Patient's question:
The baby is two weeks and two days old, but still never answers back—just calls "daddy" and "mummy." It makes animal sounds, but no matter how you teach it, it won’t speak—only makes "Hmm" sounds. However, it understands everything, takes whatever it wants, and goes wherever it wants. Its intelligence is fine. After a few months in kindergarten, the teacher has teased it for not learning anything but just saying "Hmm." But when called to do something, it goes quickly. They’ve been to the hospital to check the tongue, but no questions were raised about its speech. Not sure if there’s a problem with its vocal cords. Haven’t had it checked yet. But it calls "daddy" and "mummy" very clearly.Doctor's answer:
The child currently still never responds verbally. It is necessary to teach the child more, and also let the child interact more with peers. Additionally, check how short the frenulum is. Generally, children start practicing responding at around two years old. If they can use simple terms at one year and a half, there should be no problem. Please pay close attention to the above. This is advice for the question "My two-year-old baby still never responds verbally, only calls 'Dad' and 'Mom'." I hope it helps you. Wishing you good health!