When should my toddler be able to use words?
Harry is 16 months old and he doesn’t seem to be talking very much. He says “Ba” for bottle and ball, and “Da” for Daddy and dog, and a few other short “words, but that’s it . . .
Language development
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Harry is 16 months old and he doesn’t seem to be talking very much. He says “Ba” for bottle and ball, and “Da” for Daddy and dog, and a few other short “words, but that’s it . . .
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