  They teach sign language on there, too.  That helped alot b/c he learned to sign "more", "eat", "drink", "help", etc.  It's weird b/c not long after he was using the signs...he started saying the words along w/the signs.  Now we have alot less whining b/c he is able to say "mommy help" or "eat" instead of just having a meltdown in the middle of the floor!  well....that's what worked for me.  Good luck!!!