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Question - 2nd kids & speech

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How common is it for 2nd (or later) kids to be a bit behind in speech compared to their older siblings?

Eliza isn't babbling yet, at all, but I'm not sure if it's because we're always talking for her or what.  She has no problem letting us know how she feels, but they asked at her six month appointment if she was making "ba, ga, da" sounds and I said no.  She's 7.5 months now and still nothing.

But it could just be because her older sister is never silent!

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  • almond1123almond1123

    I've heard this a lot.  Second/ thirds kids don't talk not because they can't, but because they don't have to :-)

    Of course I'm no doctor.  

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  • KNJeppKNJepp
    Purely anecdotal, but DH was kid #4 and didn't talk until he was 3 or 4 (MIL claims she can't remember which).
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  • savannah11savannah11

    I don't know how much it matters that my kids are different sexes, but I haven't noticed much more than subtle differences.  C seemed way ahead of O at 18 months.  She had a huge vocabulary where as he had maybe 10 - 20 words by that age.  However, by two I think she might be a little behind where he was.  Once he started speaking he zoomed straight to full sentences and never shut up.  C is speaking in sentences but they aren't nearly as long and fluent.  

     Anyway, it seems that C has not been affected at all by being the second child and the differences I'm seeing are just the uniqueness of children.  Also, I didn't really pay much attention to speech before 15 months so I have no memories of babbling or first words.  Bad mom, I know.

      

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  • JamicanBrideJamicanBride
    I've been wondering the same thing.  E doens't seem to say as many words as I think she should.  But she has done many other things a head of the curve.  Walked at 9 months, tried putting on her own socks, eating with fingers, going down slides alone. She follows instructions very well.  But the words doesn't seem to be flowing like other kids her age.
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  • CindyandScottCindyandScott
    imagealmond1123:

    I've heard this a lot.  Second/ thirds kids don't talk not because they can't, but because they don't have to :-)

    Of course I'm no doctor.  

    This. Abby was slower to talk because Reagan did all the talking for her. It wasn't until we got her into MDO at 18 months that she started to vocalize a little more as Reagan wasn't there to speak for her all day. She was so quiet for awhile and then - Word Explosion. 

    Not there is not a quiet moment in this house between the 2. : )

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  • KelleyAKelleyA
    Juliet is WAY more physical than Amelia. She mastered feeding herself at 5-6 months and started pulling up and cruising early too... She's trying to walk now. That being said, she worked on those things first and was a little later with the words. She's had mama and Lala (our dog) down early and then nothing for months. She just (almost 10 months) got Dada (and Da-de) this weekend. She's later with words than Amelia but skilled in other ways. Can you see any advancements in other ways between your girls. i love watching them grow and change and seeing all of the things they do.
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  • ayersfam20ayersfam20 member

    Collin is the same way.  6 1/2 months and he does raspberries and says mmmm, but no babbling.  He makes other noises but not the typical mama, dada, etc.  He is also much more physically advanced than Abbie was.  He is army crawling and pushing himself up to sitting while she didn't do that until much later.

    I rack it up to her talking for him and him wanting to go where she goes. :-)

    ETA: Wow, actualy 7 months next week.  Where did that month go?!  Sheesh.

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  • LisaK2bLisaK2b member
    Ally was a slow babbler around that age.  Dr told us that sometimes #2 will be behind in speech and it's normal.  But now that she's 16.5 months it seems like things are clicking for her and she's seems to be saying a new word every couple of days.  Which now makes her a little more ahead than Emmy at this age. 
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  • Temp38995750004016Temp38995750004016 member
    My sister was way behind me, and her youngest is waaaay behind his older sister.  Quite a few of my friends have mentioned this about their toddler/baby siblings lately too, so it seems quite normal.
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  • jen5-03jen5-03 member

    I thought S would be a slow talker because E is more than happy to speak for him. It was pretty uncanny when he was tiny because he would cry and she'd say "he wants a diaper change" or "he wants a toy" without even looking up... and she was always right.

    Anyway, he did get a little bit slower start on talking than big sister, but he's almost caught up to where she was at this age. He took for.ev.er. to say dada though, definitely over 12mo.

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