You may want to speak with his pediatrician about this. It may be, or it may be nothing. At this age it's very typical for only the parent to really understand the words of their 2 year old. As a great example, a good friend of mine's daughter, entirely "normal", as in neurotypical, would mispronounce everything. She was 2, and instead of brother, she'd say "brolo" and instead of bite, it was bike, "He bike!" And instead of bathroom, it was "bah-rum" or instead of kitty it was "key-ree". By the time she was 3, her language had improved greatly. Her mother encouraged it though, much to my dismay, and would pronounce these words as she did - but in my opinion, children at the age of 2 shouldn't be spoken to in baby talk, rather, if he says, "ga" you can respond with, "You want to GO?" and emphasize the pronunciation of the word "go". I know, telling parents how to parent... but it's proven that talking to a young child as you would an older child improves their speech quite dramatically.

And of course they sound adorable! But, in my experience, it's entirely normal for children to be understood better by their parents than anyone else. But like I said, this is something that should be brought up with his pediatrician, and allow his doctor to talk to him and listen to him. It's harder to say yes or no on a forum without knowing the child or actually hearing them speak.

Thanks he is diagnosed with Autism already not apraxia though and his speech therapist hasn't mentioned apraxia to me yet but he doesn't usually talk much when she is over. Yeah he definitely has a major delay both receptive and expressive :/

So he is still babbling? If that is the case, I really suggest speaking with a doctor. They'll know best and you might be able to get him in for early speech intervention. Speech problems manifest in so many ways, especially with children and autism.

If he only says 5-10 words then he certainly is delayed but with the babbling then yes, it sounds more like speech apraxia. I was under the impression the words he said were just "baby-talk" but he might have had a larger vocabulary.

http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/Chi...

Visit that link, it shows the signs of speech apraxia. Luckily, most children with speech apraxia eventually overcome it. And intensive speech therapy will help greatly. It's a commitment for both him, his therapists and you at home. Once you visit his doctor and he is diagnosed, you will have to confront your mother. It may be harder to get her to listen now without a diagnosis, but with it, she will need to listen and understand that he needs to be helped at home. His therapist will give you homework assignments to continue treatment at home and she'll need to be on board... or she'll hinder his development.

I always say the words as correctly as I can. I just got in a fight with my mom because she keeps saying "drinkie-winkie" instead of drink and she doesn't understand why I don't want her to talk to him like that when I'm trying to teach him his first words. He has a very unstable vocabulary like maybe 5-10 words he can use spontaneously that I understand and the rest of what he "says" is a complete mystery to me. Is it verbal stemming or is he trying to be meaningful... This Autism puzzle is driving me nuts.