How many words should Voldemort know/say?

[hisno1girl]

He's 2 years and 5 months old, he was born at 35 weeks.

He says Momma, Gampa, Memaw, Dada (UGH), sissy, yes, no, wow and cheese.

Seriously. He doesn't say any other words. He can't say cup, milk, ball, which are all words that I would think he would know by now. What he does say is really really jumbled. SD said he's tongue tied and I know he works with a speech therapist and we have to do hand signs for things like help, more, and please.

Also, I asked SD about the FB Picture and she said it's an old picture.

God help me, I don't totally believe her. DH is mad that I don't believe her.

[saraandmichael]

i think he should know more words at that age. my kids were putting words together by that age, but i don't know the norms that doctors go by.

[angelaa73]

Well she's only 11 mos old, how old can the pic be?

[saraandmichael]

ok, i googled. here is what i got:

www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/development/language/speech-development-in-toddlers/

[angelaa73]

Does he know what you are saying? Because Erin has major speech delay, but she know over 150 words, she just doesn't say them!

If he can follow commands, and follow along when you are reading when you ask " show me the red ball, etc in the story" then it just might be a speech impediment.

[emsumm]

I think it's hard to say. My girls can say short sentences and have a lot of words at almost 2, but boys can be slower with speech. I will say, though, that my girls could say ball, milk, cup, etc. at 1 or so.

[hisno1girl]

May 25, 2012 19:26:11 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

Well she's only 11 mos old, how old can the pic be?

She said the picture was from Easter.

[cleo29]

C is two and a half and honestly, i have lost track of how many words she says. She speaks in sentences. But, she was born at 40 wks and 3 days, so I don't know what is "normal" for babies born at 35 wks vs. 40wks.

[Deleted]

My two-year-old nephew pretty much just grunts.

I assume he's a tad behind.

[emsumm]

Oh, my girls were born at 36 weeks. They usually say most preemies are caught up by two (though at 35/36 weeks they're more pre-term than premature). I still don't think it's completely unusual for a boy to not say much at that age, though if it were my kid I'd look into speech therapy.

[peachykate]

Jackson will be 2 in October. I have no idea how many words he knows, he talks A LOT more at daycare than he talks at home. At home I would guess around 50 and he also puts together 2 word sentences.

[Redpoppy]

Has he had issues with ear infections? DS had fluid in his ears for months. Within a week of getting tubes he was much more verbal.

[iamali]

I think this is one of those things that really varies. My H has told me that my DSS didn't hardly talk until he was like 4. He's almost 10 now and pretty much never shuts up, so here's hoping that everything is ok.

[rottimom]

It varies greatly. The fact that he's already in speech therapy means that they already know he's struggling. By all means, talk to the speech therapist if you think things are not improving. He should be evaluated every 3 months for improvements and at close to 3 he will be evaluated for Early Intervention services. Keep track of the novel words you hear him use over the course of the day.

Speech is very complex and LOTS of kids have issues with their language development all coming together at the same time. DD has lots of words but she has trouble accessing them when she wants to ask for something. Get her playing though and you get a full monologue.

[Kristinmo]

I was told 50-100 words by 2 years is typical.

[statlerwaldorf]

I would get him evaluated for a speech delay. DD wasn't talking at all until 2 years 8 months and has mostly caught up by 3. She has a slight language delay, but no longer has a speech delay. Speech therapy helped out a lot for her.

[-Moe-]

May 25, 2012 22:03:10 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

May 25, 2012 19:24:15 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

He's 2 years and 5 months old, he was born at 35 weeks.

He says Momma, Gampa, Memaw, Dada (UGH), sissy, yes, no, wow and cheese.

Are those the only words your SD says he knows, or the only words you've heard him say? My baby talk to me and sometimes her father but assumes other people don't understand her.

Yeah, I can wholeheartedly and emphatically declare that no matter how (limited, admittedly) much time I spend with my girlfriends' kids or my nephews/nieces (even for extended amounts of time, like when I stay over for a week to see my sister at her place, so I'm interacting with her daughter for at least 10 hours a day), I COULD NEVER understand her (them) when they're that age. And surprisingly, their parents can understand entire garbled sentences and declarative statements that sound completely unintelligible.

Clearly I'm no expert, so don't listen to me.

[statlerwaldorf]

For her it just clicked one day and she started talking in full sentences. It wasn't a steady build up of vocabulary. Her speech therapist said some kids are like that. Does he understand a lot of what you say? I'd say by that age DD could understand most nouns and verbs. She struggled with things like big, small, etc.

[papie]

Sophia is 21 months, and she can say tons of words that I understand, but I'm pretty sure most people only here her saying mommy, Anna, daddy, byebye and cat.

I think if he understands what you say, he is probably fine.