My two year old wont say "mom"?

Question

My boy just turned two last week and he still wont say mom. I'd say he has a vocab of about 40 words and will put together stuff like, car car all gone and big truck etc. but when we try to get him to say mom, he says "beh" or something like that. It seems he has trouble with words starting with "M". Any help out there?

Answer 1

Talk to your pediatrician,its possible he has a speech impediment.

Answer 2

Sounds like he just isn't interested in saying it yet! Don't worry, all kids develop at different rates and if he has a large vocab like you say then he's going well. If he's with you all day, he won't hear your name very often. That's why a lot of childrens first word tends to be daddy as we say "where's daddy? say bye bye daddy. Daddys home!" and so on. Don't worry, he'll say it eventually!

Answer 3

The /m/ is normally one of the first sounds that is acquired, since it's a bilabial and it's one of the simplest to produce. Is that the only sound he has difficulty producing?

The /m/ is an interesting sound because it's produced with both lips, but it's also a 'nasal' sound; therefore, it requires more skills than producing a /b/ or a /p/.  

My suggestion is that you point to your mouth whenever you produce target words with /m/ in the initial position. For example: Do you want (point to mouth) MMMMMMORE? Do you want (point to mouth) MMMMMMILK? etc.

You can also make-up songs and games that have words with /m/.  One thing you could do is print out age-appropriate pictures of items that begin with /m/. Cut them out as if they were 'picture cards.' And play a game. An easy game is simply putting the pics facing down, having him pick a 'card' and then naming the card. It gives  him practice.

You can also do auditory bombardment, which basically is producing an entire list of words with /m/ while he's playing, etc (this is done simply to 'train' the ear).

If you have more questions, please feel free to contact me.

Answer 4

i had a cosin whoo didn't talk correctly until she turned 5 yrs old so don't worry it's not he won't say mom 4 ever but maybe he hates u that's y he won't say mom

Answer 5

I think he just flat out doesn't like you! Now if he starts saying die or something, then i'd start worrying. I'm sure it's completely normal, getting ahead to the teenage stage right away. Maybe you should give the kid some room to breath.

Answer 6

Is there someone around referring to you as Mom? Like your friend saying,"Go to Mom." Or your Mom or Dad saying,"Go give Mom a big kiss." This will help. Also, play peek-a-boo and hide and say,"Where's Mom?" Then reveal yourself and say,"Here's Mom!" with a big smile and try to forget that your teaching because kids can tell. Just have fun when his eyes light up. Also, this little human being has only existed for two years so by the end of next year you'll probably have forgotten all about this because he'll be saying it all the time when he needs something.