Is your LO talking

raglands · December 2014

Just curious how many of your LOs are on their way to talking/ saying words...
My LO was diagnosed with a lip tie this year and we will be getting it fixed come January 2015. We've been told this can cause a delay in speech. My LO occasionally says mama, da, yea, and no but is not consistent with them. A little worried but not too worried at this point.

ksimo6 · December 2014

LO has a few words (mama, daddy, Gemma, hi...) and animal sounds... Mostly still just a lot of babbling. We have noticed that she is picking up new letter sounds (w is the most recent) but it sounds like our kids are about at the same #of words. Hope that helps!

mancila60 · December 2014

A few words like mama and dada but honestly that's it. He does say "I did it". But that's all. He babbles A LOT but no actual words. He won't say no but he shakes his head no instead.

shelley1002 · December 2014

A few words; mommy, daddy, Cody (DS1), doggy, kitty cat, Santa, no, yeah, yay, Lorna (though more like Norna, it's our DCP). They are not all perfectly clear but can be understood even by people not around the kids all the time. he also barks, quacks, growls, and meows.

He also mimics some sounds and short phrases (like I love you).

hollydawnburke · December 2014

Molly says a few words, but mostly signs or points with "eh eh". She does talk in her "scary voice" more often than not:

Lesley0228 · December 2014

Not much. He says mama, dada, nana, papa, but even those are more like babbling. As in most of the time mama comes out like mamamama. He says yat for cat. DH and I were just saying that we remember DD speaking way more at this age, but he is killing her in the fine motor skills department. He's a lot more of a watcher and investigator than she was. We call him the little engineer. All kids are different and all of that.

Jalee85 · December 2014

We still don't have any real words. However, she says Mom for when she wants things and mmmmmm for when she sees food she wants (so those are technically words but it's not that she calls me Mom) so it still counts at 2 words at their age.

She was notes to have a 60% speech delay by EI at 10 months. She finally started babbling in October!

[Deleted User] · December 2014

he "talks" a lot, but it's still mostly babbling...I love that he thinks he's having a whole conversation with us though lol he has a few words like mama, dada, papa, he said doggie once and says baby sometimes...he's also working on "mmm tasty"

NatesCupcake47 · December 2014

DD has about 60 words in her vocabulary and can sign (and say- she does them together usually) thank you, milk, more, water, and please. We didn't really realize how abnormal this is until we talked to her pediatrician at her 15 month appt last week. She knew about 10 words at her one year appt, and she continues to add new words almost daily. Her ped says he sees a kid about once every two years with her speech abilities.

CherryHolly · December 2014

Daphne talks a lot and repeats after anything you say. She regularly says Mama, mom, dada, daddy, sissy, sister, nana, papa, puppy, doggie, cat, hat, thank you, look, what's that, I did it, Elsa, Minnie, Mickey, Olaf, hi, bye bye, fish, who's that, tree, hotdog, pasta, cheese, eat, egg, milk, water, cracker, cookie, pretty, statue, Santa, elf, etc. and she will repeat almost any word you say to her. Plus she constantly babbles

Ajoyd · December 2014

Ugh, apparently I forget how to post on TB.

EmJ&B · December 2014

NatesCupcake47 said:
DD has about 60 words in her vocabulary and can sign (and say- she does them together usually) thank you, milk, more, water, and please. We didn't really realize how abnormal this is until we talked to her pediatrician at her 15 month appt last week. She knew about 10 words at her one year appt, and she continues to add new words almost daily. Her ped says he sees a kid about once every two years with her speech abilities.

Huh

EmJ&B · December 2014

No disrespect Natescupcake, but do you live in a small town? The pedi at our large university hospital says its just as common for a 15 month old to have 100 words as it is to have no words.

They all eventually walk and talk .... these threads accomplish nothing.

deedee1017 · December 2014

Dd recently stuck her finger in her nose. I think it was sign language for "I have a booger."

NatesCupcake47 · December 2014

We live in an average sized suburb. I think people may be misreading the tone in my post. Wasn't trying to be an AW or braggy, was just sharing what my kid is doing, like the rest of you were.

EmJ&B · December 2014

NatesCupcake47 said:
We live in an average sized suburb. I think people may be misreading the tone in my post. Wasn't trying to be an AW or braggy, was just sharing what my kid is doing, like the rest of you were.

Just seems kind of braggy to brag about how great your kid is doing when someone has posted that they're a little worried.

Amjoy25 · December 2014

"Gleeba" is all we can get out of her. For obvious reasons.

sooner1981 · December 2014

Amjoy25 said:
"Gleeba" is all we can get out of her. For obvious reasons.

She going to be a scientist!!

sooner1981 · December 2014

Wide range of normal...blah blah blah. All kids eventually learn to talk...blah blah blah.

That said, these threads used to send me into a anxiety storm with my daughter because I thought she was way behind verbally, based on the experiences of other birth month moms. Pediatrician kept saying she was normal. My husband said she was normal. At 2.75 years old, her speech is very normal and she talks All. The. Time.

My October baby is definitely ahead of where my daughter was. He actually babbles for fun--something that she hardly ever did. and he repeats words--again, something that my daughter never did. But he hates reading books with us because he is too "busy," and my daughter would sit in my lap for an hour straight just reading 15-20 books in a row and paying attention to every page. Little one ain't got time for that. He is ahead on gross motor skills. But she has fine motor skills that blow me away.

Comparison/worry is the thief of happiness. Your pediatrician should be screening speech development at every appointment. They are the ones you should talk to if concerned at all. If you are not satisfied, seek a second opinion. But the selection bias on here towards getting more responses from moms whose kids who are chatterboxes is very apparent--because the range of normal is huge!

Also, both my kids had grade IV lip ties that were revised. My daughter talked late, my son has tons of words. Doesn't seem to be much of a correlation, in my opinion.

taylormarie923 · December 2014

We have one word so far, dog. I try not to worry about it and let him develop at his own pace, but then I read these threads!

taylormarie923 · December 2014

@Connorsmama2006‌ do you think you could teach him the preamble first? #priorities.

sooner1981 · December 2014

taylormarie923 said:
@Connorsmama2006‌ do you think you could teach him the preamble first? #priorities.

Not joking. I learned to recite the preamble to the constitution in kindergarten, start to finish. My mom and I would say it together in the car on the way to school in the morning. I said it one afternoon for my class and after school, I got a dipped cone from Dairy Queen. It was an incredibly good day--still remember it!

Tl;dr: teaching your kid the preamble might lead to good things

MissLauraPants · December 2014

Mine calls every animal we have "dog", says yay, oh no, uh oh, dad,hi, hey...thats it. He will talk one day instead of babbling and angry shouting in german to me

Phalaenopsis · December 2014

Humans are not machines, we don't have a schedule or deadline for being 'finished'. Each baby is born with unique gifts and strengths. They take a variable amount of time to develop because their brains are so complex and different. How boring the world would be if every baby started talking at 1 year and 1 day old. It helps to look at the big picture rather than stress about minutia on the daily. Now is the time to enjoy our beh-behs at the stage they're in and not worry about the next stage. I'm loving watching Cece do new things every day and become a communicative being. It's truly amazing.

Lee81 · January 2015

Greta has a few words but she mostly sticks to the important ones- shoes, cheese, and NO!.

Slap8out · January 2015

Forget talking I am excited that A has 2 teeth with a 3rd on the way! Woot woot!
But seriously I do enjoy the days when she discovers a new word, tonight was pear.
I am just so proud we all have smart, beautiful, healthy babies, that are doing baby things. Like plotting to take over the world with their animal friends, speaking German and Latin and being foodies. What a beautiful and amazing life.

MargaretC5 · January 2015

DS says no words, just noises and points.

Personally I did not talk until I was 4. My little sister talked before I did. I was stubborn. I did have to see a speech therapist in grade school. I think it was by about 3rd or 4th grade was had caught up with everyone else. What I remember the most about it is that the speech therapist would give us colored marshmallows at the end of each session.

Short story.... I did have a speech problem and it all worked out ok.

deedee1017 · January 2015

Slap8out said:

Forget talking I am excited that A has 2 teeth with a 3rd on the way! Woot woot! But seriously I do enjoy the days when she discovers a new word, tonight was pear. I am just so proud we all have smart, beautiful, healthy babies, that are doing baby things. Like plotting to take over the world with their animal friends, speaking German and Latin and being foodies. What a beautiful and amazing life.

you forgot sticking their finger in their nose!

catycate · January 2015

I am an early interventionist- I work with dozens of kids every month and I can tell you the range is huge. DD has 2 words now and babbles constantly. I have my own anecdotal thoughts on insanely early talkers but that would get Sooner'ed so fast so I'll keep it to myself!

trackgirlparis · January 2015

catycate said:
I am an early interventionist- I work with dozens of kids every month and I can tell you the range is huge. DD has 2 words now and babbles constantly. I have my own anecdotal thoughts on insanely early talkers but that would get Sooner'ed so fast so I'll keep it to myself!

I would love to hear your thoughts on the early talkers...don't bring it up if you won't talk about it!

catycate · January 2015

Like I said- it's totally anecdotal with no studies or papers or peer reviewed literature. But in my experience those that are truly speaking in sentences by 15 months ( and there are really few babies doing that, most moms are giving word credit for things that aren't words) tend to have both obsessive compulsive and anxiety issues, as well as delays in the social emotional domain. The furthest I follow kids is to 5, though so I couldn't speak to things down the line. Also we are talking about maybe 12 kids I've known to be extremely advanced in expressive communication, so not a large pool. It's just an observation myself and so e other therapists have made.

carawasa · January 2015

I read something recently that said it was quality vs quantity when it comes to words. I'm sticking with that.

Emma must be speaking German or Chinese, because I don't understand what she's saying, but she's saying something.

tashad18 · January 2015

I'm pretty sure C cursed me out in baby language the other day.

jennlin · January 2015

carawasa said:

I read something recently that said it was quality vs quantity when it comes to words. I'm sticking with that. Emma must be speaking German or Chinese, because I don't understand what she's saying, but she's saying something.

my kids speak chinese, so they can hang out!

jessicat2inWA · January 2015

Does sign language count? Because if not, we've got nothing except uh oh and yeah. Yeah only comes after a sign and we ask for confirmation.

Signs she can do are please, all done, help, up, thirsty/drink, hungry, more, bird, frog, and elephant.

Also, this ribbon is making me all twitchy worrying which I totally wasn't before.

cassey910 · January 2015

Oaklee tries to say our dogs name jojo it's cute. He is still doing mostly two letter sounds like papa, meme, mama, dada, bye,

sooner1981 · January 2015

SeeJayEmm said:
The only thing my kid does is say "woof" when I ask him "what does the doggie say?"

So my kid doesn't say words, just barks.

When my daughter was about this age, she had five words--three of them were "dog," "pup," and "woof." [dad and ball were her other two--mama didn't come until sixth word!]

So, one day she and I were having a picnic at our neighborhood park. A woman ealked by with her golden retriever, and my daughter whipped around and said "woof! Wood!" The lady stopped mid step and asked "did your daughter just bark at my dog?!" I could only say, "Well, yes she did! I don't know what else to say!"

Jalee85 · January 2015

catycate said:
Like I said- it's totally anecdotal with no studies or papers or peer reviewed literature. But in my experience those that are truly speaking in sentences by 15 months ( and there are really few babies doing that, most moms are giving word credit for things that aren't words) tend to have both obsessive compulsive and anxiety issues, as well as delays in the social emotional domain. The furthest I follow kids is to 5, though so I couldn't speak to things down the line. Also we are talking about maybe 12 kids I've known to be extremely advanced in expressive communication, so not a large pool. It's just an observation myself and so e other therapists have made.

That's really interesting I had over 40 words by 1 and was deft speaking in full 3 word sentences at 10 months. IE - walking my grandma to the door and saying "Okay bye now" my mom said she thinks I thought my Mom would come back if she left. I have a very high IQ, ADD, and anxiety to go with it...lol so in my case it holds true.

@catycate‌

CateOfChicago · January 2015

Still some babbling but lots of short words (mommy, daddy, ball, cup, car, dog, hi, bye bye, etc.). I love the animal noises bc it shows she knows the difference between things. She just started repeating words this week so now they are flooding in. We'll deft have to start watching what we say. Her only 'sentences' have been "hi daddy" and "no nonna", if you count those.

EmJ&B · January 2015

catycate said:
Like I said- it's totally anecdotal with no studies or papers or peer reviewed literature. But in my experience those that are truly speaking in sentences by 15 months ( and there are really few babies doing that, most moms are giving word credit for things that aren't words) tend to have both obsessive compulsive and anxiety issues, as well as delays in the social emotional domain. The furthest I follow kids is to 5, though so I couldn't speak to things down the line. Also we are talking about maybe 12 kids I've known to be extremely advanced in expressive communication, so not a large pool. It's just an observation myself and so e other therapists have made.

I'm really glad you said this isn't backed up by studies because the combo of "I'm a therapist" and "early talkers have issues" seems more than slightly irresponsible.

FTR, I spoke in actual sentences by a year. Discernable sentences. I've seen the video. I have a law degree and my biggest "social issue" is that I like cake but my imaginary friend assures me that this is ok ... ;-)

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