my son is 27 months old he has an expressive speech and langauge delay from my expierence delays in speech are not diagnosed till 2 years of age. My son doesnt talk at all, he babbles away like his younger brother who is 8 months old his hearing is fine.
To put your worries at ease i would get his hearing tested to rule out hearing problems

~ Jessy

he will talk when he is ready. my son is 2 and talks just like we do. but my cousin who is the same age says nothing just grunts. i think trying to make him talk will help. Such as if he wants something and points to it then you say what it is and try to encourage him to say it before you give him it. just my two bits. and when he is talking you'll be asking how to keep him quiet lol..

~ Melissa

Hey Emma.
My son is the same age and has the same problem. He had been seeing Early Intervention anyhow and they referred him to a speech therapist. We saw them last week and they don't seem overly concerned.
I have noticed that he does 'communicate' - he dances infront of the tv when he wants the wiggles, goes to the fridge when he wants a drink of milk, waves goodbye, gets his teddy when he wants to go to bed, puts his arms up for a hug. He does all this without words.... hrmmm... I was worried..... anyways they do think that seeing them will help, they have taught him 2 more 'sign languages' - he now pats his chest when he wants "more", and pushes his arm up and forward for 'go'.
His hearing has been ruled out as a problem - as one of the other mums said to get it checked, I totally agree. They think that he'll probably just start talking when he is ready but they want to keep seeing him on the off chance that he 'cant' pronounce words properly when he is able to speak.
I continue to talk to him when we teach him the sign for each word and encourage him to talk. He has now started to say 'ta' when he gives or gets something (more when he hands something to you! aww). I wouldnt panic about it just yet, give him time :o)

~ Lyndall

Hi emma,
My daughter dosnt know how to stop talking as jess said in the first comment (deegans girlfriend) she is a week younger and dosnt know when to stop talking!!! She is 19 months old so only a month younger than your bub!
Girls are generally faster learners from birth till high school (even after that) haha. My friends son is 6 and he goes to a special speech school because he has the speech ability of a 3 year old! He has been to the speech school for half a year already and i have noticed a huge difference! I wouldnt stress too much about it right now at this age... Just keep encouraging him to say things! when he points and groans at things and you know what it is he wants, then say the word and give it to him... keep this up and i think he might adventually catch onto things!

If he can understand you and what your saying then there is nothing wrong with his hearing!! You just have to give him a chance to talk for himself!!! Instead of asking do you want your bottle? get him to tell you what he wants... for example: if he points and groans at his bottle then just say what do you want? if he still points and groans say to him "bottle?" or bot bot what ever you call it...

Kyla will say bot bot nigh nigh when she want to lay down and have her nap, so even though she isnt saying mummy i want my bottle and a nap, she is telling me what she wants very simply but i can understand it! Keep it as simple as possible and you will adventually get some results!!!

Patients is all it takes!

~ Aimz

hi emma, I think ur son will probably start talking soon. my daughter is 17mths and says almost everything i can think of she even says stuff staright away that she hears for the first time but thats not good when its naughty words lol. anyways i just think that maybe hes just taking abit longer cos it seems that boys take longer then girls and if there was anything wrong i dont think hed understand much of what u say ethier but u said he does so dont stress and go get his hearing ect checked out if your worried just to put your mind at ease.
Bye love jazzy and bubs

~ Jasmine