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How clear is your 17/18 month old's speech?

ANJ410ANJ410
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I'll start off by saying that I probably worry about this subject too much, but my DS had a speech delay as a toddler and has been receiving speech therapy since he was 21 months old.  He has a huge vocabulary now and speaks in complete sentences, but he still needs the therapy because his intelligibilty is about a year and a half behind where it should be.  A lot of people still have difficulty understanding him when he speaks because of the way he pronounces certain letter/sound combinations.

DD uses about 20-30 words on a daily basis, but a lot of them sound pretty unclear and only DH and I understand her.  I'm wondering if this is normal for her age?

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Re: How clear is your 17/18 month old's speech?

  • yourmysunshineyourmysunshine member
    That sounds normal for her age :)
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  • SeaStar430SeaStar430 member
    Sounds normal to me.  I SAH with DD and it's amazing how much more I understand than other people or DH.  Like today she kept saying "Down Lady" to our dog when she was standing on the couch, but DH thought she was calling "Daddy."  And lots of words sound the same, and she's 21 months. 
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  • tusshie2004tusshie2004 member

    imageyourmysunshine:
    That sounds normal for her age :)

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  • RickeyandDaniRickeyandDani member
    Sounds totally normal :)  DS is funny! He use "da da" for 4 different things lol He has his own language, but he's starting to get clearer and speaking several words at a time. But yes only we can really understand him.

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  • ANJ410ANJ410

    imageRickeyandDani:
    Sounds totally normal :)  DS is funny! He use "da da" for 4 different things lol He has his own language, but he's starting to get clearer and speaking several words at a time. But yes only we can really understand him.

    My DD also uses "da da" for several different things....lol.  And her verison of "all done" is "da duh". 

    Thanks everyone...since my older child wasn't talking at all at this age and was eventually diagnosed with a speech problem, I didn't know how clear my DD's words should be. I feel a lot better.

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