those who have littles bjl's age-ish..... (14 mos)

[jennlin]

what words are they saying? i've watched jamer 's video on repeat now like a hundred times...and i'm now paranoy-ing (how is that not a word?) myself about how she doesn't really say words. the only thing she says for sure is doggy (in chinese), but she's pronouncing it wrong...close, but not accurate. she does say mama, but to everyone..so we don't "count" that. she does do "tricks" on command though.. (clap your hands, rub your belly, wipe your mouth...)

[jamer]

At her 15 month doctor appt the doctor said 3 words is normal at this age. My daughter is very verbal and has about 30 words. (Although most only me or her dad understand). Sounds like she is doing great! She's clearly understanding you if she does what you ask :-)

[picksthemusic]

She's totally normal. M has words, but not a TON. She's blabbering and gibbering a lot, though. She does a lot of sign, too, though. But I know for a fact that she understands whatever we say to her, because she follows directions well (if she wants to and isn't intentionally ignoring us, haha).

BJL will talk when she's ready. I'm anticipating a word explosion any day now from M. BJL's probably just absorbing and absorbing and absorbing right now. But it's still early. Sometimes when babies are early walkers, they take a bit longer to talk. At least that's what I've heard.

[jennlin]

Apr 15, 2013 12:32:40 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Sometimes when babies are early walkers, they take a bit longer to talk. At least that's what I've heard.

i've heard this, too. argh. i'll just go with it.

[picksthemusic]

Apr 15, 2013 12:40:48 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Apr 15, 2013 12:32:40 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Sometimes when babies are early walkers, they take a bit longer to talk. At least that's what I've heard.

i've heard this, too. argh. i'll just go with it.

What I've also noticed is that as soon as I start to worry about a milestone (like when she didn't walk at 12 months, or 14 months), she was right around the corner to actually making that milestone. So try to be patient (though I know it's hard!). She's an overachiever anyway, so try be happy with her the way she is right now, because she will change SO fast.

Ugh, that sounded so cliché. I'm sorry. But it's true!! I look back at pictures from a month ago, and I can hardly believe that she's changed so much in that short amount of time. I swear, babies who are just 2-3 months older than M look the same, but can do so much more than she can, and I just can't wait for her to do something new. But just the other day, we were watching Cat in the Hat, and when they sang the "Go go go" song, she blurted out (along with the music), "Go go go!" My jaw was on the floor! Now it's her favorite thing to say. She'll walk around the house saying, "Go go go!"

*hugs*

[picksthemusic]

Apr 15, 2013 12:47:10 GMT -5 kooshball said:

Is there a lot of Chinese and English around her? I believe bilingual babies might start talking a weebit later than single language babies.

This is us, too, though it's sign and Spanish.

[jennlin]

Apr 15, 2013 12:47:10 GMT -5 kooshball said:

Is there a lot of Chinese and English around her? I believe bilingual babies might start talking a weebit later than single language babies.

yes, she is around chinese probably 80% of the time (me and grandparents), and when she's with her dad, it's mostly english, but he tries for chinese.

[jennlin]

Apr 15, 2013 12:49:30 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Apr 15, 2013 12:40:48 GMT -5 jennlin said:

i've heard this, too. argh. i'll just go with it.

What I've also noticed is that as soon as I start to worry about a milestone (like when she didn't walk at 12 months, or 14 months), she was right around the corner to actually making that milestone. So try to be patient (though I know it's hard!). She's an overachiever anyway, so try be happy with her the way she is right now, because she will change SO fast.

Ugh, that sounded so cliché. I'm sorry. But it's true!! I look back at pictures from a month ago, and I can hardly believe that she's changed so much in that short amount of time. I swear, babies who are just 2-3 months older than M look the same, but can do so much more than she can, and I just can't wait for her to do something new. But just the other day, we were watching Cat in the Hat, and when they sang the "Go go go" song, she blurted out (along with the music), "Go go go!" My jaw was on the floor! Now it's her favorite thing to say. She'll walk around the house saying, "Go go go!"

*hugs*

the bolded was my reality check. you're right. i love her just the way she is. even if she's slow

i also remember that babypicks could say moo after i bought her the cow gift for her first bday....bjl doesn't quite moo, but she tries...so i guess that's another thing. i have a really cool app on my iphone (called kittysayshello), and all it does is have animals and their noises. and she (tries) to imitate them..so there's that....

[picksthemusic]

Apr 15, 2013 12:59:37 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Apr 15, 2013 12:49:30 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

What I've also noticed is that as soon as I start to worry about a milestone (like when she didn't walk at 12 months, or 14 months), she was right around the corner to actually making that milestone. So try to be patient (though I know it's hard!). She's an overachiever anyway, so try be happy with her the way she is right now, because she will change SO fast.

Ugh, that sounded so cliché. I'm sorry. But it's true!! I look back at pictures from a month ago, and I can hardly believe that she's changed so much in that short amount of time. I swear, babies who are just 2-3 months older than M look the same, but can do so much more than she can, and I just can't wait for her to do something new. But just the other day, we were watching Cat in the Hat, and when they sang the "Go go go" song, she blurted out (along with the music), "Go go go!" My jaw was on the floor! Now it's her favorite thing to say. She'll walk around the house saying, "Go go go!"

*hugs*

the bolded was my reality check. you're right. i love her just the way she is. even if she's slow

i also remember that babypicks could say moo after i bought her the cow gift for her first bday....bjl doesn't quite moo, but she tries...so i guess that's another thing. i have a really cool app on my iphone (called kittysayshello), and all it does is have animals and their noises. and she (tries) to imitate them..so there's that....

Animal sounds are M's best stuff. We look at pictures of animals, and we 'practice' the sounds. She loves dogs, and any time she sees a dog, hears a dog, or looks in the direction of where she knows a dog lives (like our neighbor's house), she barks. LOL I also quiz her in the car to keep her talking/busy. I'll ask her, "What does a monkey say?" and she does her monkey noise. That kind of thing. Books are great for this sort of thing because they give you a reference point to start from and gives her visuals of what you're talking about.

[Deleted]

Personally I'd say as long as she isn't way behind and she does try say things I wouldn't get to worried. Some baby's just do things faster than others.. like my little over-achiever at times.

She says Mama, Dada, mooo, woof, baa, hi, bye. I think mostly because we say them to her all the time when she see's/points at it.

[cdmay]

From school and professional experience... you should also take into account sounds that she consistently uses to refer to an object, even if no one else uses the word and/or you can't figure out how she came up with that sound as the name for that object.

[jennlin]

Apr 15, 2013 15:38:31 GMT -5 cdmay said:

From school and professional experience... you should also take into account sounds that she consistently uses to refer to an object, even if no one else uses the word and/or you can't figure out how she came up with that sound as the name for that object.

hmm..she uses the same few syllables, so i don't think any of these count....

[cdmay]

Apr 15, 2013 15:45:52 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Apr 15, 2013 15:38:31 GMT -5 cdmay said:

From school and professional experience... you should also take into account sounds that she consistently uses to refer to an object, even if no one else uses the word and/or you can't figure out how she came up with that sound as the name for that object.

hmm..she uses the same few syllables, so i don't think any of these count....

Yeah, it has be to consistent for one object (or class of objects, like apples, oranges, balls can all be bah and that would count as one word).

[shevacc]

Apr 15, 2013 12:47:10 GMT -5 kooshball said:

Is there a lot of Chinese and English around her? I believe bilingual babies might start talking a weebit later than single language babies.

This. My cousins were raised bilingual English/German and were later than most to start talking. I've heard it's fairly common since there's more to figure out with multiple languages.

G says "Daddy" and "hi" and mamamamamamamama, which may or may not mean me.