My boy is nearly 2 and precocious with language.I can't imagine him uttering that sentence at 18 months. In terms of language acquisition, they're generally just beginning to put words together at 18 months, the grammar comes a bit later.
oh, this attitude is really boring.
my daughter is aspie, hyperlexic, her estimated iq as a toddler topped the mensa scale. she's now 31 and can tell you that for herself.
but if you'd been there, you would have heard those exact words, as clear as day. she was a competent conversationalist at that age. she was speaking odd words from six months and recognising (as in 'reading') words definitely by nine months ['way out' was the first...] and reading properly from 28 months. the hospital insisted on examining her for 'restricted growth' because they thought she was at least five years old. no, she wasn't. so the nurses sat around chatting with her at our visits.
if your babies aren't like mine, [she is of course my pfb and only child] that really isn't my fault. i only had one, so i didn't know it was unusual. i knew she startled people (like my uncle, being addressed as 'oh, granddad's brother!' by fourteen-month-old daughter) but i just thought they were easily disturbed.
shall i tell you something else? my twelve week old granddaughter took an interest in baby clothes when we were out shopping, and sat up in a high chair (with extra padding) engaging the attention of, and delighting, all who passed by. on the same day she looked at the sampler her mum was embroidering, and at a picture of the finished item (to and from, to and from) and clearly understood what the picture represented. at seven months she knelt on my chest, looked into my eyes and said 'hiya! 'ello!' with perfect intonation and clarity.
yes, we are clever. yes, we are articulate. no, i don't bother lying.
i don't need to. we're pretty special.
and as for the use of the word 'nipple', it wasn't a word we usually used. she had a 'baba', either 'mr baba' (the right side) or 'mrs baba' (the left side, with the heartbeat) - her choice of names. the outrage at being refused prompted the use of correct terminology.
you can choose to believe, or not. it makes no difference to the facts or to my opinion of myself or my loved ones.
but it shows your limited understanding.