How many words at 1 year?

The answer I am looking for is not LOTS, or even a handful really...

Jazz says mum. She also makes a magpie warbling gutteral noise with her throat when she 'talks' to us, and trys to have quite long conversations with us.

But nothing other than mum.

She started to make some other sounds, looking like they were turning into words, but never did...

:redface: is this ok? I read to her, talk to her, she understands lots, and points, shares, waves and claps... and pats my boobies when she's hungry LOL... just no words.

Need some reassurance (and I repeat, the answer I'm looking for is not LOTS lol, I don't want to hear about your advanced communicator ;) but if she's behind... is she behind???).


Hello, my name is Leasha, and I am a serial worrier. :p:lol:

My DD had only 6 words at 18 months. She is now 2 years, 2 months and she is doing short sentences. Your DD sounds perfectly normal to me ... be warned though ... once they start getting words, they really take off. It is amazing!!! You have lots to look forward to ;)

Matilda is at about the same stage as Jazz, she has been able to say Mum since about 4 months and then nothing more since, we thought that Bub and Car were coming but it never progressed.

She to can clap, shares when I say 'Ta', points and generally understands and she babbels alot, just no more words just yet.

I read on some sign at the MCHN that the norm is apparently 3 words at 12 months but the MCHN said that 1 is fine along with babbeling.

At this stage I am not to worried, I will give her until 18 months to get another word or two.

Ds only had a couple of words at 2, like mum and dadda, even by 18 months his only other words were 'up' and 'there' it was amazing how much he was able to communicate using just those words and pointing! He is now 2 years and 3 months and seriously won't stop talking and has a huge vocabulary, it was slow coming but when once he worked it out he just hasn't stopped (must take after daddy :rolleyes:)

We are getting some serious babbling at 13 months, and have maybe two words, shoe, and dog, but others come and go depending on what we are talking about. I know he recognises lots of words and will imitate me with things that generally sound like what I say, but I have no consistency. Even with mum and dad...... I am not worried, as DS is so focused on physical, I know words will come in their own time.

ETA - sorry we are EXCELLENT with Ta. I forgot that one. He is very polite....

She sounds fine leash, don't stress mate.

Miss M says "mum", and weirdly enough, "tickle". But she babbles ALOT. Like - ALL THE FREAKIN TIME (must take after her father... cos I don't talk at all ;)) hehe

Aricyn was slightly ahead of her with his words at that age, but he was (and still is) an advanced talker - so even though I have him to compare her to - I'm not worried.

Sounds perfect hun. Learning language is not just about being able to SAY words, it's also about understanding, body language/ sign language, facial expression, eye contact, babbling and just being able to communicate with her (lots of things!!). She sounds absolutely perfect and just where she is 'supposed' to be for a one year old.

DD didn't say 'Mum' until she was nearly 2. I don't know how long she was doing it, but I realised when she was about 20 months that she was referring to me by my first name. Toddlers are little smarty pants!!! Their antics are just so much fun :)

My DS is now 13 months and he already has 6 words, but I attribute that to DD being around and he has learned a lot from her. He is far more communicative than she was at this age . . . though DD had been walking for about 3 months by this stage and DS is not even remotely interested.

I think they are all so different and they have different strengths. I also think that birth order probably has something to do with when and how kids meet their developmental milestones.

Um... Ava's words... 'mum', dad, mummy/daddy, baby, yes, no, hello, bye, ball, dude (lol yeah i know), yay, bot bot (for her bottle), shoes, woof, meow, quack. ... um.. I think that's it... and she's what almost 16 months.. don't stress leash jazz will do things in her own time. I know a two year old who knows less words than ava..

stop worrying!!!
She's still communicating hun. Spoken words are only 10%of communication.
:hug: dag. She's going great.

Sounds like she's doing wonderfully. It's all goooooooood.
:hug:

'Mum' is a constant word here too. Us Mums all rock, that's why! ;)

Tara's first word was Hello really early on. Now she says Hello, mum mum, Hello Daddy and waves and claps and points. I think Jazz is doing fine!

We got nothin' here too Leash - except saying dadadada constantly. She might have two words dada and dog but that could just be her saying dadadada. She's babbling all the time too. She sounds like that Sting song 'de do do doo, de da da da that's all I've got to say to you...'

DS1 didnt have many at all til 15-18 months, they all seems to come at once and very quickly when they did come, but I remember being concerned and then all of a sudden he spat out LOTS of new words.

Lyta didn't say anything more than Mum and Dad until she was 2 years old.

Now you can't shut her up!!!!

:) My boy was very advanced. So I won't talk about how he doesn't ever shut up and was "talking" within 24 hours of birth.

At age 1 year, 20 words is normal, one word is normal, no words is normal.

Liebs didn't call me "mammy" until he was over 2 years old. He much prefered Da.

No real words here at 13 months. Maybe 'mamama' and 'dadadada' with some purpose, but its hard to tell. Plenty of babbling in his own strange language. I'm not worried.

Leasha, my daughter wasnt a big talker either. When she was 1, I think all she really said was 'mummy', 'daddy', 'bye bye', 'hi'.

Then all of a sudden, when she was about 18-20 months old (i cant remember exactly when!), she had a word explosion and practically overnight, she could say HEAPS more words like nanna, shoes, poo, yes, pants, hat, book, baby, dog, car...

i honestly do not think you have anything to worry about, but if you are still concerned maybe you should speak to a professional. this website may be useful for finding a speech pathologist in your area - Speech Pathology Australia - Home. my eldest son had about ten words in his repertoire at one but once he hit 18 months he was dishing out a new word everyday. hang in there!

Not many.

Mum
mama
mum mum mum
Dad
dad dad dad
Bella (our dog)
hello (well we think that's what he's saying lol)
bub bub bub bub

I think that's about it. He babbles a lot but who knows what he's trying to say.

My Jazz I think only said Dad, Mum, tata (as in bye bye) and I think she started picking up uh-oh at about 1 as well. She was babbling a lot and learning reflection in her babbling. Now that she's almost 17 months she's starting to have a bit of a word explosion though and I think she learns a new word every one or two days at the moment.
Your Jazz sounds perfectly normal for a 1 year old.

Sounds perfectly fine to me hun :hug:
DS only really says "mumma/mum" & "gollygollygollygolly" while his dummies in his mouth LOL He also does alot of babbling. He hasn't even really said "dada" yet (although ask XH & he swears he heard it once LOL)
I cant really remember DD's speach at this age (although I do have her first 5 yrs book, I might have a look out of curiosity!) I think she really took off with words somewhere around 12-18 months??
I'm not worried about DS's few words & you shouldn't be about Jazz's... it sounds like she's doing great with everything else!!! :)

Thanks everyone :D Feel better now. I've got Jazzy's birthday on the 9th amd I'm already worrying about 'comparisons' by some people...

We realised she was doing something else last night, when someone says 'hello' she waves. Not attempt to say hello PMSL but she starts waving like she's trying to take off hehehe. Had me in stitches at the Good Guys, she was in the sling and people were saying "oh, hello!" to her, and she'd start waving her arm off at them. Hehehehe funny little chicken.

gabbi has no words .. a heck of alot of jumble and babble ,and sounds like dadadadada and ma and nah

she imitates me when i say NAH, like when your dismissing something and talking like a bogan , its cute .

Nixon had no words at 18 mths and by the time he was 2 he was talking heaps , saved me a trip to the speechie which MCHN had set up ...now he wont shut up !!

I was going to ask about comprehension. Beth isn't a waver but she will do high-five and if you say "show that to mummy/ daddy" she will bring it to you.

Yeah, Jazz knows what "show me", and "ta", mean.

Whatever a baby does or says at 1 yr is normal...can't compare them to other babies or have a 'standard' for what they should be doing...every baby is diff.
I know of a little boy who only began saying words we could understand at the age of 4 (gave his mum a heart failure as he starts big school next yr and she thought he would never talk).
I bet she understands heaps more then you think she does! Little monkeys hey?:lol:

DD understood heaps, but was only saying 3 words clearly at her 1st birthday. She babbled heaps though..

Mumma
Dadda
Chester (my parents dog)..

Yes you will get comments, but hey, she understands a lot and seems really intelligent.. I just told inlaws that I am enjoying the peace and no backchat while it lasts.. :p

They are all different, she'll be fine, before you know it those babblings will be full on words and then sentences.
Mine went like this
DD1 has never shut up, lol it was like she was born talking!! at 12-13 weeks she started to follow me around the room with her head and say mum mum mum mum and she would also say daaaa, I kid you not, being my first baby I thought that was normal, turns out it wasn't, she was speaking short sentences when she was 10-13 months old and you could have a full on conversation with her at 18 months. Now at 13 it's hard to get a word out of her other than, Can I please have....., can you take me to......!!!!!! She was also walking at 8.5 months

DD2 Said Mumma and Dadda at around 5 months and not much more before 9m and at 12 months it was only a few more, her favourite was "ohhhhhhhh" and "look" "dog" "ta" and "no" and my fav was "numanumanuma" which I know isn't a word but I'd put food in front of her and that's the first thing she'd say. 18 months she could string 2 or three words together, like 'ta mummy" but didn't reall talk til she was just on 2. She didn't walk till she was 13 months although from 10 months she would stand unassisted, but just didn't move, I used to call her my meerkat (sp?)

DD3 never said a word til she was 6 months atleast and it was only da da da (little rubbish - after all I did for her) she'd say mum mum and ta at around 9 months but she would only use a word or two up til she was nearly 2 and even then she was nearly 3 before she could talk in sentences and now days at nearly 7 she doesn't shut up. She was 15 months before she walked, I did start to worry. but was reassured she was fine.

DD4 spoke at around 4 months the usual mum mum, dad dad and beebee (Brianna DD1) at 6m she did have quite a few words mum, dad, bee, dog, look, ta, no, but she would say tum ear (come here) I thought that was cute and peas (please) and num num and a few others, still at 12 months she had a whole range of words but no real sentence stuff, she was nearly 18 months before she'd string two or three words together. But by 2 she could speak short sentences. She walked at 12 months after standing and walking around furniture at 9 months.

DS (no.5) now you gonna think this is bad but I'm having trouble remembering Nathan milestones right now coz I've just filled my brain with his sisters, lol.......he was about 5 months when he started to talk, mum mum, dad dad, here, by 9 he added boo boo and dog, beezy, ta and a few others at 12 months he could say all his sisters names (without the clarity but we knew what it was)and milky milky boo boo, no touch, jump jump, by 18 months he could do short sentences, by 2 you could have a conversation with him. He walked at 11 almost 12 months......I think....hmmm

mmm I'm going to go back and check some old thread so I can get his milestones straightened out lol, I think I got it right, lol