How many words can your 26 month old say? POLL

Jen9807 · August 2010

My boys have been in EL for about 5 months now. When we started they had about 10-15 clear words. They are now up to 75 clear words but I was told at this age they should have more like 175! I'm curious where other kids their age are at, especially boys. Thanks!

under 75

75-100

100-125

125-150

150-175

175+

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momtoRaegan041008 · August 2010

I have a daughter, and I voted 175+. She has a really large vocabulary and has spoke full sentences for a few months. I have never actually counted them though.

Just a note, boys are generally behind girls until puberty. Then they excel past them. So I wouldn't worry, your child will pick up more and more words everyday.

momtoRaegan041008 · August 2010

I have a daughter, and I voted 175+. She has a really large vocabulary and has spoke full sentences for a few months. I have never actually counted them though.

Just a note, boys are generally behind girls until puberty. Then they excel past them. So I wouldn't worry, your child will pick up more and more words everyday.

anna7602 · August 2010

DD is being raised bilingual, so she was a little later on talking but seems to have caught up to her peers by now. The last time I wrote down her words (around 25 months), she was saying over 50 words clearly in each language (some overlapped, some didn't, but still 2 separate words, like casa/house), plus another 20 or so in her own made-up language that meant very specific things, so I guess I would say she's close to or just over 175 by now. But she doesn't speak in sentences of more than 3 or 4 words and has no idea how to correctly conjugate verbs on her own.

KDV · August 2010

My 26 month old son has been in Early Intervention and private speech therapy for three months and I voted 175+ words but it really depends on your definition of "clearly." Over the past few weeks his vocabulary has exploded and he's saying a ton of new single words and two word combinations (some three word combos) but his articulation isn't great - I talked with EI about it and they said kids commonly have articulation problems at this age and it is nothing to worry about, especially since he was behind in his speech and is just now catching up.

I wish you the best of luck - our son's speech delay has been such a concern to us, especially since two of our best friends have kids the same age who are far advanced in their speech. It is hard not to compare. But if your son is consistently learning new words then he is on the right path. Like I said, it has only been in the past few weeks that our son has suddenly realized that he wants to talk - it is like a light bulb switched on! Part of me feels that maybe he just wasn't ready to talk until this point...

futrkingsley · August 2010

My 25 month old son has been receiving speech therapy since January/February. When we started he had no words. He now has at least 200 and speaks in 5-6 word sentences occassionally with a ton of 4 word phrases.

Are your boys getting therapy together or seperately?

LaLaSweets · August 2010

momtoRaegan041008:
I have a daughter, and I voted 175+. She has a really large vocabulary and has spoke full sentences for a few months. I have never actually counted them though.

Same here!She surprises me with new things everyday

Brit&Nate · August 2010

I have a girl and voted >175. She talks in full sentences most of the time and seriously shocks me with some of the things that come out of her mouth. Last night as we were driving home from dinner she said "mommy, the sun goes down and takes a little rest and the moon comes out". I don't know where she gets this stuff.

Sawyerplus1 · August 2010

I voted for under 75. DS (29 months) has very few words (no more than 50 for sure) and most of them are unclear. I'm with him all day, so I've picked up on what he says, but other people generally dont know what words he's said. It's very frustrating, and at this point worrisome, but we're starting EI next month hopefully (if the waiting list isn't too long).

eesome · August 2010

I voted for 175+ because everyday he has a new word, and he's big on memorizing and repeating other people. He learns rather quickly, and once he says a word, he doesn't forget it.

Jen9807 · August 2010

WOW! That is a great accomplishment! Once a month a speech therapist comes and spends an hour with each of them separately. Once a week each of them spends and hour with a "teacher" that works on vocabulary through play. The boys are ahead in motor skills and cognitive learning, the speech is just slow coming. I'm glad they are improving, the pace just seems very slow and they aren't quick to repeat when I am trying to get them to say a new word. Trying to stay positive, just a little frustrated.

KDV · August 2010

Keep positive! I just read a post on another popular baby site where a mother made the point that these sort of "what can your kid do at this age" posts tend to attract parents of kids who are advanced in the specified areas. I've learned from EI that there are a lot of toddlers out there who are late bloomers in the speech area, especially boys, but are on track and even advanced in other areas.

Have you expressed your concerns to your speech therapist?

And just want to point out that I was at a family event this past weekend and found out that two of my cousins were "speech delayed" - one didn't talk until 2 and 1/2 and the other until 3 (she didn't speak a word!). They both grew up to be intelligent, articulate adults with no intervention whatsoever (such as EI, speech therapy, etc.). I really think past generations weren't so obsessed with "milestones" like we are today. Not that we shouldn't seek help when our children experience delays but sometimes a child just isn't ready to do something until they are ready!

Good luck!

Jen9807 · August 2010

KDV:
Keep positive! I just read a post on another popular baby site where a mother made the point that these sort of "what can your kid do at this age" posts tend to attract parents of kids who are advanced in the specified areas. I've learned from EI that there are a lot of toddlers out there who are late bloomers in the speech area, especially boys, but are on track and even advanced in other areas.
Have you expressed your concerns to your speech therapist?
And just want to point out that I was at a family event this past weekend and found out that two of my cousins were "speech delayed" - one didn't talk until 2 and 1/2 and the other until 3 (she didn't speak a word!). They both grew up to be intelligent, articulate adults with no intervention whatsoever (such as EI, speech therapy, etc.). I really think past generations weren't so obsessed with "milestones" like we are today. Not that we shouldn't seek help when our children experience delays but sometimes a child just isn't ready to do something until they are ready!
Good luck!

Thank you KDV! Your words are very encouraging. I've spoke to the "teacher" and I'm going to talk to the speech teacher next Friday during her next visit. My husband had speech delay as a child as well and did not start talking until he was 3. Till this day he sometimes can not find the word he wants to say if it is a noun! Thanks:)

triplea1819 · August 2010

My pedi looked for 15 words at 2 years old, and some of those should be spoken in 2 word combinations.

DS had been in EI for speech for 8 months by the time he was 26 months, he had 2 words. it has been a tough time for us..

shannm · August 2010

My DS has lots but my nephew who is about 30 months has very few. Other than language, he is on schedule for everything. He does have therapy once a week and he is slowly making progress.

mulva33 · August 2010

do you really sit around and count words? Jesus.

the only way I could respond to this is by saying "a bunch".

Jen9807 · August 2010

mulva33:
do you really sit around and count words? Jesus.
the only way I could respond to this is by saying "a bunch".

Well obviously your child is not in EL and not behind in speech. My kids are ahead in motor skills so I don't count is jumps, but thanks for the response.

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