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How many words 18 months?

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Chundle · 26/02/2011 21:28

Hi just wondering how other peoples kids are doing with speech and how many words they had around 18 months- 19 months? Thanks

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minxofmancunia · 26/02/2011 21:32

ds is nearly 18m he's only got 7 or so words. dd who's now 4 on the other hand had 40+ and was joining them together. must confess to getting a bit worried about ds

duchesse · 26/02/2011 21:35

DS- 3 words tops (DH took him to his 18m check and struggled to remember 3 (Cat, lorry and Daddy))

DD1- Spoke in full sentences at 18 months

DD2- Not a word at 18 m, but evident from her responses and expressions that she understood everything and was all there so I didn't worry- she started speaking in sentences with tenses and modes shortly after 2.

DD3- is nearly 18mo and has just started stringing words together into sentences eg- "Mummy? Where Daddy?"

Conclusion: very wide variety even within same family

HTH

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Chundle · 26/02/2011 21:37

My dd has 6 words but what concerns me is that she calls me and my hubby and her sister 'mummy' so he doesn't differentiate between us. She used to say daddy at 13 months then stop couple months later.

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triskaidekaphile · 26/02/2011 21:37

My daughter is 18 months and "talks" all the time. She talks gibberish mostly- lots of sing song and unintelligible chanting- but also has quite a few recognisable single words (I'd guess around 30-40?). She 's just starting to put two words together occasionally "ma baby" "more muh" etc. Her pronunciation is quite poor though, especially word endings. e.g. ow for owl, baw for ball, boo for blue etc

duchesse · 26/02/2011 21:40

chundle- DD3 does this too- she called any parent-type figure "mummy" until a couple of weeks ago- me, DH, occasionally her grannies too. Don't worry about it, please- she will sort it all out in her little head eventually. "Mummy" refers to the person in the caring role rather than being your name to her. It just reflects how she views the people around her.

triskaidekaphile · 26/02/2011 21:43

Maybe she sees "Mummy" as meaning nice person in my family? My daughter thinks all cats are called Pepper and all coulours are blue (boo) and all numbers are two. She sounds so bright when you ask her how many eyes she's got and what colour they are but the image is shattered somewhat when you go on to discover that she has 2 blue noses, mouths, toes etc too! I'm sure I read somewhere that this is fairly normal as they learn to classify things?

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Chundle · 26/02/2011 21:45

Thanks guys trisk that made me laugh! Bless her

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BikeRunSki · 26/02/2011 21:52

At his 2 year check I told HV I was concerned about DS's small vocab (maybe 20 words max). At 2.5 he talks, in sentences, incessently and picks up several new words a day.

triskaidekaphile · 26/02/2011 21:53

:). This is a very sweet age, I think. Willfulness setting in but still manageable!

SummerRain · 26/02/2011 21:56

dd - loads, was speaking in sentances
ds1 - ditto
ds2 - none, barely even any consonant sounds. He's 2 no and can say Mama, yeah and mo (no) and make a few more sounds but thats it. He's under SALT and Paeds and will probably be diagnosed with oral dyspraxia or a similar processing disorder when he's older

PurveyorOfWoo · 26/02/2011 21:57

My son is just turning 17 months and I was sure he was not going to compare to his older sister (I made a list of her words at 17 months and it was 50+). He had very few until 2 weeks ago when he seem to have a linguistic explosion, and I think he has probably overtaken his sister now. He is extraordinarily precise in his pronunciation too, he says each word very slowly, enunciating all the syllables - it is hilarious to witness e.g. moon comes out like moo-un, one like wo-un, parrot like pa-uh-rat.

He seems to come out with new words every day too. Like today whilst I was changing his nappy and making idle chit-chat to stop him running away. I said 'where's Daddy?' and he said 'work' just like that (it wasn't true today being Sat, but most other days I must say to him 'Daddy's at work' when he asks)

So in conclusion, when they are ready they will start talking, and it can happen very quickly!

pozzled · 26/02/2011 22:01

DD had somewhere between 30-50 single words at that age. She didn't really have any recognisable words until 14 months. After 18 months her speech really seemed to take off though, and now (at 2.5) she never stops talking.

ballstoit · 26/02/2011 22:04

DD 20 months. About 50 words used herself to label things and repeats whatever I say like a parrot!

Doesnt say a word if anyone other than immediate family are there though

ballstoit · 26/02/2011 22:07

The use of the same word to describe all in that category is a good thing. Means she's starting to classify things in the world herself rather than just repeating the words other people use. An embarassing stage when all men become 'daddy'

mumsgonemad123 · 26/02/2011 23:53

my twin boys have just turned 19 months and have maybe 12 to 15 words only, and not all complete words, eg 'ba' for ball.

The only words they say really often every day are 'mama' 'dada' 'gone' 'more' and 'there'

Their understanding and being able to follow requests is fine so i'm not too worried.

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