14 month old talking in sentences?

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Does anyone have or know of a just turned 14 month old who speaks in sentences?

A woman on a WhatsApp group I'm in is often mentioning how her DC talk in sentences from 13/14 months old (and not just simple things but telling someone about their day was one example she gave). I don't know why she would lie about this in a random WhatsApp group but it just seems so far fetched and of course there's never any videos to back it up! So, to the wisdom of Mumsnet...is it possible that a 14 month old could do this?!

My eldest did. But the second one clearly thought that she was making enough noise for everyone because she hardly said a word until she was two! My best friends second was also talking in sentences at little over a year, but her eldest had selective mutism until he was four. Clearly it's the luck of the draw. And the kid of mine who spoke earlier is no more academically gifted than anyone else.

Dd could. She would say
I go farm with grandad and nana see cows and goats eat ice cream for example

None of the others could. In fact eldest didn't speak till age 3 other thabanofd word.
Youngest age 2.5 speach came along.

Dd also walked at 9m compared to others at 15/16m

I always remember DD stringing the sentence around eight months, "The washing machine go round and round in the kitchen" - wasn't technically good English and Health Visitor didn't believe me until DD started chatting. However, she wasn't interested in walking - took two steps to me at around 13 months and that was it for another couple of months until she started to build on it.

Moving forward, she's bright enough (expected to get a 2.1 at uni) but not exceptional. They all get to where they're meant to be in the end.

I'm shocked by some of the claims on this thread but I don't know many babies. I want proof

DD (who the health visitor commented on how advanced he speech was at her 2 year check) was talking ok short sentences at 18 months. She is clever but not gifted. DS1 on the other hand didn’t utter a single word apart from ‘uh’ until he was nearly 2.5, he is however gifted in both maths and English. He’s now 16 and has always been a very advanced reader with a huge vocabulary.

basically how early they talk doesn’t really have any influence on them later in life! In the same way that all of mine were very early walkers - 9/10 months yet DS1 is the most incoorderinated, fall over his own feet person you will ever meet! Not going to be winning any awards for any physical activity!

I find that small toddlers have sooooo much to learn and master that often one aspect will come along quicker than the rest eg early talker or early walker or whatever. By the time they get to upper primary school it really isn’t obvious who did what before anyone else!

None of mine did but DS2 was walking at 7 months but didn't talk until he was 3. DS1 started talking at about 18 months and I can't remember DD talking but she took her first step on her 1st birthday. One of my grandsons talked early he's been diagnosed with autism but his similarly aged grandson spoke a a more average age but has an amazing vocabulary.

@PurpleButterflyWings

Mine are just both very advanced children. The problem is people whose children aren't 'advanced' and are a bit academically average, don't start talking properly til they are 2 or 3, and can't read a single sentence until they are 4 or 5 don't like to hear it

@Yfront

This is wildly, massively wrong. Your kid might be bright, sure. That's great. You can use their early speech development as a little smug blanket to keep yourself warm at night.

It does not mean that other children who have developed different skills at different rates to yours, are lesser intellectual beings.

And point out EXACTLY where I said children who don't develop with their speech and reading etc at a younger age are 'lesser intellectual beings.'

You can't can you, because I NEVER SAID THAT!

I said people whose children are behind others, DO NOT LIKE TO HEAR THAT OTHER CHILDREN ARE MORE ADVANCED THAN THEIRS. I never said a word about less advanced children being 'lesser beings.' FFS.

You have certainly proven my point about certain parents though, who don't like it when other children are more advanced than theirs.

Um, ok. So you've found the caps button.

What you've said isn't logical and doesn't make the slightest bit of sense, but maybe it's just too 'advanced' for me 😉

Yes, my DD2 could talk in full sentences from very early. She's 10 now and extremely good with language but not otherwise obviously gifted. Interestingly, she's also been referred for an autism assessment. The "classic" ASD trait is to be delayed verbally but the opposite can also be true with some types of Autism.

One of mine talked in sentences at about 14-15 months. And one of his brothers didn't speak till he was almost 3. Looking at them now, you couldn't tell which was the early talker. It doesn't mean anything.

DS1 did. He talked very early and was definitely saying simple sentences by 14 months. He then didn't shut up for several years. He's now a very quiet young man!

I'm told I could hold proper conversations when I was 12mo.

Like others have said of their children, I was a very petite/fragile looking child and people not used to me would be freaked out at this 'baby' speaking fluently.

Apparently, I asked question after question after question. Digging away until whatever I was being told made sense to me. Even now, my brothers say: 'Here she comes with her who, how, where, why and when!!'

My mother said the best bit about it was all the neighbours would 'borrow' me to chat with them as they went about their housework and, by default, give her ears a rest! 😛

All mine are teens now but on their second birthday one could speak 6 word sentences, another 12 word sentences and the other 3 word sentences. I remember reading in a development book that 3 words was the norm but to be frank it’s pretty meaningless. My child with the shorter sentences also got the better CAT scores.

My oldest did. She’s also hyperlexic. I don’t bother being smug about it because a) it’s nothing I did and b) all my other children have needed speech therapy so she was clearly just a one off.

I was both very late in speaking and hyperlexic (preens). I basically learnt to read almost simultaneously with learning to speak.

No wonder my kids are odd.

Dd did she said "but it was MINE!!!" as her first sentence she had a few other sentence not many mostly asking for specific foods drinks etc but she couldn't walk until after 15 months the health visitor told me you have a very clever lazy baby who can ask for what she wants she doesn't NEED to walk your doing it all for her try ignoring her requests a little 😉 and she walked 😂 so yes its possible not quoting wordsworth but definitely short sentences and I did xyz today

My 2 have both been early talkers and I could definitely have a full conversation with my 1st at 14/15 months old. She has always had really good communication skills and has been able to talk very well, a bit too well sometimes. My younger whilst not so advanced has followed suit. Proper conversations with them both from a very young age and people often are surprised by their ages due to their level of language so it is possible. Neither of mine walked early though!

My eldest talked very early.

(She's currently under ADHD/ASD assessment)

Single words well before her first birthday.

But.

I've just gone back and looked at videos of her at 14/15 months to see what the speech was really like.

As it was a while ago now but at the time she was hugely ahead of any of my friends of the same age babies and they were all astounded at her speech etc.

It wasn't full sentences like you describe. I have videos where she says "stick in the hummus" one of her counting (incorrectly but very cutely) to 7, "once upon a time" "love daddy. Cuddle daddy"

Etc etc.

We could have conversations as in she'd know what I was asking and she'd answer with a few words.

But it would definitely not have been "I had a nice day today. I went to the garden centre" etc.

And let me reiterate people were amazed how advanced she was. So I call a little bit of BS on your friend.

One of mine did and was later diagnosed with autism.

Children in signing families start producing signs at about 8 months, some even earlier.

I am trying not to be wanky about this, but I think shoving a camera in a baby's face whenever they do something is understandable, but not absolutely the best idea, especially if it's something like talking when they want you to listen!

(disclaimer, not a parent, interested in the thread because I was an early talker, and expect I will be pants at leaving my phone alone with my imminent child)

My middle one spoke in full sentences from about 13/14 months. Surprised me a lot because eldest had a speech delay and didn’t even put 2 words together until he was 2 and a half. I remember taking my middle to a swimming pool at 14 months and he was upset in the water and very clearly said ‘mummy! Not like it swimming pool’

He’s 4 now and has not stopped talking since. I barely get a moment to think he talks so much!

i doubt it. after having 3 of my own just don't believe it. My eldest didn't speak until she was about 2 but she's now an extremely academic 15 year old...middle one had a huge gob from around 18 months. Won't go to school 😂

My eldest started talking at 10 months and literally didn’t stop!! I was having full on chats with her within a few months….. however she didn’t walk until she was about 14 months. Next child said words from about 12 months but started walking around 10 months. My youngest girl needed speech therapy as was silent until about 2-3 but was walking properly at 8 months (very strange seeing someone so ruby running about!!) Both my boys were lazy, didn’t walk or talk till over 12 months…..
They are all very different. I was worried once about my youngest not doing the same as his siblings and I was told “the sun and the moon shine at different times, but they still both shine!”. Made me feel better 😊

My youngest was talking in 2-4 word setences at that age, but she didn't walk until almost 18 months, so she was obviously focusing all her efforts on being a little chatterbox.
She's almost 3 now and people still comment on how good her speech is.