16 month old not talking

[elisaleilani]

Hello,
I am very concerned about my almost 16 month old son Caden. He was diagnosed with having mild CP about a month ago.  The Neurologist seemed to not be too concerned about it since he is pretty much doing everything normal, but he just has some stiffness in his left ankle. However, he is almost 16 months and not really saying anything besides "mama" and "daddy". There have been a few times where its sounded like maybe he said something like "doggie" or he did say "boo" for peekaboo before. but nothing consistent. He does not say "yes" , "no" or "Up" anything like that.
Should I be concerned?
Thanks
Leilani

[VincentLuk]

A 20 month old baby boy named Thomas Teng from Canada who is suffering from CP by a cord around his neck during birth delivery. He is very weak with his hands and legs and necks. He can not walk on his foot at all. He can crawl with his belly on bed during the first 20 moths.

In Dec 23 2008, the baby body with his mother came to Hong Yuen Chinese Orthopdics Treatment Centre at Hong Kong for help & cure because the grandpa of the baby boy believed only traditional Chinese Manipulative Medicine Method can cure the CP for the baby boy.

The baby body was taken 90 minutes traditional Chinese Manipulative Medicine Method treatment in one day, 3 days in one week by Dr. Ng. After 2 months treatment, the baby boy can crawl to run with his hand and foot. Now he can even stand and begin to walk on his own foot (with little help from his mother only). We trust the baby boy can walk and run by Aug, 2009. We will keep updated the treatment of the baby body.

For more information, please see the details belowed:

Hong Yuen Chinese Orthopedics Treatment Centre
Unit 34A, 4/F., Starlight House, 34 Leighton Road,
Causeway Bay, HONG KONG
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

[Rowena Santos, MD]

HI,

How is your son?The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication,  behaviour, epilepsy, and by secondary musculoskeletal problems. Speech and language disorders are common in people with Cerebral Palsy. It Children with cerebral palsy are at risk of learned helplessness and becoming passive communicators. It is recommended that early intervention such as speech therapy and constant communicating is done. Talk to your son regularly to encourage him also to talk. On the other hand, speech therapy helps control the muscles of the mouth and jaw, and helps improve communication. This is usually done at a later age. Discuss with your doctor about this and proper management for him.

Take care and keep us posted.

[akcambo]

Hi

I'm a mum of a 30mth old boy with CP. He is only now starting to sound out words other than Ma or Da & basic animal sounds, although cognitively he is at the level of a 24 to 30 mth old. He has been having speech therapy since he was a 1 yr old & this as helped with his eating & drinking & we are now progressing onto another speech therapist who concentrates on speech. We have always made alot of eye contact with him when we speak to him & try to make sure that he looks at our lips as well & exaggerate the pronunciation of the words that we speak to him. Maybe you can get a referral to a speech therapist through your pediatrician? He also has regular growth & development appointments to see how he is tracking cognitively. Hang in there, I find my son always surprises me.
Take care

[Nicole58]

HI! My son was diagnosed with C.P. in march, hes gonna be 2 this month and he just started saying more things like please and open, before he only said little things like doggie.  We started doing signing time with him and he can sign alot more then he can say.  I most deff recommend the signing time videos and books.  We also got him into speech therapy about 2 months and is showing some progress with it. If your son has an E.I specialist they could help you get the signing time and for speech we had to get a script for it from the doctor. good luck...keep us posted