Around 2 yrs he started to talk a lot more but in the last couple of weeks he's really started with heaps more sentences, copying words and addressing the person he's speaking to - eg: he might say - Me saw big slippery dip daddy. He was 2 at the end of March.
Oh wow. Thank you all so much for your comments. It really has reassured me. Last night, after I posted this thread, she crashed her little car into the wall, I said boom and she copied me! Then this morning I asked her what a cow says and she said clear as day Moooo. Murphy's Law isn't it!? I feel so much more reassured now after reading all these posts. From the sound of it, it happens pretty quickly.
Organicem - that could explain it, having a new baby in the house.......
Thanks again ladies. I love BB!!!
In the last few weeks our DS has had what a friend described as a 'word explosion' which suits it perfectly. All of a suddenly most things have a name even if it's not the right thing (a drink is 'yulke', dummy is a 'nunny') and he is putting words together - the most gorgeous one at the moment is "Love Dad..And Mum".It melts my heart! The one I am a little bit over is "Big truck!" because everything is a truck. Surprisingly he cannot say his own name - which is Tom but can say plenty of harder words very clearly. Up until this stage, he was only say general things like mum and dad, and family names, a few animals and Roary .
My DD is 32months and is only really in the past couple of months getting words together and not really much at that. Her daycare teacher did suggest a speech pathologist... thinking about it, mum said oh don't worry bout that cos shes talking, but I think I would feel better if I did see someone. I just think mum doesn't wanna think her grandchild has a problem and I know she doesn't, shes just slow! I was a slow talker as well. She sure does understand alot though!
Her fave words are car, lollies, ducks, making a horse sound, puppie which she says "uppie" Its so cute! Shes getting there but!
I've been getting her to sound out her words and trying to do visuals so showing her a picture and getting her to tell me what it is...also want her to learn colours and numbers, so far she goes 2, 6, 7, 8,9,10!
Hi MummyDeb, just wanted to add that if you're thinking about getting DD into a speech pathologist i'd make the appointment now because depending on where you live its usually around a 4-6month waiting list. Our MCHN suggested DS1 see a speech pathologist at his 2 year check as he was only saying mumma, dadda and uuuh (up). We booked him in but because the waiting list was so long he didn't get in until he was 2 1/2. Good news is that in that 6 month wait his language exploded and he now copies everything we say and knows hundreds of words. He's booked into see the speech pathologist for another check at 3 however the waiting list is 4months long so by the time the appointment rolls around i'm sure DS1's language will be even more advanced. I am keen for this next appointment however, I'm very proud of how far my little man has come but i'm still a little concerned that his words aren't overly clear for eg. Some words he'll say great but then other times he'll struggle with a similar word- he'll say 'up Daddy' but then when he wants to get down he'll say 'down pease day' instead of Daddy. Not sure what to make of that. Also he'll use the word door for many things eg hair, bed, square, shirt, chair and are all 'door' to him but he doesn't really think its a door he just uses that word.
Anywho sorry to ramble. I'm sure your DD is perfectly fine and will talk in her own time but if you are a little concerned it wouldn't hurt to pop her on the waiting list for a speech pathologist as they could suggest some excersises to do with her to help her along. Sounds like you're already doing a great job encouraging her though
I know this thread is really old but I just wanted to give an update. Wouldn't you know, DD1 had a mega word EXPLOSION at two years of age!?!? She now, at 27 months will copy any word you say to her and is saying five word sentences. She'll tell me full stories now too about what happened during the day. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who replied to my thread. When she still wasn't talking much at 23 months, I kept reminding myself of the replies in this thread and it stopped me from worrying. I really appreciate you sharing your experiences xx
There's a big variation in our Mothers Group (though I haven't been for a while). Some of the kids (all about 30 months old) speak very clearly whereas DD uses lots of words but often doesn't use whole words - necklace is still "nay nay" and window is "no no" for example. She can put a 4 word sentence together though. I like to think she is going for quantity rather than quality at the moment.
I'm sure a kindy teacher told me that the variations even out by about age 3 when they should pretty much all be on the same level for everything including motor skills. She's basically a monkey who has to climb everything she sees so I guess she can't be good at everything.
Ashton talks heaps but he has from before 12 months.
I googled a while ago, because someone commented on how well he was talking, and saw that 3-6 words that mum or dad can understand is average for an 18 months old
Sounds like she is fine to me I can't remember exactly but I know my first had hardly any words and didn't really talk till after his 2nd birthday. Chase was the same as Ashton. I think they are all just so different
Don't be sorry missmoo!!! I really appreciate your comments I didn't know whether it was normal at the time so it was a little stressful. And the lovely ladies like you on BB stopped that stress. Thank you!
Well, I took my ds to the clinic this morning and we're booked in for a speech assessment in April. She was concernced, especially with how much he signs to replace words
With Gaby she was talking from very early, but I couldn't understand much of it, then all of a sudden, when she was around 19? months, she started talking lots more, and becoming very clear - and all of a sudden I could understand most of what she was saying
Hey Lolli, there were a lot of replies to this thread about kids not speaking until a lot later. The speech therapist will work wonders for him if he does need a little help but like a lot of people have said, he'll probably start chatting away just before your appointment and there'll be nothing wrong. Thinking of you though. It can be so stressful xx
Lolli, we are kind of in the same boat, except the speech pathologist I saw yesterday was really encouraging sign language, not concerned about it. I think she is going to teach us more signs, actually. But maybe after a certain age the signs become more concerning than helpful- not sure how old your LO is, my DS is 21 months.
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I didn't know whether it was normal at the time so it was a little stressful. And the lovely ladies like you on BB stopped that stress. Thank you!
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