Awww Tina ...he sounds a lovely little boy ....it certainly doesn't seem like autism to me ...just a speech problem . Hopefully the speech therapy can sort that out . As for having to tell him more than once , that sounds pretty normal for a 3 year old  

Has he had a hearing test?

Hi there Slimfern I was just thinking that too . 

thanks Baz thats whats what i was hoping somebody up there is putting me through my paces

yep slim it was fine and hello

Yes, they are How is your daughter ? 

we are waiting for a letter for her next scan....im hoping before christmas ....in herself very happy new boyfriend

Aww that's good ,

this cancer thing goes sooooo slow....if your better or not

Well hopefully the scan will be sooner rather than later Tina  

Hi Tina  

I had a similar experience with my son, at a similar age. He had hearing tests etc, and was then booked in for speech therapy, but in the end I decided not to go down that route and just wait and see how things developed. 

At primary school he had serious problems with spelling (but not with anything else), which I was convinced was caused by his inability to distinguish between similar sounds. It held him back for a while, but at secondary school he flourished and it's now all a very distant memory. At 21, he still occasionally says a word in a strange way, and you tell it's the old problem with sounds creeping in, but it's only with words he uses infrequently, and is soon sorted. 

I definitely don't advocate skipping the therapy though! I don't think that was necessarily a good decision on my part, but I just wanted you to know everything turned out ok So don't worry, get him all the help you can, and I'm sure everything will be just fine  

Thanks Ducky im feeling a little bit better about it all now thanks to you lot

forgot this one he drags me to wat he wants but when he does i do say to him ...drink cookie ect....he can also point to things in books when i ask him and name them if hes in the mood

Tina, it sounds more like an immaturity in speech development rather than anything else, and he will catch up with the other kids in time. Speech therapy will help to speed up the process, and by the time he is 5, he'll probably be chattering away so much that you'll be thinking, I wish he'd be quiet for five minutes!  

Hi Tina, like others, I don't think it sounds like autism..

Apparently my little sister didn't speak properly till she went to school, they put that down to the fact that I did all the talking for her! See, I was a gobby little madam even way back then!

and, as for the tippy toes thing, my nephew, aged 25' and my son aged 24, still do it to this day!!

But, obviously every case is different, so the assessment is really important

Glad to hear gemma is happy

Hi Tina, does Olivia speak for him a lot? Often when there's older siblings it holds back speech development as the older child often says what the younger one wants/needs so they get used to it that way.

I really wouldn't worry too much (if that's possible you're a Mum after all) just give him time and that little extra help he needs x

hello Tina 

I agree with everyone else, my grandson is three and isn't/wasn't the best talker, like Rexi said, sometimes other children tend to talk for them and his two slightly older brother definitely do that  Although, since starting nursery in September his speech his improving daily, if fact I'm amazed how quickly he's come on. Your son does sound a like its a little more like speech immaturity and the speech therapy will help and most likely put your mind at rest. 

Delighted to hear Gemma is doing well and happy with the new boyfriend and hope she gets her scan quickly 

iv got to say she really does jen she babys him really i need to put a stop to it

Rexi  tip toe walking maybe i should'nt google to much hope your well x

thanks yogi its like i will talk when i want to

Oh blimey, I just Googled it!! Good job Google wasn't around when the boy was young or I'd have been a wreck!

Yes, my daughter didn't really talk much until she was nearly two for that very reason Jen....mind you once she started you couldn't shut her up !!  

 my HV said do not google 

 Exactly.

Apparently, one of my uncles didn't speak at all until he was three. My dad said he used to point to and 'mime' everything he wanted - but when he started to talk, he wouldn't shut up.

when we read books he can point to anything i ask him to ........and he plays the DS  like a pro when he drags me he does say the words sometimes

 sounds like a typical boy.

Bless Sounds pretty normal to me Tina  

maybe i worry too much and thanks everyone x

Awww...that's what mum's do Tina  

his new word is fireworkshis talk swlks