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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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YoniBottsBumgina · 18/07/2013 23:39

Someone I know had a baby who had a couple of proper words at about 7 months, it was really bizarre hearing her, she couldn't even crawl yet. Think it is unusual but possible. The numbers in different languages rhing isn't totally unbelievable either, toddlers are great at learning things by rote. I doubt he understands what the words mean or will remember them when he is 20 unless he goes on to study that language.

Buzzardbird · 18/07/2013 23:40

My dd danced for the royal ballet at 3 months and could count to 100 in no less than 15 languages...or was that a weird dream I had?

CoolaSchmoola · 18/07/2013 23:42

I was talking in sentences at 8 months, and at two counted the steps up the side of the Humber Bridge (73). My mum was apparently stunned as she didn't have a clue I could count that high.

WafflyVersatile · 18/07/2013 23:43

My 4 yr old DN came back from 2 weeks in France being able to say bonjour maman.

[proud]

foreverondiet · 18/07/2013 23:45

My son was saying words by 10 months - simple sentences by 1 year and speaking fluently before 2. He is v bright. Not sure i believe a 7 month old baby can speak other than dada baba.

MadBusLady · 18/07/2013 23:47

I started using proper words at six months apparently (first word after the usual ones was "drink" which explains a thing or two). Didn't crawl till 18mo though!

SisterMatic · 18/07/2013 23:48

My 6 month old can say "ayoo" "waaaah" and is a champion bottom burper.

Cluffyflump · 18/07/2013 23:48

My DD could walk from 8mths
She just got up and walked!
She had already started to say 'mu,mu' (mummy) and 'dur,br' (boob)
I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself tbh.
DD is dc3, and my other DCs were all 'normal' with their milestones so it was a big shock.
DD is still leaps and bounds ahead of her peers, she is reading short words (car, bus, cat, dog, the ect) at 2yrs!
She is going to rule the world I tell you!
I don't believe this forwardnes is called gifted/talented as others can do what she does.
She is just very quick at learning.

Caff2 · 18/07/2013 23:48

I think I have a kind of point, in that my ds1, gorgeous as he is, is not the genius child in terms of academics that his early stuff might have led us to believe.
Which is fine and my ds2, 12 years younger, is causing me much less anxiety - for example, he's one now and babbles all the time, but only has a couple of meaningful words (cat and Sam :) ) but I'm pretty fine with that.

MadBusLady · 18/07/2013 23:49

Didn't walk until 18mo. I'm not that lazy.

BreadNameBread · 18/07/2013 23:52

I agree with PianoDoodle.

BreadNameBread · 18/07/2013 23:56

My DS started speaking very young. Unfortunately, now that he is a teenager he can only communicate by grunting.

DiseasesOfTheSheep · 19/07/2013 00:04

I was reciting poetry (real stuff, not kids poetry, I won't say what for fear of outing myself) by the time I was 1, and correcting people's English by 2. Fair to say I was talking unusually early, and extensively - and I did understand a fair bit, as my corrections were often right. Some kids just get hold of that sort of thing faster than others.

I didn't understand the more meaningful interpretations of the poetry though...

WafflyVersatile · 19/07/2013 00:11

But caff you didn't burst anyones bubble, your point had been made already several times.

stopgap · 19/07/2013 00:11

Mine can count to ten at 23 months, and he can group things of two and three together. Most of his words are unintelligible, however, but I understand his half words and can hold lengthy conversations with him.

Most strangers who meet him actually think he's a bit behind, because he's hard to understand. And he can't say his own name.

By contrast, one of his friends the same age has an astounding memory. She can say the alphabet, knows all her colours and shapes etc.

Who knows how they'll turn out. Hopefully fine and not too much trouble in the long run!

Longdistance · 19/07/2013 00:18

Dd1 started saying words at 7 mo. Not full blown conversations, as she didn't really do that til she was 3.

However, dd2 said her first word at 10 mo, and is a major chatterbox. She can count to 10 for hide and seek, and sings the abc song. Don't think she knows what she's singing, but we do 'I spy with my little eye' in the car, and he says letters, but we're not sure she knows what she's saying.

BumpAndGrind · 19/07/2013 00:19

I could speak fluently by 18 months and walked at 10 months.

I have HFA and I'm rubbish at most things now.

Mimishimi · 19/07/2013 05:00

YANBU. It would be very unusual. DD was saying a few single words - mostly dada, mama, patti (MiL) and look - at the age but definitely no sentences until she was about 11 months and even thrn , only 2-3 words. The other things are not at all unusual at almost 2 - especially if they are seeing a lot of 'Dora the Explorer' or the like.

ShowOfHands · 19/07/2013 11:02

I wish there had been a link between talking early and walking late. Mine were beginning to chat at 7 months and they walked at 9 months and 11 months respectively. I'd rather they'd waited a while. DS in particular had no sense at all and at 10 months was running ridiculously fast and with no idea how to stop other than to trip or hit something.

I'm pretty sure it's personality with my two. They're determined to do things NOW even if they're not quite ready. And I think they're both just quick to learn. Doesn't necessarily mean they're going to learn beyond their peers, just pick it up a bit quicker. Some of their peers will no doubt pick things up more steadily but have a better breadth of knowledge and ability in that area.

DD is 6 now and has just finished Y1. It's evident that she's well ahead of where she should be and her levels are pretty good but I'm sure that it's going to even out in the end. As long as she's happy, trying hard and progressing then it really matters not a jot I suppose.

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