My 17 month, who will be 1 1/2 in 2 weeks, says about 4 words. He says momma, dadda, nanna, and pap-pap. He understands when we ask him to get something, he waves bye-bye, gives hugs and kisses.... and points to things, but no words come out. He grunts, moans and points. At his 15 month check-up, the doctor told us he should be speaking more. She said for us to consider speech therapy classes. To me, this seems a little extreme... IS IT? We color and draw letters, we read to him all the time, we go for walks and point things out. will he be ready on his own or should I consider taking him to speech classes? He is my first son and I am just worried that it might push him into not wanting to talk on his own. He is very smart on a lot of other things. He has his 18 month check-up in 2 weeks and I know it will be a topic the doctor will talk about. I would love to hear comments! Thanks so much!!