how many words

lisamoe · June 2012

How many words, if any is your LO saying?

DS is saying "mama" but not always just to me. He said "dada" once or twice and never again. Other than that...nada. He does do a ton of babbling, raspberries and screeching, but no other words.

MamaCoffin · June 2012

Lucy says Mama, Dada and "Guh" consistently. "Guh" is her attempt at Gunner (our dog). She always says it while directing it at him and doing a weird little "come hither" motion with her hand.

She has said hat, Max (her nana's dog), Papa, Nana, and Baba (bottle) enough times for us to realize she knows what she's saying, but not enough times for me to believe it's part of her vocabulary yet.

pettycrocker · June 2012

Errrm. She says baba for her bottle, UP, tay tay is her word for elephant, and she's starting to say "out".

Babbling consists of dada, gaga and maybe we're getting a few mama's lately.. but definitely no association yet. We've got tons of raspberries too!

swimiz500 · June 2012

We have "dada", "Lena" (just started that a few days ago!), and "Nannon" (which is apparently me). She also says "yeah" and "hi".

Five_letter · June 2012

She'll say mama, dada, and she has a blended hi/bye

clineak · June 2012

Besides "mama," DD says "hot," but that's about it.

lachulavista · June 2012

Mama. Dada, and yesterday I heard him say "bah" for ball that he wanted.

tawillers · June 2012

Mama and da.

lucylea · June 2012

He consistently says mama, dada, and baba. He has said yeah and hi a few times as well as something that sounds a lot like gama (grandma), but not quite. He is constantly babbling and screeching, though!

jmo866 · June 2012

He just started babbling last week, literally. He was saying a bunch of "mama" and "mum mum" today, but doubt it was for me, think he's still just babbling. Last week it was "babababababa" and "da ta".

dairygirl19 · June 2012

She does Mama with the most consistency.

She does Dada sometimes directed at H a lot of the time directed at whatever else.

She's done kittie as well (for the barn cats). This one she does often and she knows what she means.

She also does "hlo" for hello. She waves like crazy when she's doing it, so I know she makes the connection.

We do Woah and Up once in awhile. Which I'm sure 9 times out of 10 is my imagination more than anything.

I heard book the other day as we were reading but there's a 9 in 10 chance it was a fluke. I haven't heard it since.

Basically, just a lot of bable and typical baby-ness here yet.

maiken1027 · June 2012

Mama and sometimes dada . . . ello (for hello), crackaa (for cracker) and I'm pretty sure I got a 'no' out of him yesterday when offering some food.

mainemommy · June 2012

Dada is the only real consistent thing he can say, he says it for J but he also says it for everything else. Mama when he's mad at me, hi when he's really excited to see someone. Mmmmm when he's hungry or is enjoying his food.

He's way way behind verbally, but he has also made huge improvements in the few weeks he's had real hearing so I have hope that he'll catch up eventually.

lucylea · June 2012

DS just started saying "row" this afternoon. DD loves to sing "row, row, row your boat" and he started saying it back to her! Super cute and she is beyond thrilled that she "taught" him a word.

indika236 · June 2012

She says dada, daddy, and milo (dog) consistently. Other things she has just started saying are up, ball, uh-oh (like when she "drops" something), and the newest word is whoa. She say whoa at everything the last couple days, and it is the cutest thing- her eyes get so big when she says it

jmo866 · June 2012

I can't believe all these words these LO's are saying! Are they supposed to be saying real words and meaning it now? Yikes!

dairygirl19 · June 2012

jmo866:
I can't believe all these words these LO's are saying! Are they supposed to be saying real words and meaning it now? Yikes!

Nah. Most kids are 1.5 before they can say a lot and make connections.

Mine only really says two words with consistency, ease and meaning. The rest she says but I'm positive she doesn't always have a clue what they mean.

My kid is pretty verbal and that's part of it....but she's behind in things like eating, giving up the bottle, STTN etc. so you win some, you lose some.

katie4253 · June 2012

jmo866:
I can't believe all these words these LO's are saying! Are they supposed to be saying real words and meaning it now? Yikes!

No. It is not "the norm". 11-14 months is the general range. Also, as I was reading, I really think what some people call words are not words. If your LO says dada/mama/whatever to everything...then it isn't word. It is just babbling.

cwrightdrv · June 2012

mainemommy:
Dada is the only real consistent thing he can say, he says it for J but he also says it for everything else. Mama when he's mad at me, hi when he's really excited to see someone. Mmmmm when he's hungry or is enjoying his food.
He's way way behind verbally, but he has also made huge improvements in the few weeks he's had real hearing so I have hope that he'll catch up eventually.

MM, so glad to hear that his hearing is improved! Last time I heard about him you were bringing him in for testing. I'm sure he'll catch up in no time!

K's first word was "off" because she loves turning lightswitches on and off. "On" came shortly afterward, and she says "dada" and "hi" consistently. Her latest word is "woof" for puppies, but she doesn't say it consistently.

katie4253 · June 2012

Also, repeating words is just repeating the sounds. It isn't actually saying a word.

I don't know why, but this post bothers me. It seems like a competition post. Much like the "how much weight have you gained" posts when we were pregnant. If there are moms lurking and feeling bad that their LOs aren't talking....don't. Your LOs are just fine.

ghostof5letters · June 2012

katie4253:
Also, repeating words is just repeating the sounds. It isn't actually saying a word.
I don't know why, but this post bothers me. It seems like a competition post. Much like the "how much weight have you gained" posts when we were pregnant. If there are moms lurking and feeling bad that their LOs aren't talking....don't. Your LOs are just fine.

Eh...I sorta agree with you.

The first word Piper actually said and associated it with something was the hi/bye thing.

I think people are curious if other babies, the same age, are doing similar things. Not necessarily one-upping each other. I know I was generally curious.

Cindilouwho24 · June 2012

The only real words she says is Nana(which is always directed at my sister Donna) and Uh-oh when she drops something.

LienLa · June 2012

He says mama and dada, appropriately. He will point at my moms cat and say cat. He says nom nom nom when he's eating something good. Says no and can shake his head, and sometimes yes but not shaking his head yes yet. And he can say bye but he won't wave yet.

dairygirl19 · June 2012

katie4253:

Also, repeating words is just repeating the sounds. It isn't actually saying a word.

I don't know why, but this post bothers me. It seems like a competition post. Much like the "how much weight have you gained" posts when we were pregnant. If there are moms lurking and feeling bad that their LOs aren't talking....don't. Your LOs are just fine.

I don't see anything bad about this. We're just looking for comparison. A good share of us admitted our kids don't make the connections or we just hear them in our heads. I don't find it any different than the, "how much solids?" "how many bottles?" or "how bad is the separation anxiety?" posts. Rubes is not the best eater and is addicted to her bottle, it's not like I'm offended some other kid on here has 3 snacks, 3 solid well balanced meals and only down to one bottle. We're all just looking for a starting point to compare. Every kid is different, but it's nice to be aware, kwim?

It wasn't like anyone said, "My kid says complete sentences, can read a first grade book and leads the dinner conversation."

e_uecker · June 2012

Words she says in the right context are mama, dada, kitty, look, and uh oh. She mimics a lot of sounds, but the difference would be she doesn't use those words at the right times or she only says them once and not on a regular basis.

genekelly · June 2012

I can not tell at all. He says mama, dada, no, yeah etc and sometimes uses them correctly and most times is just babbling them with no real purpose.

ladybug122 · June 2012

Clara says 3: Momma, Dog, and Bye-Bye. I don't know if it counts but she also says "Nay Nay Nay!" when I tell her no.

LyndseyLC · June 2012

"momma" "a-dada" a lot of "um, um, um" but sometimes I wonder if she is trying to say Elmo or one because she loves elmo and we have been trying to teach her "one" for when she turns one in a little over a month or she might be trying to say "up" because I say up when I sit her up, pick her up or when we go up the stairs

lisamoe · June 2012

ghostof5letters:
katie4253:

Also, repeating words is just repeating the sounds. It isn't actually saying a word.

I don't know why, but this post bothers me. It seems like a competition post. Much like the "how much weight have you gained" posts when we were pregnant. If there are moms lurking and feeling bad that their LOs aren't talking....don't. Your LOs are just fine.

Eh...I sorta agree with you.

The first word Piper actually said and associated it with something was the hi/bye thing.

I think people are curious if other babies, the same age, are doing similar things. Not necessarily one-upping each other. I know I was generally curious.

this 100%. Definitely not a competiton. My DS barely says anything, if at all. I was just wondering where other LOs were.

shellzano · June 2012

Magdalin says Apa (dad), agua (water), gabba gabba (the show she is obsessed she yells gabba gabba everytime it comes on, and last ama (mom).

boogerbearoriginal · June 2012

The only things LO says consistently/correctly are mama and dada.

He says no/yea/geegee (doggie) sometimes it's correct, sometimes it's random babbling. He has a noise that he makes only for my niece, her name is Emily, that's basically a long e sound but it's not her name. She is one of his favorite people, we refer to her as mini-mom lol. I'm not sure what you'd call that.

Mostly he makes a lot of nonsensical sounds.

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