How many words at 2?

[No.5]

DS has a speech therapy screening appt on Thursday and just want to know what to expect the outcome to be.

How many words/animal noises does/did your 2-yea-old say? How many 2-3 word sentences?

DS only says approx 7 words (2 being "that way") and can make 3 animal sounds (tiger, monkey, sheep).

I talk to him all day long and sound out words but he just won't say them. His comprehension is fine its just his speech.

[kelebek]

don't really know the answer but just wanted to ask if he has had any ear infections/problems? I know my sisters oldest had numerous ear infections and when he finally got gromits he improved greatly (he was 7 so it was his schoolwork that improved), another friend's little boy had grommets at 2 and 1/2 and he has finally started to talk - like you said his comprehension is fine he just wasn't verbalising.

Goodluck with your appointment.

[Junglemum]

i think the average is about 30-50 words. Some have a lot more than that and some have a lot less.
A friends little boy said about 4 words at 2, now at 5 he is at kinder and you would never notice the difference between him and his peers.
GL with the speech therapist, hopefully he's just a late bloomer.

[MrsFabuloso]

This is cut n pasted from some information I have collected for myself (I'm an early childhood teacher):

Language Development 18mth-2yrs

Has vocabulary of approximately 5-20 words
Vocabulary made up chiefly of nouns
Some echolalia (repeating a word or phrase over and over)
Much jargon with emotional content
Is able to follow simple commands


Language Development (2-3yrs)

Can name a number of objects common to his surroundings
Is able to use at least two prepositions, usually chosen from the following: in, on, under
Combines words into a short sentence-largely noun-verb combinations (mean) length of sentences is given as 1.2 words
Approximately 2/3 of what child says should be intelligible
Vocabulary of approximately 150-300 words
Rhythm and fluency often poor
Volume and pitch of voice not yet well-controlled
Can use two pronouns correctly: I, me, you, although me and I are often confused
My and mine are beginning to emerge
Responds to such commands as "show me your eyes (nose, mouth, hair)"


I have included the 18mths as well because your little one is only just 2, so could be in between.
Hope that helps

[Muffy]

I can have a little conversations with logan, he can tell me what he wants "mum im hungry" or "can i please have some toast/ yoghurt" etc...
He can tell me what animals and picture are if i point to them...
Please, thank you, hello, cya ...
umm tells me that he wants to "draw with the pencils".. "wheres the paper mum?"

[Early Kids]

Brendan had 2 words("dadadada" and "da-da" (like ta-ta)) and the car noise "brrm" at 25 months. He could also babble "mumumum" "nanananan" and "bubububub" but they were just sounds, he didnt connect them to the people until closer to 30 months. He could also wave, clap and point. And point to his ears, nose and hair/head.
Brendan is now almost 32 months old and only just a few days ago put two "words" together... "ta mum"

At Brendan's 2yrs corrected check-up (27 months actual) they wanted Brendan to have approx 200 words, that he knew the meaning to and understood what it was he was saying. On top of those 200 real words they wanted him to be immitating words and to be able to follow simple commands, none of which he could do.

We've been attending Speech Therapy since he was 11 months, it started off eating related and moved onto speech. At almost 32 months Brendan has 21 words, including some animal noises, has two sentences 'bye-bye' and 'ta mum'. He tries and mimics several words, approx 10. He can follow approx 10 simple commands, 'put it in the bin' ect.

The biggest thing is not the speech itself, but the understanding. As long as your child can understand a lot of things the speech will come on its own eventually.

*ETA* I've been keeping track of Brendans speech, this link may be of interest Brendan's Speech