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Mom of a 5 yr 8 m old boy4 years ago

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my baby is of 17months but he only speaks mumma but he understands everything.points out things ,follows instructions, says ka ka sometimes to bye he says hayyee. should I be worried for his speech

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Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy4 years ago

A. that is very normal and the child will be able to speak properly between two years to three years of age so just interact regularly and decrease screen time like TV mobile and laptop if going on

RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl4 years ago

A. It’s Okay your child is speaking really very well as of now by the age of three years they say that the speech will become better so you can wait for some time your child has no issues your child is going a perfectly because the child is understanding and responding to everything that means there is no issue at all just a little bit of speech de

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