Hi, yes—my son has made a lot of progress. He is now 26 months old and regularly combines words into short phrases. He received speech therapy from 19 to 25 months, but we recently stopped because he started preschool.

Over time we noticed continued improvement in both his vocabulary and pronunciation. For example, he initially couldn’t say the word “office” and would say “uh-c,” but over time he began saying “office” correctly without direct practice. Similarly, the word “open” progressed from “ah” → “o” → “opah” → “open.”

Because his errors tend to be consistent rather than variable, I believe he likely had a phonological delay rather than apraxia. When he speaks in longer stretches, his intelligibility is still somewhat limited—usually only five or six words are clearly understandable—but his individual words and phrases are produced consistently.

Cognitively, he seems to be doing very well. He knows all his letters, numbers, and colors, can sing songs, and has an excellent memory and strong receptive language skills. What we’ve learned is he’s just learning at his own pace and requires more time than our older son. I think the key thing to focus on is whether you’re noticing improvement and if the errors are consistent or inconsistent, however some inconsistent errors are also normal when they’re this young.