I mean, it depends on whether you mean “can say some words” or “can actually carry on a conversation.” The speech thing can vary pretty widely; I’ve got an 8-year-old who was speaking in complete sentences by, like, 20 months, and an almost-3-year-old who was speech delayed and is really only just grasping the idea of expressing his preferences to us with words. Our other two were in between those two extremes.
You’re not wrong, though. In any case, he is not fully-developed as a human adult.
“walk at one, talk at two” indicates that “toddler” is correct
I mean, it depends on whether you mean “can say some words” or “can actually carry on a conversation.” The speech thing can vary pretty widely; I’ve got an 8-year-old who was speaking in complete sentences by, like, 20 months, and an almost-3-year-old who was speech delayed and is really only just grasping the idea of expressing his preferences to us with words. Our other two were in between those two extremes.
You’re not wrong, though. In any case, he is not fully-developed as a human adult.