14 month old speech

[Tinker3]

I just want to see how normal my son is, because I actually feel quite pushed out and excluded from my peer group and other baby groups... My 14 month old says lots of words, such as:

Dada
Up stairs
Big car
Dog
Off
Up there
Bra (random I know)
Cheese
Treasure
Fresh
Cat
Hat
Tractor
Yuck
Toast
Cat food
Luff ooo (love you)
Oooops
Uh oh
Keys

There are more too..

I have been made to feel like my son's odd, that I'm going some kind of special schooling win him - I'm not, I just talk to him, like any other does.

He also goes buzzzz if you say bee, sssssss if you say snake, moo if you say cow.

Is this abnormal? Or are there other 14 month olds with this level of vocab' and understanding out there? I'd like to compare with others.

I try and stop my little boy from talking when with other babies of the same age, to avoid the jibes. 'ooo brain box' 'oh he'll be a challenge' (?????) and 'oh look out other babies, you're about to be out to shame, Rory's here' - all true things said to us by so called 'friends'...

Thanks for reading xx

It's advanced for his age but not totally out there. Normal speech development has a large range. Our DCs had similar vocab early. Both my DH and I were early talkers so I wonder if it's genetic predisposition. They're not quite three yet and still fairly advanced verbally, but other kids are catching up. It doesn't necessarily mean any of the things your friends are saying, it just means he's talking a bit earlier than most. They're probably either just trying to make a joke or small talk or are feeling a little defensive. Try to ignore it or nod and smile. Don't try to discourage your DS from talking around others. Their kids will catch up, or will start to forge ahead at something else, one way or another it will all start to seem less important and they'll stop commenting (I hope - if not, find new friends).

In the meantime - enjoy it. Life is easier if your DC can tell you what he wants instead of simply banging the table and you'll get better insight into what he is thinking and how he sees the world earlier than you otherwise might. It's lovely.

DS was like that. Now he's nearly 5 his extensive vocabulary has been replaced with "no"

I never felt pushed out though. If anyone commented it was usually positive, but mostly people don't actually care about your child's development nearly ad much as you do, they're too busy worrying about their own children. I'm sure if you don't make an issue out of it then you'll be included too :)

Don't listen to other people!

He sounds very bright and lovely.

My DD1 was the same but luckily I didn't have any bitchy comments from others.

She can still talk the hind legs off a donkey but is a normal 4 year old and not challenging at all (well apart from the normal everyday battles that one has with a four year old).

i think people are probably just trying to make chit chat, I often comment on how bright someones baby is if they are very chatty. He sounds like he is above average, but not abnormal.

dd2 spoke and chatted in sentences from a very young age, but didn't walk until 21 months - people often commented on both but i don't think they meant anything bad by it. her sister spoke a bit later than her, but now they are both just the same speechwise. Please don't try and stop him talking, be proud of him, just agree wiuth people and say, 'yes he's biright as a button, I can't get a word in!'

your friends are being really mean

(DS1 didn't talk til past 2

DS2 was like your child, two and three word phrases at 14 months)

You need to chill out first of all, seriously, chill out.

Dd is 16 months and doesn't say much, ds was probably on a par with your ds. They are/were both normal.

When people say these things they are either complimenting you and just trying to make conversation. I find it very hard to believe anyone would think otherwise. Both my kids are very tall - all their lives people have commented on it - I could not care less.

Your kid is healthy and happy, start enjoying life together and stop thinking everyone else is focusing on him, they're making a passing comment and that's all.

My DD is 15 months and talks a lot and says a lot of words and has started putting them together ie car key. She just copies everything that is said to her! She loves looking at books and trying to read them! She definitely says loads more than my friend's kids who are of similar age and it is commented on, but not in a horrible way.
However she's the only one who isn't walking yet, I think she's nearly there as she can walk holding on to things and hands, but won't let go! So she doesn't seem the most advanced of her friends, it just shows how they're all different with their own personalities - she'll sit reading a book and the others will be running about or trying to climb things.

Hi tinkle, just enjoy it, my dd is much the same. At 11 months she was putting two words together (hi mum, hi dog, hello dad) i counted 30 words including 4 animal noises at 14 months. After that it was new words daily. She is now 16 months and right now she is singing the ABC song, (she is up to G only and hums the rest apart from an attempt at lmn and w!) She's my first but I realised this was fairly advanced, but she's always been vocal. Gladly I've not had any mean comments but I do feel slightly embarrassed somehow when mums with babies the same age (who only make screechy noises and babble) comment on it, and I'm not sure why! That said I think it is great she can communicate like this I'm hoping it will make things easier as we head towards terrible two's.

He sounds amazing, be very, very proud! I am slightly because i am beginning to think people think my DS, same age, should be saying more words by now. I talk to him all the time, and he's very bright, but he just doesn't have much vocabulary at the moment. My niece was making animal sounds by this age and had more words too, but it just doesn't interest DS!