Great answers here! It was interesting reading the comments on this!

Read to him, and ask him open ended questions, please send him to daycare. His behaviour may normalise there.

When he wants something or is pointing tell him the word and don’t give it to him unless he attempts the word, lots of play with him, follow his lead and repeating words over and over.

I would be seeing a speech therapist for advice!

It is probably a bit early but it all comes down to you sitting with him on your lap and repeat one word over and over again you do this for however long it takes for him to grasp that word. This make take a week or more.

i would just leave it for a bit and see how you go

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Just keep talking with them and they will learn eventually

my twins are 21 months and twin 1 says “Mum, Dad, Hello, Please”. Twin 2 says “Mum, Dad, Go”. I think it takes time and they will learn to eventually

I agree with most below – talking with him, watch how other children interact with him – maybe a few play dates.

Ask him questions that require more than a yes or no. Ask him to say Mummy or Daddy or some other simple works.

Just talk to him and he’ll join in when he’s ready. And we successfully toilet trained my son without him being able to speak, so don’t worry about that. It sounds like your son is like mine and prefers non-verbal communication. I’m sure he’ll do the same as my son and find a non-verbal way to signal toilet to you!

Just spend as much time with him as you can reading him books and singing songs to him, encourage him to say words with you

Talk to him and get him to answer simple questions .Being around other children would be a great help too maybe at the park

Best way to teach a child to talk is to talk to him! If you’re in the kitchen doing something, tell him what you are doing as you do it – Pick up his favourite toys and tell him what they are called. Kids are pretty good at understanding things and the more you talk to him the faster he will pick up different words and use them in context..

This is still early days. He will get the hang of it

I also think it’s a boy thing. But if you’re worried have you thought about getting a hearing test done. He may not be able to hear people pronounce words properly & may all be muffled.

I hope things have improved for you since posting this question. One of the best ways to encourage children to talk is to expose them to as much talking as possible. Reading books to them with repetitive sentences or rhymes will encourage them to get excited about language.

If your picking something up or he points to something, say what it is. eg. Banana, do you want a banana, banana, banana