Hi Ladys, I need some advice.. My son and I went for his one year check up. The doctor doesn't feel my son his hitting the mildstones for talking. All my son says is mama. We work with him all the time on words and nothing is working...
So how many words was your one years old saying?
What ideas do you have to get your LO talking more?
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Most kids only say 1 to a few words at 12 months. DS only said "uh-oh" at 12 months, and our pedi didn't mention any concerns. Within the past week he's started to say "kitty, done, and bye."
All babies develop at their own rate. I just talk to him a lot, even if it's just talking to him about how I'm cleaning the bathtub at the moment or the process of changing his diaper I name everything he points to and try to be consistent with my words (the cat is always kitty, his water is always drink). He's become very interested in his books, which will probably help him as well.
I wouldn't worry yet. In my experience they have word explosions, where they go from 1-2 words to 10 in a week.
DD2 says 12 words. We show her items that we are playing with and say their name. We do a lot of repetition of words and we can see her trying to move her mouth to say them.
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I think there's supposed to be a vocab increase between 18 and 24 months. My kid is a talker but one of her little church friends just points. They're both perfectly normal and developing just fine. Don't stress.
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One word at 12 months is fine. Our pedi said he liked 1 word at 12 months, 3 - 5 by 15 months, and more than 15 at 18 months.
Have you tried signing? It might help if your son isn't ready to talk but wants to communicate. Otherwise, singing, reading books, and talking about everything is about all you can do to help.
She does Jabber a lot though, but i've had people tell us it must be because of all the music we have in her life. My dad is a worship leader ( we currently live with my parents) and we constantly have music and toddler tunes playing. Don't know if it's true or if it works but yah lol
I wouldn't worry! My son said mama for everything and still is the only word he says and he's almost 16 months. Everyone learns at different paces. I'm not worried because I know he understands, he's just not vocal. He'll nod his head with certain questions, he's very hands on and communicates in other ways. I used to get worried because I was always comparing with other kids but I've realized now that it only makes you more paranoid that you're not doing right by your kid~
Ditto PP with asking your Dr why he is concerned.
I don't think 1 word is abnormal at 12m, but if there are other things going on, all that combined could be the reason for worry.
Does your LO respond to language and otherwise seem expressive, grunts/smiles/pointing/etc? I'm wondering if Dr has noticed signs that she may have hearing/other issues. Although I would hope the Dr would explain more than to just say, she should say more words. That's not really helpful to the parent.
IIRC LO had 2-3 words at 12m, and now at 18m we've stopped counting because it's well over 30. But at 12m he was clearly understanding words, responding to speech, trying to communicate, pointing, etc.
ETA - in terms of bolstering speech read a lot to LO, and limit the time the TV is on. Studies have found that having TV on all day, as background noise not necessarily being watched, have been linked to speech delays.
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