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words 16 to 18 months

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How many words does your 16, 17, or 18 mo old say? My DD is 16.5 months and only says momma, dadda, nana for banana, Ba for barney, and she says what's that while she points. She also babbles a lot. I feel like she should be saying more. Where are your kids at?

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Re: words 16 to 18 months

  • jesselayne8jesselayne8 member
    DD didn't have her word explosion until 18 months. She says new words everyday. I think your LO is within the normal range.


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  • SweetRachelSweetRachel member
    DD had a vocab explosion at 16 months then again recently. We counted how many words she says for her 18 month checkupit's about 30. She is stringing together 2 and 3 word sentences. I need milk, I need towel. Dr said she just has a better grasp of talking. I think your LO is right on track
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  • bridein08bridein08 member

    Your little one is well within normal limits. Everyone develops differently :)

    DS's most recent words have been exercise, octagon (? no clue), and Uncle Gun. He gets VERY frustrated when he says a word that we can't understand- it's really sad. Most kids have a language explosion somewhere around 18 months- I am sure your kiddo's isn't going to be far away. I noticed before my son's language skills exploded, he seemed to regress and quiet down quite a bit. He stopped learning new words for a couple of weeks, and it worried me. And then, all of a sudden BAM. 5-10 new words every day for quite a while.  


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  • lageorgiapaperielageorgiapaperie member

    At 18 months DS knew 50 words. He didn't start talking at all until 16 months so he caught on quick. 

    At 20 months now I'd say he's not far off from 100. I've been absolutely amazed at his speech progress. At 13 months we actually met with EI b/c we were worried he wasn't talking at all.

    Just goes to show how different all kids develop.  

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  • JWSchwarzJWSchwarz member
    DS is the same way. We have his 18 month appointment on Friday and I will ask. the pedi wasn't concerned before, but I am. He is good at imitating sounds and asking for what he wants by gestures, but he doesn't SAY things. He talks in a foreign language of some sort though! He is always babbling like he is talking to me, but upset that I don't understand. The only real words he he says are: no, mine, mommy, dada, Abby (dog), Dog, and sometimes he will say Go. He has used a lot of words that he never said again (door, window, bear, bag, ball, wheel). But, he understands instructions. If I give him instructions (let go of that, sit down, etc), he understands and follows them but I wonder if he is just watching my  body language or gestures. I am also going to ask to have his hearing checked.
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  • mcgeevamcgeeva member
    Aye mine does not say much. I have no clue if it's because they speak mainly spanish at daycare. He only says dada, yes, look, doggy, mama

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  • PsyDr04PsyDr04 member

    OP, don't worry. DS didn't have very many words at 16 months and now at almost 19 months, has close to 50 and learns new ones every day. 18 months is a prime time for language explosion so give it some time and see what happens.

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