These are the parents. Well some people would say rush, rush, rush to the nearest neurologist or speech pathologist. You many want to do that. Children's Hospital, as always, a great place to start. Other people would say, don't worry yet some kids lag, particularly boys.
Girls pick up speech a little bit quickly, probably because they begin to walk a little bit quicker.
So a part of me says not to worry quite yet, but then again it is not my child. So if you are concerned, you want to look to a speech pathologist or some neurologist to see if there is a problem. But you are looking at other soft and hard signs as they are called cognitively and if the child looks normal, I wouldn't be that concerned. Technically speaking, probably no. I don't know if the child knows the difference between a wretch or a fetch at this particular point in his life.