Does your 2 year old know their name?

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My 1 year old (2 in august) is a bit behind in speech. She uses some individual words, never puts two words together, mimes a lot of things that she won’t say words for (e.g will mime eating if she is hungry ).

She ‘knows’ her name, will look at you if you say it and point at herself if you say ‘where is name?’ But makes zero effort to say it.
She says mummy and daddy.

Just wondering when your toddler could correctly answer ‘what is your name?’ Or ‘who are you?’

Yes, but my two year old is an absolute chatterbox and introduces herself to people. Her language is crazy for her age you can have full blown conversations with her in context.

In contrast, my eldest child didn't speak at all except to say 'mama' and 'dada' until she was two and a half.

They're all different OP even between siblings who've been raised/taught/engaged with in exactly the same way. Try not to worry. Just do lots and lots of talking with and to your child, even if they don't speak back and lots of positive praise and fuss when they learn something new.

If you're really worried, if it continues for a long time ask for a SALT referral via the HV.

Yep. My 2 year old can. He likes to make a game of it with us. So we will say “Are you Bert?” and he will find this funny and laugh then reply “No, I’m Fred!” And then do the same to us. (Not actual names).

Oh gosh I just re read that and saw she's still 1! Honestly I wouldn't worry. She's tiny. She'll get there.

DD had mobility issues when young and couldn't walk, crawl or anything much for ages. She was a great talker by 2. Mostly because she couldn't so anything else! In contrast DS ran about about over the place, climbed stuff and with hindsight wasn't anywhere near as good as DD at the same age because he was too busy doing other stuff. Maybe it's a similar thing here, and they will get yonit when they are good and ready. As long as other milestones are being hit I wouldn't unduly worry.

I'm not sure. I wouldn't worry as she recognises her name and understanding, following simple instructions is a better indicator than talking at this age. My child is nearly 3 and I think the first time she attempted her name it wasn't as a response to a question, it was when she was claiming something as her own and patted her chest whole saying.it. I think she was 2.

I've failed to note a lot of milestones but with the saying of their own names I actually have video footage of both of them saying their own names when they first could so can date it accurately to 19 and 23 months respectively.

I think the responding to her name is more important at this age than saying it herself.

My DS2 is like this. He will be 2 in june. Rather than the miming though, we have humming of words.
He will say words that he wants to say eg teddy, door, wellies but other words like 'milk' he just wont say.

I dont expect him to be able to answer his name for another 6 months.

In contrast, my DS1 had full sentences by the time he was 2. At his 2 year HV check he walked up to the HV's laptop and said 'i'll check your bank for you' . He has since received an ASD diagnosis.

Just asked mine, and they said ‘pickle’ (pet name).

They will say that’s and that’s so I’m confident they do know.

At her 2year check, my DD had 5 consistent words... Mummy, Daddy, Baaby (for her little sister), yes, no. She only spoke to me, her grandparents and her dad. She wouldn't talk at nursery. She would respond to her name, so did know it.

At her two year old check, her sister was talking in full sentences. And her speech was more advanced than the then 3yos.

There is a massive range. You can't tell DD1 was that delayed now she's nearly 10.

I’m not too concerned about the lack of speech as she clearly understands so much. We are having another baby later in the year so I wonder whether she will start to differentiate then between her stuff and baby stuff - I think she thinks everything in the house is hers right now!

No other areas of ‘concern’, walks, run, jumps, kicks a ball, draws and paints (can differentiate and say colours!), loves animals, books.
I just want to hear her say her name!

How easy is her name to say?
Dd1 has a name she struggled to say, so she used "I" and "me"-her name was one of the later words she said.
Dd2 had an easier name and used it a lot.

Ds, I can't remember whether he used his name, but he called dd1 a version of "sister" and dd2 by her name.

What happens when you look at photos together and name the people in them? Does she recognise herself, what if you say “here’s mummy, here’s daddy, but where’s little Forked, can you see little forked” . Or if you ask her who /what she can see/ name in photos?

Her name should be very easy! Similar to mummy and daddy in that it is consonant- vowel - double consonant- ee sound

If we look at photos she will point out ‘mummy’ and ‘daddy’, woof for the dog, pat her chest if she sees herself and will point to people she knows and get me to name them.

If I try to do a Tarzan and Jane and say ‘mummy’ and point to me and ‘name’ and point to her she just looks at me like yeah, I know.

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Her name should be very easy! Similar to mummy and daddy in that it is consonant- vowel - double consonant- ee sound

If we look at photos she will point out ‘mummy’ and ‘daddy’, woof for the dog, pat her chest if she sees herself and will point to people she knows and get me to name them.

Try mis naming people in the photos and see if she corrects you, turn it into a game but be prepared to stop at once if she gets confused or upset.

My DS1, who is 5 in July, knew his name and would respond to it at that age but he is delayed with his speech and has GDD. He literally said his name for the very first time just after his 4th birthday. I was so relieved and proud of him I nearly cried...I had been so worried about him starting school and not being able to introduce himself by name if he was asked what his name was!

DS2 is the complete opposite to DS1 and at 2.5yrs is a little chatterbox, who blows my mind with the kinds of sentences he can put together (which is older brother still can't do yet, his is still very simple 2/3 words). He can say his name properly, his brother on the other hand can't pronounce it and calls him "papa" (his name is Jasper).

Are you had any speech and language involvement yet? If you have any concerns definitely ask for a referral to them from your HV. x

She may just not see the point in naming herself.
I can remember a few funny moments when mine were little on that sort of thing.
Dd1 had "mine" and "yours" confused because if she wanted something of mine that she shouldn't have I'd say "mine" so she'd say "mine" to mean "not mine"!
I remember being in a car with her and a older friend. Older friend said "My mummy's driving". So dd thought she was called "mymummy". So she, being at the repeating age, said. "Mymummy driving..." . "No it's MY mummy." "yes, mymummy driving." Both children got very frustrated

And when ds was asked for a time how old he was, he said randomly "eight" or "five"-because that was his sisters' ages, so when he heard that question obviously one of those words was the right answer, because that's what they said.

I didn't think my almost 2.5 yo could tell me his name, so I just asked him now and he said "duggee" 😂😂 (from hey duggee-thats not his name 😂)