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To be surprised that a woman I met's daughter was talking at 7 months?

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CruCru · 18/07/2013 21:25

I met a woman today who I'd met briefly when we were both last pregnant. She was saying that her daughter was speaking from 7 months and can now (not quite two) say the alphabet and count to ten in several languages.

I hadn't realised that children could talk as early as seven months (and I still can't say the alphabet in any language other than English).

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Snowfedup · 18/07/2013 22:01

I think some parents hear babble and give it meaning where others just hear babble ? I was watching a video clip of ds at 1 year and he was quite clearly saying a few words but I was in background too busy to notice and don't really remember him talking until 18 months.

Hulababy · 18/07/2013 22:03

My dd was saying words by 7 months, first at 6m and sentences by 12 months. I know she had those health centre checks at 12 and 24 months and the nurse commented on it both times and wrote about her vocab and speech in that red book.

Doesn't mean anything tbh though. They pretty much all catch up by time they get to school of not before. Not something I'd be writing on a cv ;)

ShowOfHands · 18/07/2013 22:03

Doobie, we have the same children. DD was talking normally at 18 months (we have a video of her on her first birthday talking about her presents) and a proper little chatterbox, easily understood by everybody. DS is 22 months and while he speaks in short sentences, his syntax and pronouns are shoddy, some pronunciation issues and it's tough to remember that he's just normal after having a rather loquacious first child.

Hulababy · 18/07/2013 22:06

Dd's was in context btw not just random. Apparently both myself and my sister were the same , though not my brother. My grandma says my mum was the same too.

Didn't stop dd walking either.

But as said earlier it means nothing long term. No g&t really, infact dd, now 11, has dyslexic type tendencies.

Bazoo23 · 18/07/2013 22:10

Hulababy my dds is random to the point where a VERY old man bent down to speak to her in asda and she joyfully shouted Dada! repeatedly...

hazeyjane · 18/07/2013 22:10

3 is ok to not be holding a pencil properly, doobie.

WafflyVersatile · 18/07/2013 22:15

Infants understand quite a lot of words before they are vocal. Infants who have been taught sign language demonstrate that. What partly prevents them from being vocal earlier is physical development of the mouth, tongue and I think vocal chords etc. The tongue for instance starts of being more suited to sucking than speech.

The development of all the gazillion human skills follow similar paths in most people but there is a huge variance in when they hit each stage. There are always some outliers in both directions.

I'm not sure what the connection is between advanced vocalisation and slower walking. Maybe they don't need to walk if they can ask you to bring them stuff

babybarrister · 18/07/2013 22:17

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Geeklover · 18/07/2013 22:18

Dd was an exceptionally early talker as well. and hasn't shut up since
Had lots of words at 7/8 months and was singing nursery rhymes and having proper conversations by 18 months. She was always great company as a toddler
She is average academically now and still struggles with her motor skills and co-ordination so it didn't mean she was a whizz kid.
On the flip side ds1 was 4 before he spoke and is a bit of a whizz kid especially with puzzles and figuring things out for himself. He honed this skills because he couldn't ask for help.

Hulababy · 18/07/2013 22:19

Lol bazoo - bet that was fun!

We did get the odd thing like that too in among the contextual stuff to be fair.

BreastmilkDoesAFabLatte · 18/07/2013 22:25

DD could ask for a banana and a dolly at 7 months. But DS is now 25 months and yet to produce a proper sentence...

YouTheCat · 18/07/2013 22:37

I was apparently talking in sentences at 12 months in English and Greek. The Greek was due to having Greek next door neighbours who baby sat me a lot.

Can't speak Greek any more, as moved back to England when I was 2 and a half. Almost mastered English now.

KenAdams · 18/07/2013 22:40

DD talks a lot but at 14 months she's a long way from walking. She said her first words at 6 months. I completely agree that if they can ask you to bring them stuff, they don't bother moving

pianodoodle · 18/07/2013 22:43

Unless it was a very close friend or family member the main thing I'd be thinking on listening to this women is "why are you telling me this? You're boring me..."

MangoLangoTango · 18/07/2013 22:43

DS started at 8 months. Finished the sentence in a nursery rhyme - twice. I wouldn't have believed it myself if I wasn't there. Caught it on video for DH as well!

Whitamakafullo · 18/07/2013 22:49

My DS could say 'ta' in context at 4 months. He would say it if you gave him something - I do have witnesses! He is now 8 and whilst quite bright, he is no means G&T and is actually the quietist in his class.

PeazlyPops · 18/07/2013 22:56

It's not that unusual really, DS could ask for a banana, and say mama, dada in context at 7 months. He started to walk at 10months, so I don't think it's a case of one delaying the other.

He is 15 months now and is talking really well, but signs at he same time to make sure we understand what he is saying!

Pigsmummy · 18/07/2013 22:59

My eight month old says "daddy" and "Dave" (our cat) very cleary when you point at them. No sign of mummy yet. Should I LTB and LTC so that I get some attention?

ReallyTired · 18/07/2013 23:01

My daughter spoke proper words at 8 months. It is documented in her learning journey from nursery. Apparently she put two words together at 14 months at nursery.

Alas at the age of four the other children have mostly caught up and a few have over taken,

RubyGoat · 18/07/2013 23:04

Apparently I was a very early talker & could have full adult conversation by about 2 years. Academically high achieving as I could understand very early on. Did it get me anywhere? Did it hell! I just bloomed early.

youmeatsix · 18/07/2013 23:08

my daughter could say quite a few words at 10 months, i remember having her in a baby seat in a trolley in asda one day, she was holding my shopping list saying "cheese" a man beside me looked at her, looked at me and started trying to get his wifes attention, i think he thought she was reading the list

FunnysInLaJardin · 18/07/2013 23:11

DS2 walked at 9 months and spoke at the normal time ie he is 3 and speaks very well. Neither of mine were freakishly early tbh. Very normal ungifted MOTR children thankfully

JollyHolidayGiant · 18/07/2013 23:17

We moved house before I was 6 months and I could wave and say "ta ta" before we moved. So my mother tells me.

DS had a couple of in context words by his first Christmas when he was just 8mo. He has around 50 words at 13mo and was speaking in sentences at 18mo. At 27mo he's still ahead of most of his peers verbally, but I expect this to level out over the next couple of years.

Caff2 · 18/07/2013 23:30

Not to burst anyone's bubble, but my ds1 spoke very early (8 months, I have the baby book to remind me) and hit other milestones like walking early too. Advanced? Or in set 5 out of ten at high school, and just about average in terms of iq from CAT scores...

He is properly good at sports, though, so maybe that early running and jumping was a precursor for that.

Caff2 · 18/07/2013 23:33

By the way, in reception, he was "top" too. Best at reading, for example. He still has very good emotional intelligence and is extremely popular. But not academically "top" at all.

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