...what was it like?
I was starting to worry about Ben saying so little new words and was going to talk to his pedi about it at his 2 year appt next week. However, from the weekend until yesterday, he has said 6 new words (blue, apple, elbow, boo-boo, hammer and yellow). Is this what it's like? How long did it last? Did they just continue at this pace or did it slow down at some point?
Thanks for any info.
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With both my kids, there came a point where they said so many new words that I couldn't keep track of them anymore. At a point you just cease being surprised when they say something new.
This happened at pretty different ages for my 2 kids. For my daughter, it was around 17 months. For my son, it happened around 25 months, but his articulation was pretty bad, so we could only understand about 50% of what he said for several months.
Ben is probably starting the upward swing of the "bell curve" of new language development. When he has about 50 to 100 words, he'll probably start putting them together in short sentences, then so many new words pop out each day that it's hard to keep track of them all. It's a bell curve, because at some point they don't acquire so many new words -- they know enough words to communicate adequately about day to day stuff. Then their new language acquisition becomes more like an older kid learning vocabulary words, and less like a toddler learning to talk.
DD definitely had a word explosion, picking up multiple new words a day.
I honestly can't say how long it lasted. DD's vocabulary is so huge at this point that it's hard to tell what new words she knows. But I've noticed that before she makes a jump in language, she'll start talking to herself (in her room at night, etc.) in gobbledygook language.
This is what I was going to say. It got to a point with us where my mom or DH would say "Did you know he could say ______???!?!" And I'm like "Well, I haven't heard him say it but that doesn't really surprise me."
I don't know when this started (months ago) and he still says new words all the time.
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For DD, we got a big burst around 21 months. It slowed down for a little bit, and now at 25 months, she's going like gangbusters all the time with new words and phrases every day.
She was "a little behind" at 18 months but had caught up by 24 months. I can't even keep track of all her words now.
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Once Zach started talking in 'sentences' (2-4 words generally), his vocab really took off. In the past few months he has learned all his colors, sings several songs, can count from 1-10 in English and Spanish, etc, etc. Its pretty amazing! We are suprised constantly at the stuff that comes out of this kids mouth!! It has yet to slow down!
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It happened very quickly for Chase. About a month or so ago, he just fell into this crazy vocab explosion. He repeats EVERYTHING we say nad even speaks in sentences. Some examples:
Mom, I love Rock N'Roll. (no idea where this obsession came from, but he will tell you all day everyday he loves Rock n roll)
Here you go mom. Thank you. No Thank you. I love you. Some breakfast please. Let's play (insert everything under the sun here). He also knows all of the sports and different types of balls. He is a true man and can sit and watc ESPN for hours if we let him.
So to sum it all up, it just started to happen more frequently. 3 words here, 5 words there, then sentences.
Also, have you noticed everything is "mom". He is already so "grown up", that I'm not even Mommy any more.
How exciting!
I don't think I'm anywhere near a word explosion, but Alaina's picked up 4 words this week. I'm so proud.
Thanks ladies, this is really helpful. Oh, and he started saying another new word this afternoon. We were blowing bubbles in the house earlier and he looked at me and said, "Bubble!".
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