When did your toddler start saying words?

[Pumpkin9]

So I'm not worried about thomas' speech/lack of as such, but I'm curious as to when your little ones finally said recognisable words really.

Thomas can say yes and no and make animal noises and I think I may have heard him say other things but he never repeats these to know it wasn't just a fluke as such.

In other areas he seems to be well ahead, he's been walking well for months, can confidently run and from a physical point of view seems to be ahead of what is 'expected' at his age. Likewise he seems to understand and awful lot and can easily point to things in books when asked where something is.

I suppose I'm just trying to understand whether his babble etc.. Is enough right now or whether I should be starting to keep a closer eye for signs of an issue.

Any experiences welcome

 

[Mrs M]

I was having full conversations with my daughter at about 18 months, but ds was sooo much later. Nearer to 2 before he was able to communicate at all. We had mama, dada, no, hiya, bye, and I think that was about it until 22 months cos I was concerned. But then all of a sudden he started picking up the odd word, and now he chatters all the time and quite clearly at 3 yrs 2 months.

 

[Pumpkin9]

Whoops forgot he does say mama and dada!

Does seem like he's going to take longer, a friends daughter at his age was saying all sorts, he needs much more interested in physically doing things rather than trying to say stuff

 

[littlemonkey]

I feel awful for saying this but I honestly can't remember when my eldest started talking! He's been babbling and talking for such a long time. A lot of people have said to me that he is a good talker for his age and compared to his cousin whose eight months older, he is the better talker. Having said that, he was late with rolling, crawling and walking. He could talk before he walked! He wasn't walking until 18 months. I really do think that babies are either talkers or walkers. I really wouldn't worry it will come in time

 

[Mummybexee]

Oscar Says mumma dada baby car and makes animal noises etc( also does Brum when pushing cars around) and tries to copy our words

He understands us alot of the time now.

 

[Pin badge]

DD has just turned 14 months, we've had Mama and Dada since before she was 1. She also does animal noises, yes, no (her favourite!), hiya, bye bye, shoes, swing, push, book, bunny, more, Pat for Postman Pat, Raa Raa. All her favourite things really...

I've been trying to encourage her to link 2 words, like Hiya Mama or more please but she's not fussed yet. She babbles nonsense to herself though.

I'm sure he'll be fine as I've heard people say that they are walkers or talkers too, one tends to come much earlier than the other Xx

 

[Lucyboo]

Just wondering, does he still use a dummy? My best friends daughter didn't talk much, took dummy away to the fairies and suddenly her speech came on really well.

 

[Ella1979]

My daughter said her first words at around 7 months old and it kind of exploded from there. We lost count of the number of words by the time she was 18 months and she'd already started making sentences a month earlier. But she didn't walk until she was 19 months old. My son, however, is 20 months and says Mama, Dada, door, bird, gargar (for garden), yes, no, bye bye and pretty much all animals make the sound "roar"! He may have a couple of other words I've forgotten but really you can count them on two hands.

I'm not sure it has much to do with dummy use. My daughter still has a dummy and my son doesn't really take his unless he's really upset and only at night. Maybe more of an issue if the dummy is in constantly during the day.

 

[littlemonkey]

My son still has a dummy for bed time. As always the dummy is only a problem if a child is allowed to sit with it in all day every day.

 

[Lucyboo]

It was only a thought, don't want to cause offence to anyone still using them. It was only because this was recently and she's nearly 2 yrs and she didn't talk much. She didn't use it excessively but maybe more than she should have at that age.

 

[Goat]

My daughter was pretty much the same as your son at that age. Had been walking etc since 9 months but when it came to talking she could say a few words, understand a lot but not much else. She never had a dummy so it wasn't that. Then she hit 2 years and hasn't stopped talking. She's now coming up to 2 1/2 and has caught up with all her friends, can sing nursery rhymes, can count to 29 but refuses to believe me when I say the next number is 30, instead she yells '10!' knows her colours, some of the alphabet.
I didn't worry as such but I didn't anticipate her to take as long as she did to chat more.x

 

[Pumpkin9]

Just wondering, does he still use a dummy? My best friends daughter didn't talk much, took dummy away to the fairies and suddenly her speech came on really well.

He does have a dummy but only for nap and sleep times, he never has it in the day unless he's really upset which is perhas once every 2 months

 

[Pumpkin9]

Thanks everyone, really useful to know. I just wanted abit of perspective before my mind started racing with issues!!