fwiw, my older son, now 9 and a very thoughtful, articulate, and literate boy, didn't say more than about 3 or 4 words til he was nearly 3 years old! he is still a fairly quiet, dreamy, observant guy, which may have something to do with it. as a baby he didn't really babble, but understood complex commands, and was sociable and communicated in other ways including some signing. when he started preschool his teacher suggested we get his hearing tested, which we did (it was fine) and we began working with a speech language therapist 1Xweek by the age of four to develop better pronunciation (he had a slight tongue tie). I, too, was really self-conscious around friends who had children of the same age who were talking in long sentences when he still couldn't/wouldn't even say his own name, but I just *felt* everything was ok with him, and luckily, it was. when he began talking at around 3.5, he very quickly began talking in complex, complete sentences. so I say, trust your intuition, and go for some professional feedback if/when it seems right. also, there's a book called "the Einstein syndrome: bright children who talk late" that's really informative. hth, best wishes!
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1/16/10 at 4:12pm
. The title really sparks my interest because of course, one always hears about how early talkers usually end up being smart and sometimes gifted. So then it leads one to wonder does that mean that late talkers won't be smart? But then I KNOW there have to be kids all across the board.
. Of course that also means lots of head wacks and owies too 
. Maybe when he takes a break from all the physical stuff, he'll start working on the intellect 
. And then I'll be posting about how my toddler never stops talking and it's giving me a headache!
My life is one l-o-n-g quiz, probably much the same as yours is one long adventure-playground type experience, no matter where you are.
