Advice from my ped about number of words

I went for my sons 15 month checkup today, and he asked if my son was saying words. I said yes, and then I asked if there was a certain number. He said at 15 months, he would say anywhere between 5-10 words.

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That is what my ped said and then by the time he was 2 he wanted to see that he was saying around 20.

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20 words by 2 years of age? i would think it woud be a lot more no? or is that the minimum?

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20 words would be really low at 2 yrs old IMO. I'm not a speech pathologist but I've taken my DS to one 3x a week for a year now, so I've talked to her about tons of stuff.

To use my DS as an example-- he had NO words and his babbling was even limited in range at 18 months... a significant speech delay. By his 2nd birthday he had well over 100 words, and that's from a kid starting pretty late. I think I would pursue an eval if my DC only had 20 words by then.

I think 15 words is the norm at 18 months? Correct me if I'm wrong, might have forgotten by now.

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