How many words is your 21-22 mo old saying?

Kellina · October 2010

I know every kid is different, just wondering! DS only had 7 words at his 18 mo appointment, and Pedi said if he didn't have any more by 21 mo to call. He does have about 19 words now, including animal sounds. Bur he doesn't use them all the time, and they are so hard to understand that DH and I are the only ones who understand half of them! He does babble all day, uses hand gestures, and understands everything!! Thoughts?

ncbelle · October 2010

Kiddo has no words - but he has possible speech apraxia.

Everything I've read (a lot!) would agree that your kiddo is doing just great. It's very normal for much of what a toddler says to be unintelligible to someone other than his parents. I think the general rule of thumb is at 2, 50% of what they say should be understandable to strangers.

mom2be:)2008 · October 2010

DD was probably saying a couple hundred words by 22 months, but she's been an early talker and slow on everything else, like she didn't sit up until 9 months, walk until almost 16 months, etc. So some kids are just stronger in some areas and less strong in others. You could call your pedi, but it sounds like he's doing just fine to me

macchiatto · October 2010

My boys each have a little over 200 words now. They were on the slower end of the normal range with motor skills though (esp. Alex) and didn't start talking at all till 15m. I've heard they look for 50-200 words by age 2. It sounds like your LO is definitely moving in the right direction, especially since his receptive language is good too. It's also pretty common for a lot of words to be hard to understand as LO starts talking. I would say until a few months ago, only maybe 1/4 of my boys' words would be understandable to others besides DH and me; now it's maybe closer to half. It might not hurt to call your pedi and see about getting an EI eval in case ST would help, but it does sound like your son is on the right track.

EcoBaby · October 2010

I don't know exactly how many words he has, but he hasn't gone through any kind of "vocabulary explosion" like people talk about on here. When he talks, he will say the first part of the word ("moo" for "moon"). Lately, he has been adding words more frequently. I forget how many words DS had at 18 months, but I think it was about 5, maybe? We do a lot of non-verbal communication.

I am personally not worried about DS, and it sounds like our LOs might have similar language development. My doctor said that he wasn't worried and we'd talk about it more at the 24 month appt. This is just my own personal belief, but I feel like he's showing enough verbal skills that I'm not worried. I think brains develop differently, and I'm sure his brain is just working on something else right now. I really don't want to interupt his brain processes by forcing him to learn language when maybe his brain is working on learning something else. I don't know if that makes any sense to anybody but me That's my own comfort level though. I've seen DS making gradual verbal improvements, so I'm just not worried.

So if it were me, I wouldn't call. I wouldn't want to turn it into a medical issue. But that is just me, and my beliefs are not scientifically based - they are just based on what I see and how I feel about my own son's situation.

I think it is really common for parents and close caretakers to be the only ones who understand what their toddler is saying. That is completely normal, as far as I know.

LynnJones · October 2010

Your kid is completely normal. My pedi was looking for 5-8 words by 18 months other than mama and dada. I wouldn't worry at all

mrsseguin · October 2010

3 words. We got DS hearing checked, and that is fine. We are going in a few weeks to see a speech pathologist. A lot of people I know have kids that are like my DS and keep telling me not to worry about it...well see.

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