Anyone else have a toddler who knows a lot of words?

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Disclaimer, not stealth boast as I have never taught her any of this. She just seems to hear words and remember them.

She is also Miss Average in all other ways.

But she knows so so many words. I am amazed at the things she comes out with and find it hilarious when she says things like "ooh its a little bit windy today". She is nearing two and Has had a sort of vocab explosion over the last six months.

Anyone else got a never shut upper?

Yes, me!

He was reciting the gruffalo aged 18 months and has a pretty extensive repetoire of learned stories, songs and made up songs now aged 2.5.

I love it and find him hilarious, especially when he uses phrases from books out of context in normally speech... Walks down The street proclaiming that a "terrible shadow fell onto the ground... Pick it up mummy!"

But! He is also exhaustingly busy and chatters all the time. It's endearing, but very full on!

dd is obsessed with shaddows t the moment!

Dd was an early talker and nursery used to comment how wise her vocabulary / sentences were.

Now at 4, she just continues to talk all bloody day about everything - and she sounds like a little old lady half the time. She always loved being read too and even babbled seemingly non-stop as a baby.

I think it was just her "thing" - she was slower to jump and hop and run than a few of her peers. And I don't think I did anything different than most other parents, she just happens to like to talk (A LOT!!!)

Oh goodness, she is never going to slow down then!

Glad there are some.other little talkboxes.out there

DD was like this. Never stops talking. Shes 10 now with a reading age of 18 and I reckon its down to chatting and being read to a lot when little and devouring books now by herself. She still talks a lot.

I think it's lovely and can be amusing when people are taken aback! I don't repeat DS' comments much in RL but my family love them eg at 24 months my mum said here's a bowl of blackcurrants for you and he said surprised that's not a bowl, it's a ramekin. He also overheard me asking where a lady was from and said (more to himself but loudly enough) the capital of Bulgaria is Sofia. He was just over 2 I think and just loves any information he can get so plays a lot with a jigsaw map but the lady nearly fell over as he is also tiny for his age.
I'm noticing it less now though as at 26 months many of his peers are chatty too now. Dd meanwhile couldn't be understood well except by me at this age but fine now so it's strange how different everyone is!

It is meant to be the stage where the brain is most amazing I think eg could learn a new language easily. I've met one or two bilingual toddlers and one who spoke French and Arabic as well as English which made DS seem a bit slow

My oldest was like this .. she's nearly 9 and still hasn't shut up just to let you all know it rarely stops as they age my mums 47 ish and still going strong

Yup. DD was/is exactly the same. She said the word "unbreakable" in a sentence today and it made me laugh how grown up she sounded. She's 2.9.

One thing: we really do have to remember how young she is at times and that it's OK for her to act like a two-year old, too.

My DD is exactly the same, she is 2.4 and more or less talking properly and yes she does come out with some corkers! It was snowing today, (we live in Europe) so she said "it's a little bit chilly out here mum" People always comment on how well she talks and can't believe she is only 2, as she is my first I think this is normal. The only time she is quiet is when she is sleeping.... It's payback i think as I am very chatty

Looseleaf, we moved to germany in July and you wouldn't believe how much german my DD can talk already, she is already forming 3 word sentences and makes me laugh when she see's the cat and tells me it's a katze! Her CM only talks german to her and she seems to understand everything, it amazes me what a sponge a 2year old brain is!

I had a freakishly early talker- made more noticeable by her being a very very late walker. We called her the talking cottage loaf.

It was lovely, and lots of fun. Just in case you were wondering, she is a bright, but not exceptional 17 year old now. We are saving the video of her being interviewed for the local news about the new swimming pool at the age of 13 months to play at her wedding. [evil mother emoticon]

My DS3 was the same, he was talking in sentences before 18 months and had a very grown-up vocabulary. I reminded him of something when he was about 3. He replied "I'm aware of that we discussed it this morning" much to the amusement of the passing elderly lady :D

Yep, mine was like that.

Aged 3.7 she doesn't stop talking (except when singing, which is the same stream-of-consciousness running commentary, but very loud and with notes involved). She was a lateish walker too and a late though enthusiastic climber. My family were all early talkers so it's definitely payback...

Mummy, my ceiling stars have a wonderful luminescent glow!

DS when he was 2.9! No idea where he gets half of this!

My dd said indignantly at about 13 months "I not 'cocious bat"

She had good hearing too.........

DS is 2.4 and like this! He is such a little sponge, he'll remember words from books and TV - the other day he was saying "sorry boss!" from an episode of Thomas. He also does 'voices' for his toys and makes up new words for songs. They love him in the 2-years old room at nursery as although the other children talk, he's the only one you can have a proper conversation with - although he will correct you if you get things wrong (hear a siren and incorrectly say it's a police car? "No, Mummy, I think it's a fire engine").

The downside is he also gets the difference between literal and implied meaning and is an bugger for doing exactly what you asked when he KNOWS what you really meant, or for finding a way to do what you want while still slyly getting his own way. So if I ask him to pick up a toy and he doesn't want to,he'll drag the toy to the box. The toy still gets put away but I can see the satisfaction on his face that he didn't actually pick it up!

My ds was like that, I think it came from the fact I never shut up and neither does my DM, who was my childcare, plus we rarely did the baby thing but actually spoke to him as normal. He had an amazing large vocabulary from an early age and still does now, he's 12. One of the big positives from this is he loves talking to adults; when friends are shy and hanging back he's straight in with a good conversation and even cracking jokes; he's not bolshy and doesn't do so much in big groups, but one on one or small groups.

However, he has terrible handwriting, barely legible, so his English classes aren't great. He loves languages though and he wants to speak French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.

DD on the other hand spoke late, I think this is because DS did all her speaking for her.