How clearly was your child speaking at 21 m?

[cleo29]

I try not to compare the girls, because each baby/child has an area that is usually ahead of the curve in development while the rest stays right on track.

Anyway, K does not speak that clearly. She understands everything you tell or ask her and can respond with nods. She says please, thank you, etc, but it is just not supper clear. We got rid of the paci because we did not want that to be a hindrance, same with getting rid of regular sippy cups and moving to the Sassy easy sip thing.

anyway, were your kids speaking clearly at this age?  While I can understand a good amount of what K says, there is still a ton that I do not, it's gibberish but I know she is trying to tell us something and gets frustrated when we don't understand.

[revolution]

DS is not clear at all. I can understand most of what he says. But I wouldn't think some one that isn't with him all of the time to understand everythinh he says. Some things he says - yes. But most of what he says - nope.

[cleo29]

ok. Charlotte was pretty verbal at a young age and spoke clearly, so that throws me off. Like I said, I don't want to compare because I think that was simply the part of her development that was a bit ahead. Meanwhile, I think K is ahead of where C was at this age with fine motor skills. She is also freakishly strong. lol

[cinco]

My 21 month old has a handful of words she speaks clearly, but for the most part her words are nonexistant or unclear. Each child I have had has talked later. Their older siblings talk for them, and they are busier chasing after big brother or big sister.

[iamgrace]

He was using one or two words at a time to express himself at that age. He was clear, but not particularly communicative, you know?

He's now ( at 29 months) speaking in sentences that are somewhat clear.

I know you know this, but all kids are different and they all develop at their own rate. It's hard not to compare, though. I think K sounds perfectly normal.

[Deleted]

DS is 29 months and still not talking clearly. We think most of that is because of the cleft lip and palate though. He's in speech therapy two days a week to help with it.

[Jermys]

Edith was in speech at 18 months and still not speaking incredibly clearly at 21 months. Freddie is stringing together sentences that outside people can understand.

[cleo29]

Oct 1, 2013 10:30:06 GMT -5 iamgrace said:

He was using one or two words at a time to express himself at that age. He was clear, but not particularly communicative, you know?

He's now ( at 29 months) speaking in sentences that are somewhat clear.

I know you know this, but all kids are different and they all develop at their own rate. It's hard not to compare, though. I think K sounds perfectly normal.

I know. I try not to worry. I think I look to make sure I am not seeing any signs of significant delays that could tie to her galactosemia. We have thought about having her levels checked again, just to make sure that things are ok.

[hbear]

J seems to be exploding with her language right now (22m). She speaks in often 2 word phrases, sometimes 3. She sings songs and communicates with us very well.

That being said, I don't think most other people can understand her words, but her Dad and I do because we know her so well. So pretty clear most of the time to us, not to others.

And don't get me wrong, there's still a lot that sounds like gibberish, though I'm sure it means something, just more that we can understand than not.

[iamgrace]

Oct 1, 2013 10:37:15 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Oct 1, 2013 10:30:06 GMT -5 iamgrace said:

He was using one or two words at a time to express himself at that age. He was clear, but not particularly communicative, you know?

He's now ( at 29 months) speaking in sentences that are somewhat clear.

I know you know this, but all kids are different and they all develop at their own rate. It's hard not to compare, though. I think K sounds perfectly normal.

I know. I try not to worry. I think I look to make sure I am not seeing any signs of significant delays that could tie to her galactosemia. We have thought about having her levels checked again, just to make sure that things are ok.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I think I'd be ultra vigilant, too. I think as long as you are on top of it, you can get early interventions in place quickly if need be. 

[verypunny]

My third ( only girl) is talking light years ahead of what her brothers did. She is 21 months and speaks fairly clearly. Today she told her brother to sit on his butt at lunch. Lol. But my oldest son didn't speak clearly until 2.5 or 3. At two years he only had a handful of words so we got him into speech therapy. My 2nd started talking right around 2. We had him evaluated for speech and they said he didn't need it but he clearly did. The woman as like " I just heard him say bubbles!" And I'm like " no, that was burrrrblyy" gibberish. Now they all talk my ear off

[ijack]

very, very normal - I think the point is for them to be using the same (unclear) word for an object/situation each time, even if it's not the "right" word. And I would move to a straw cup, they really help develop mouth/tongue strength.

[textbookcase]

Cambria and Bonnie were both early talkers. Keira wasn't speaking clearly at all until she was like 2.5 and even then still had (and actually still has some) speech issues. However, she's my smartest kid so far so I don't put much stock into how early they speak! I think as long as you know she is understanding you and having good interactions, etc. you're all good! Just keep an eye on it, in case she needs some speech therapy later.

[panamajane]

My son pretty much didn't say a word until 23 months. Now at 30 months he has a vocab of several hundred words and most of it is fairly clear. Your daughter sounds like she's completely within the range of normal.

[Deleted]

My embryo already speaks four languages fluently.

She gets bored in my womb.

[madringal]

DD1 had a pretty serious speech delay, and had virtually no vocabulary at 21 months. DD2 has a great vocabulary and we can understand her about 90% of the time. But I think that a lot of it has to do with she is so much better then DD1 that it just seems like she is clearer. KWIM?

[thatgirl2478]

At 21 months she had probably 20-30 ish words that we could understand and about 15 or so that others could understand.

She's probably pretty normal. DD is now 32 mo and is much more clear and has a large vocabulary - we are always getting comments from strangers on how much & well she speaks even though it's not real 'sentences' yet.

[sonrisa]

My child spoke pretty clearly at that age *for a 21 month old* and there were plenty of things she said that I couldn't understand, let alone other people. I still got comments all the time about how much and how clearly she spoke. Her little play group of friends is very, very verbal for their age and only one of them was as clear as my kid. Being hard to understand at 21 months is normal and can even be ahead of the curve. This is like worrying about sitting at 4 months. I wouldn't worry yet.

[kirra]

It's kid dependent, although if you're worried, getting her checked wouldn't hurt.

As a small kid, I had a large vocabulary, but the only person who could consistently understand me was my mom. I remember being very frustrated. We did a lot of work on making sounds, and by kindergarten it was much better. I remember being evaluated by a speech therapist in first grade, because there were still a couple of sounds I couldn't make, but she said to wait a year and see what happened, and I got the sounds before then. That was twenty years ago, though, and I think they're more into early intervention now.

My younger sister could speak clearly by the time she was two. There was only one sound she couldn't make, and she got it by three. Everyone could understand exactly what she wanted. Lol I was kinda jealous.

[nadasteph]

He is a couple weeks away from 21 months has about 30-40 different words, but I'm pretty sure only people who are around him quite a bit understand them all. He points to things and says ball or car or apple, and they are very clear, but he has a lot of made up words.

[housewife]

I couldn't understand shit DS said at that age.

He started EI at 25 months for it. After a few months of no progress we had his hearing tested. We didn't think much if because he followed directions well and seemed to understand us (even our ST thought he was fine and it was more to cross off what wasn't the problem). Turns out he had fluid build up, which caused low frequency hearing loss. The reason he talked the way he did was because that's how he heard it. A quick surgery for tubes and his speech exploded right about age 3.

It could be normal development for your child, but since ours was unexpected I like to throw it out there.

[Deleted]

Not at all. He babbled a lot at that age. He would have conversations with us in his babbling and I could tell that he wanted to say words, but he just couldn't enunciate yet.

[cleo29]

Oct 1, 2013 11:27:51 GMT -5 housewife said:

I couldn't understand shit DS said at that age.

He started EI at 25 months for it. After a few months of no progress we had his hearing tested. We didn't think much if because he followed directions well and seemed to understand us (even our ST thought he was fine and it was more to cross off what wasn't the problem). Turns out he had fluid build up, which caused low frequency hearing loss. The reason he talked the way he did was because that's how he heard it. A quick surgery for tubes and his speech exploded right about age 3.

It could be normal development for your child, but since ours was unexpected I like to throw it out there.

I've teased H about K having hearing issues because she is so loud. this joke works better because it took three tries for her to pass her infant hearing tests.

She can string 2-3 words together. Where's dada?, I want that,  etc.

I am sure she is ok, but I am just more concerned with her development in general due to the galactosemia, which is a mild form and has been given the clear for dairy, but I still worry. 

[MWOS]

Oct 1, 2013 11:14:43 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

My embryo already speaks four languages fluently.

She gets bored in my womb.

no homework for misofetus!

[jaycee]

I wouldn't worry about it at 21 months if I were you.

[polka]

My first was speaking very clearly by 21 months.  My second wasn't really speaking at all by then.  She was a very late talker.  

[Deleted]

Oct 1, 2013 11:40:32 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Oct 1, 2013 11:27:51 GMT -5 housewife said:

I couldn't understand shit DS said at that age.

He started EI at 25 months for it. After a few months of no progress we had his hearing tested. We didn't think much if because he followed directions well and seemed to understand us (even our ST thought he was fine and it was more to cross off what wasn't the problem). Turns out he had fluid build up, which caused low frequency hearing loss. The reason he talked the way he did was because that's how he heard it. A quick surgery for tubes and his speech exploded right about age 3.

It could be normal development for your child, but since ours was unexpected I like to throw it out there.

I've teased H about K having hearing issues because she is so loud. this joke works better because it took three tries for her to pass her infant hearing tests.

She can string 2-3 words together. Where's dada?, I want that,  etc.

I am sure she is ok, but I am just more concerned with her development in general due to the galactosemia, which is a mild form and has been given the clear for dairy, but I still worry. 

aww, i get that.  i've already warned the husband that i might go nuts for awhile watching this kid's development because i spent too much time googling hypothyroidism in pregnancy and the effects on the fetus.  and that's just because i'm nuts.  you have an actual diagnosis of a thing (which, i'm sure hasn't affected K ).

i can't remember how clear L's speech was at that age.  i know i could understand her all the time, but that's to be expected.  but her classmates were totally hit or miss.  when i think back to that classroom, i remember that one little girl came up to me and was like "i really like your necklace" clear as a bell even though she could barely walk without falling, but most of the kids i had to look to the teacher for guidance if they spoke to me because they sounded like charlie brown's teacher.

[cleo29]

Oct 1, 2013 11:49:51 GMT -5 cville said:

Oct 1, 2013 11:40:32 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

I've teased H about K having hearing issues because she is so loud. this joke works better because it took three tries for her to pass her infant hearing tests.

She can string 2-3 words together. Where's dada?, I want that,  etc.

I am sure she is ok, but I am just more concerned with her development in general due to the galactosemia, which is a mild form and has been given the clear for dairy, but I still worry. 

aww, i get that.  i've already warned the husband that i might go nuts for awhile watching this kid's development because i spent too much time googling hypothyroidism in pregnancy and the effects on the fetus.  and that's just because i'm nuts.  you have an actual diagnosis of a thing (which, i'm sure hasn't affected K ).

i can't remember how clear L's speech was at that age.  i know i could understand her all the time, but that's to be expected.  but her classmates were totally hit or miss.  when i think back to that classroom, i remember that one little girl came up to me and was like "i really like your necklace" clear as a bell even though she could barely walk without falling, but most of the kids i had to look to the teacher for guidance if they spoke to me because they sounded like charlie brown's teacher.

I had thyroid issues when pregnant with C and she was just fine. I did metabolize my epidurals quickly, so just an FYI there.

And thanks for easing my fears/concerns. 

[Deleted]

Oct 1, 2013 11:53:52 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

I had thyroid issues when pregnant with C and she was just fine. I did metabolize my epidurals quickly, so just an FYI there.

And thanks for easing my fears/concerns. 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!


ha.

[cleo29]

Oct 1, 2013 11:55:08 GMT -5 cville said:

Oct 1, 2013 11:53:52 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

I had thyroid issues when pregnant with C and she was just fine. I did metabolize my epidurals quickly, so just an FYI there.

And thanks for easing my fears/concerns. 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!


ha.

I was not in horrible pain, just really uncomfortable pressure. And it didn't dawn on us till after the fact that it was most likely due to my thyroid. I had the same issue at the dentist with novocaine. They couldn't get over how much they could give me and how quickly it would start to wear off. Good times!

My thyroid was in better shape with K and had no issues with the epi.