I don't have much to compare her too, but I think DD has quite the vocabulary for 15 months - hi, bye, hello, hey, mama, dada, you, go, hot, shoe, elmo, moo, baa, thank you, kitty, uh oh, all done and maybe a few more. She just started walking about a week ago though so we was a bit slow in that area.
ETA: oh and she also knows the names of two kids at daycare plus the daycare dog.
Post by Velar Fricative on Feb 25, 2015 10:55:26 GMT -5
DD will be 17 months on Sunday so she just makes the cut!
I remember that at 15 months she had about 5 words or so - I remember because her pedi just wanted to hear one word by 15 months and she surpassed that. Now I don't count anymore because over the past few weeks she started going to town with nonstop nonsensical babbling/having conversations with herself and her stuffed animals in the crib and DH and I both figured a language explosion would come. We were right. She seems to be adding at least a word a day these days.
However, while she says "mama" and "dada" a lot she rarely actually calls us that. Yet she calls her Elmo doll by name, sooooo...
My son is 14 months. He has mama, dada and nana (Nora- his sister) down. No other words. Sometimes, ma, ma, ma for more, accompanied by very dramatic pointing.
Post by electricmayhem on Feb 25, 2015 11:02:51 GMT -5
DD is 15 months and I'd say she's doing okay. She doesn't say words unless prompted (more babbling), but she can say her name, mama, dada, no, up, all done, bye bye, apple, elmo, owl. She got tubes at 13 months due to persistent EIs; we had a follow up with ENT last week and she pretty much failed her hearing test b/c both sides were completely clogged. She's on medicine now and her WV is tomorrow so I'm going to ask about a repeat, as I'd like to know where she really is in case we need to do something more.
M is 13 months and has tons of words (in my opinion). She babbles still ALL THE TIME, but it's total non-sense. She'll carry on entire conversations over facetime or on speaker phone, complete with hand motions. It's hilarious.
Her words:
Cosmo (our dog), more, eye, hi, buh-bye, baby, kitty cat, mama, dada, mouth (which sounds just like mama), and probably some I'm forgetting. ETA: She does say Ball & uh-oh too.
She also moos, quacks, roars, does an elephant trunk with noise, and monkey ooh ooh ooh with arms curled on command. She will point to her hair, ears, and nose when asked to, but hasn't said the words yet.
Shameless AW:
She's also trying to teach herself to do a somersault, which I think is insanely early. Gymnastics, here we come.
Post by cincodemayo on Feb 25, 2015 11:10:05 GMT -5
DS is also 17.5 months. He gibber jabbers alot. He has 8-10 actual words? mama, daddy, bompa, ball, up, Boo, shoes, snack, treat is what I can think of now.
I think it's normal for parents to understand but the outside world not too. Like shoes isn't shoes- it's more "shhhs" but I get it.
Post by simpsongal on Feb 25, 2015 11:13:38 GMT -5
He's got several words - mama, dada, bogie, water, ut oh, no, all done, ball
He imitates some animal sounds like dogs and snakes.
I should probably ask him more questions. Sometimes I forget he can probably understand us better than we think. If I say "go get a book" or "do you want me to read a book?" - he'll crawl over and grab a book and bring it back.
Also, how good does your child sound talking? C very obviously has my mouth/tongue issues (my mouth is small and my tongue is big) so she is kind of lispy and forms every sound pretty much with her tongue out. She does say things I believe are words (she can say shoe, fish, woof woof, moo, this, uh oh, and no, which is more of a naa naa naa when she says it). But her impediment or whatever make these things sound non fluent, if that makes sense. I think she also says one of our cat's names. I believe she says those words because she can hold her shoe and say something that sounds like shurs or shooooos, so though it's not like perfect, it clearly is what she's going for. She does the same thing for fish, where she can point to a picture of a fish and say fsssshhh or sometimes "shif." And she can be asked "What does the dog say?" and "What does the cow say?" and will produce the animal sounds.
Her words aren't perfect. They Cosmo sounds like ca-co. Ball still sounds like bah. Kitty cat is kiiii-ca. Definitely no enunciation over here!
Post by purplecow0206 on Feb 25, 2015 11:21:39 GMT -5
A is almost 14 months. She can kinda say all done, mama, dada and hi. She waves and claps like crazy and can definitely understand simple requests like sit down and come here.
She also babbles a lot and there may be some words that are coming through in there that I just haven't started recognizing yet.
Post by ilikedonuts on Feb 25, 2015 11:27:38 GMT -5
DD2 is almost 16 months. She has 50ish words and is starting to say some two word sentences like 'more milk. No shoe. Big book etc. her current favorite word is purple and she basically only wants to wear purple and use her purple pacifier. It's hilarious.
My oldest said NOTHING until 16.5 months. So my kids were complete opposites on the whole talking thing.
At this point, I'm satisfied with DD showing that she understands what we say since she is learning French, Spanish and English at the same time. She babbles A LOT, though she is saying a lot more distinguishable words lately. Some are in Spanish and others in French but not quite sure why she chooses one or the other yet. For example, she says eyes, nose and cookie in French, but shoes in Spanish. She is very good at repeating words but then doesn't say them on her own yet. She also loves doing animal noises.
Oh and my 12.5 month old babbles mama and dada but doesn't yet identify us as he babbles.
Exactly this. He babbles loads and understands a lot of words, but doesn't speak/volunteer them. He signs all done when he's done eating and milk when he wants to eat. He has once awhile said the cat's name and pointed at him, but that is basically it.
Almost 17 months and a chatterbox! Though a lot is unintelligible! Last couple of weeks has full on conversations of babbling.
Words that she has include mama, dada, mamra (for grandma), milk, shoes, toes, nose, oh no! (With concerned face, hands out and tone of consternation!), uh oh, ta ta (for pls and thank you), ball, book, nana (for banana), cheese, all gone, dinner. Can't think of others at the moment but I'm sure there are a few more.
Post by timorousbeastie on Feb 25, 2015 12:10:59 GMT -5
DD is 12.5 months and is still pretty quiet. She babbles some (mostly mama, but not in reference to me). She is nowhere near saying any actual words at the moment.
Also, how good does your child sound talking? C very obviously has my mouth/tongue issues (my mouth is small and my tongue is big) so she is kind of lispy and forms every sound pretty much with her tongue out. She does say things I believe are words (she can say shoe, fish, woof woof, moo, this, uh oh, and no, which is more of a naa naa naa when she says it). But her impediment or whatever make these things sound non fluent, if that makes sense. I think she also says one of our cat's names. I believe she says those words because she can hold her shoe and say something that sounds like shurs or shooooos, so though it's not like perfect, it clearly is what she's going for. She does the same thing for fish, where she can point to a picture of a fish and say fsssshhh or sometimes "shif." And she can be asked "What does the dog say?" and "What does the cow say?" and will produce the animal sounds.
When I say he knows these words I'm being generous. Thank you sounds like gangoo. More is more like "ma". osulori said its more about consistent usage and context at this age since so many kids have issues with certain sounds (at least I think that is what she said, OSUlori please correct if I misunderstood)
Right now he has just a handful of words (that/this, Dora, dog, mama, dada, more, ball) and about 20 signs. He imitates and has great comprehension but seems to be on a slower side. At your DD's age he had a couple signs and 3 words so I wouldn't worry. They change so much week to week as toddlers.
Also, how good does your child sound talking? C very obviously has my mouth/tongue issues (my mouth is small and my tongue is big) so she is kind of lispy and forms every sound pretty much with her tongue out. She does say things I believe are words (she can say shoe, fish, woof woof, moo, this, uh oh, and no, which is more of a naa naa naa when she says it). But her impediment or whatever make these things sound non fluent, if that makes sense. I think she also says one of our cat's names. I believe she says those words because she can hold her shoe and say something that sounds like shurs or shooooos, so though it's not like perfect, it clearly is what she's going for. She does the same thing for fish, where she can point to a picture of a fish and say fsssshhh or sometimes "shif." And she can be asked "What does the dog say?" and "What does the cow say?" and will produce the animal sounds.
When I say he knows these words I'm being generous. Thank you sounds like gangoo. More is more like "ma". osulori said its more about consistent usage and context at this age since so many kids have issues with certain sounds (at least I think that is what she said, OSUlori please correct if I misunderstood)
Youre totally right! @bunnybean, at this age there's only a handful of sounds that kids "should" be able to produce-things like m, n, t, d, b, p. And even if they don't, that's okay for now. The bigger thing is that if a certain combination of sounds is used consistently to refer to something then that's a word, even if it doesn't quite sound like what it's referring to.
DD is 16.5 months. She talks a lot, often just babble, but in conversation form. She has maybe 20 words, thought it's been pretty stable the last month or so. She has recently started trying to say the names of the other kids at her daycare though
Ds is 14 months old and says mama and dada. He has said other words pretty much perfectly but when we ask him to repeat he won't do it on demand. I've heard please, yeah, banana, Santa, etc. I don't count it really since it's not consistent. He waves hello, goodbye, claps, high fives, signs more, and blows kisses. I think he would rather communicating by pointing furiously and crying.