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December 2010 Moms
enjoylife
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s/o verbal kiddos
enjoylife
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So any other non talkers? A says dada and momma (although its is usually in his whiney voice) and dah for dog but thats it. He does 4 or 5 other signs but hasn't attempted to say those words. He's never had an ear infection and he babble chatters all day long at the dogs and toys. Just wondering if its a matter of time or if there are other kiddos who do the same and the words just come later.....
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Re: s/o verbal kiddos
DS says mama/dada. But about half the time it's babble and half the time he's actually meaning me or DH. He always says "dah" for dog and something similar, like "duuuh" for duck (rubber duckys in the bathtub). He's getting pretty good at "ba" for ball.
But overall, he's a total chatter box but mainly babbling.
I think it's just one of those things that all kids are different. There is a 17 month old boy in our playgroup who is SUPER verbal, like already knows 50 words and can repeats everything he hears. But he still doesn't stack blocks or "play catch" which are things that DS (14 months) has been doing for quite a while now.
The range for normal amount of words in 1 year olds is huge and their learning processes are different too. Some won't say anything and then "learn overnight" or seem to have word explosions, then some will learn slowly with very little word explosions. I noticed with my DD, that during the stretch between 2.5-3, the gap between the advanced kids and normal kids closed quite a bit.
Although it's hard to see other kids picking up language skills while yours sits there like duh, wait until the 18-24m period. Almost all of the kids will show a lot of improvement then.
LO says dada, nana/mama (for me), ka for cat, she actually pants and points to the dogs which I count as a word. She points a ton and is very chatty. I'm not worried, I think by 15 months the average is 5 words. My pedi said it is not common for 1 year olds to have words.
ETA: She also says uh-oh and signs all done.
Pretty much the same as your LO. She says mama, dada. She barks like a dog when she sees a dog (goes, woof, woof) and she understands a lot. She can point out where her nose, feet, belly button and hair are.
She points out fish, duck, monkey, etc in books.
She babbles a lot too.
Thats cool. I can tell he understands way more than he speaks. He can follow simple commands.
That is so cute about identifying their own body parts. He likes the head shoulders knees and toes song so we started working on body parts too. He knows where his head and feet are.
Alexander does not say any words yet. I mean, he has SAID mama, dada, etc. but not to just mean us consistently so I don't count them. I think I have extremely high standards for what counts as a word, but still, he mostly just babbles all day long.
I don't think he can point to any body parts or anything, but that's not something we do consistently with him anyway.
I'm not worried yet, but check with me in 2 months, haha!