How many words is baby saying now?

Nessia

DS is 18 months but really isn't talking. Is he alone out there? Mia was talking a lot by this age, like putting words together. He kinda says a couple words but for the most part just points and grunts. He's going to his checkup in a couple weeks so I'll ask the doctor but this is normal right? Mia was just advanced by talking so much so early right? He's really smart in other areas. He understands everything you tell him.

CrazyNLove

DD is 14 months and already has quite an extensive vocabulary.  She's always babbling and talking.  We joke that she is going to be a motormouth when she starts really making sense of all her words.  Having said that - I have friends with kids the same age and older than DD and they don't talk as much at all.  Although our pedi says that DD is definitely above average for her age with her speech.

I'm sure it's fine, especially because you say he understands everything you're saying.  He's just taking it all in and has been focusing on understanding rather than speaking.  I would bring it up to the pedi if you are worried about it. 

Kim777

It seems like there is such a huge range of normal as far as talking. My nephew didn't talk at all until 21 months or so, but when he did it was all 3-4 word sentences from the beginning. At 2.5 years now he has a huge vocabulary. Rhett is 15 months and says a ton of words: up, down, out, done, fix it, got it, cheese, keys, please (those all sound the same , cracker, dog, woof woof, meow, and more. I guess he is like your DD, more advanced verbally, but I was too at his age. He can't figure out how to climb down off of things backwards instead of head-first, though, which drive me crazy! My nephew was doing that way before now. They definitely all have their strengths and weaknesses.

kellenickle

DD is 17 months and still pretty quiet... she actually has quite a few words, but doesn't use them very often. (Especially if you ask her too! ) 
She can say some words pretty clearly - Momma, Dada, Bubba (our cat), more, ice, pop  (popsicle), no, night-night, etc. and then has a bunch that only we can understand - open, eyes, nose, mouth, down, out, fish, shoes, etc.

Just lately, she seems to be trying more - attempting to make different sounds and stuff, so we'll see! And just last night, she put 2 words together and asked for 'more bubbles' a couple different times.

 She waited a long time to babble as well - our pedi wasn't/isn't concerned. And like Kim said, she seemed to focus on her motor skills - she was crawling, walking, running fairly early.