To ask how much are/were your almost 2 year olds talking?

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My son is 1+10 months and says: yes, no, boo, go, bye, yay, ouch.

I've seen a video of a friends DD who is saying words like 'gorgeous' and counting from 1-10 and I'm questioning my Parenting skills!

At 2 he was just putting two words together. We were a bit worried. Now at 4 he's capable of constructing complex arguments relating to why he should be allowed another haribo.

My experience is that girls talk sooner than boys. Both my daughters talking in decent sentences by about 2yrs 3months, but their male counterparts less so.

My friend has a son who is two months younger than my daughter. I clearly remember at play group that she was reliably and coherently talking in sentences at 2 and a half, whilst my friends son had only a few words and wasn’t where she was in terms of sentence structure until around two months before his 3rd birthday.

Equally, my now 2.5yo is only a month or so older than my best friends little boy. She talks in sentences very clearly and he has single words and becomes frustrated that he can’t put them together yet. Occasionally he will put two together, such as “baby cry” and “dog woof” where as my daughter would say “the baby is crying” or “the dog goes woof!”

However it all seems to even out by about 3.5-4. So don’t worry.

Both mine were early talkers. Dd just turned 2 and we can have conversations with her.

As long as a child is acquiring new words, and continuing to develop in other ways, then they're perfectly normal.

My 2 were very different (and still are). DS1 was an early talker and by comparison Ds2 was slower. I'm hazy with ages but I remember at about 2, he went from what you describe (which I took as being totally normal) to suddenly talking in full sentences. He's just turned 4 now and NEVER stops talking. Please don't worry they all do things at different rates.

15-22 months should be saying single words after that they should be joining them together, my DD is 2 years 4 months and needs speech therapy but has improved a lot since beginning of December, they are all different but as long as DC is saying lots of words you will be fine

I have 4 DDs and experienced both end of the spectrums!

One was talking in clear short sentences by 14 months, 9 word sentences by 18 months, like a mini 5 year old...

Another one the teachers at pre-school could not understand her whole time there and relied on other children to interpret although she talked loads and had advanced language skills according to SALT. Turned out she had auditory processing issues but treated successfully with johansen therapy as she turned 4.

Another one was selective mute until getting her grommets fitted and was only chatty at home.

Other one was "average"

Try not to worry but from my personal experience push for hearing tests. Sadly I had a bad experience with NHS saying her hearing was fine when it really wasn't and she had a completely distorted hearing curve so no wonder she was unintelligible even to us.

Each child is different and I think if they’re around adults a lot they pick up more, my son has always been really good with talking but I honestly believe it’s because he’s pretty much always around at least 5 adults unless he’s in nursery!

I wouldn’t worry

My DS is now 3.5 and won’t stop talking but at that age said mom, dad and no. My DD is 2 in a month and has a lot of words, makes sentences, both parented the same, (I also have 2 older girls) they just develop it at different rates. My DS was slow with all his development till 2 and then just came on really quickly.

my oldest barely talked at that age. he’s almost 6 now and got exceededs expectations for verbal expression (at end of reception)
youngest talkes in 4-5 word sentences at almost 2.
Prettymuch the same upbringing for both, they just take different amounts of time.
(counting at this age isn’t reslly counting anyway, it mimicking sequences of words without understanding - youngest can do that, but has no clue what the numbers mean)

in a nutshell, don’t worry as long as he seems tonunderstand ok

DD1: Speaking eloquently in full sentences

DD2: Quite a few words but very poor pronunciation. Started speaking coherently and in full sentences nearer 3.5 but at 4.9 still doesn't have perfect speech ('nen' instead of 'then' and 'd' instead of 'the' etc.) but I've been assured her speech is normal'.

At two my son could say some one syllable words, and they were unclear. I was a little bit worried but the health visitor wasn’t. We do go to a group run by SALT volunteers to try and encourage him but they weren’t concerned either. One day before he was three he just started chattering away.

My daughter on the other hand was an early talker and was talking in long sentences well before 18 months. I was so surprised!

I think language skills do vary massively. The Talking Point website is good and has a checker that tells you where children should be without worrying you.

I have 3 kids. 5, 2 and 1.
My five yr old was saying a little more than yours at 2. My 2yr old speaks better than most adults and was speaking clearly at 1. My 1yr old is totally silent still.
They’re all different, I’m not concerned. We always thought my brother was the ‘thick’ one as he spoke poorly and didn’t say a word until he was about 3. He’s got straight A’s at GCSEs and Alevel and is now doing an engineering degree so apparently not as thick as he seemed as a toddler 😂

There’s such huge variation of normal at this age.

I have a 21mo who is using I guess somewhere between 50-100 individual words, and just occasionally starting to combine two words (“mamma come”, “more banana”). I think that is average-ish from what I have read.

But it’s not at all uncommon to be a long way on either side of the average, and not that much you can do to change the speed at which they develop.

DS1 had an amazing use of language. At 23 months he said ‘ I want to go upstairs to see Mummy in bed’
However he crawled late, walked late, toilet trained late. In fact anything physical he was just slow at.
DS2 was almost the complete opposite. He crawled, walked, ran and climbed really early. Was a dream to toilet train but just pointed at stuff instead of using language.
My DN, hardly spoke a word before 4. My SIL was commencing investigations into whether there were any SN issues. All of a sudden, he started speaking in sentences and expressed himself very confidently and in a sophisticated way.
So, they are all different. Don’t worry.

My dd is 1 year 9 month and can say mummy, daddy, her sisters name, the cats name, animal sounds (baa baa, oink oink etc) and some animal names (sheep, cow etc) she can say her name and two word sentences eg mummy’s ball, she can count to 6, I think she’s quite good at communicating though and I can almost always understand what she’s saying, she’s a parrot and will try and repeat anything you say. Dd1 was like this as well. Not everyone develops at the same time though so it’s nothing to worry about until they get older.

My daughter was putting words together by her first birthday. Ds1 didn’t say his first word til 16 months. Ds2 is 19 months and doesn’t have any words yet. It’s all different! If you’re worried then speak to your hv.

My first son was able to talk like a parrot from about 18 months. My youngest son was 3ish before he said much at all.

I worried about my oldest who had a handful of words at 2.
Spoke to HV who said they'd stopped the 2yr assessments (now 2.5yr) but she used to wait to 2 & 6wks before doing them. Because lots of kids would 'fail' at 2 but pass 6 weeks later.

Sure enough by 6 weeks later he'd tons of words. My 2nd child has just turned 2 and acquiring new words every day.

Ds didn't speak until 21 months, not even babbling. His first words were ... unusual completely in context but words/names that a child a few years older might not know. He was then reading at 3 and now has a very wide vocabulary, many people comment that he speaks like someone much older. If he can say precipitation rather than rain he will. I think he just waited until he had more to contribute to the conversation! Well that and not getting a word in with his chatty sisters.

DS is the same age and has a lot of food/animal/construction and vehicle related words. He's very recently adding no mummy!, excuse me (shuse meeeee), lights on, I do, go there, get down and mini phrases. I think for the 2yr assessment they're supposed to have 20 clear words and simple sentences, so I'm happy and nursery seem pleased with his progress

All so very different, I thought DS1 had hearing issues because he barely said anything before he was 2, then he started talking about 3months after his 2nd birthday.
DS2 however has been a chatterbox since he was 15months old and now at 2.5 I wish he would shut up. He was singing karaoke last night!

DS1 is now 10, and I can confidently say has no trace of his later start to talking....he's now a smart arse with a varied vocabulary except if you ask him what he did at school which is always answered in a series of grunts. This is a common side effect of being 10 though according to all the other parents of 10yos I know.

My son is 2 next month and not saying anything. He has said words but seemed to have dropped them a few months ago, I was quite worried but now I've relaxed a bit and realised he'll talk when he's ready. His comprehension is good, in that he understands what we say and communicates in his own way. Plus he's being raised as bilingual so has two languages to learn.

A few children in my family barely spoke until they were 3 then didn't shut up and are very articulate now.

My GD wasn't speaking much at just over 2, the Nursery wanted to start assessments.

Just as it was all about to start, she started to speak and hasn't shut up since.

They have their own priorities. My son walked at 10 months and was running by his first birthday, but didn't much care for speaking before he was 2 unless he was showing off (he would count to 10 and sing along to songs because he had worked out that that impressed people and got him lots of attention )