2 year old large vocabulary

[naty1]

My DD is 23m and has a vocab of over 500 words/phrases. Saying sentences up to 5 words or so. Though thus is often an altered version of what we have previously said to her, with some occassionally her own invention.
She is using over 50 verbs and also some pronouns. Can count a few objects and recite up to 10.
She enjoys singing along to nursery rhymes.

So im just wondering how common this size vocab is. (According to internet it should be 50 or so words)
As 50 would be maybe an average or minimum but the range could be huge.

[Solo]

Worry? why ~ have I missed something?

[Trillions]

Nah, just messing. MN says that "this would really worry me" is a devastating response to a stealth boast so I thought I'd try it.

I'll get my own

[Solo]

ah! I see!!!

[vvviola]

My two were both early talkers. DD1 bilingually (not due to any effort on our part - we were living in a French-speaking environment, so her carers all spoke French).

I was an early talker too, so perhaps it's genetic?

There are a couple of drawbacks to it - people (including DH and myself to be fair) expecting better behaviour because DC seem older and more capable of reasoning, and mind bending questions at insanely early hours of the morning:
DD1 aged 3: why does Nana go to bed when we're getting up in the morning? And why is Granny earlier than us? And what about uncle M, what kind of time does he have? sodding family living all over the world
DD2 aged 2.5: do diggers like digging or do they think it's hard work? I don't think that digger looks happy.

I'd do anything for a mute button before 7am

[ToysRLuv]

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[naty1]

Yes that is funny with the time difference. DD accidentally phones dBil on skype with a now 5hr time difference.

She doesnt get treated older as her behaviour is not great. :)
My Dsis was a late talker who then went straight to sentences so yes i know it doesnt mean a lot as she's very clever.

Its just interesting as a lot of threads are about possible language delay so good to see the other side

I always think twins are interesting as same environment can have very different results in terms of milestones

Yes by 2 you cant tell who walked at 9m vs 18m either

[violetlights]

My 19 month old has a vocabulary of at least 1000 / 2000 words in English and 100+ in his second language (I don't speak much of his second language so but I recognise 100 or so).

He also counts to 15 in English and 10 in his second language (and has done since 15 months - no further development in 4 months though) and speaks 5 word sentences.

I know within his peer group he is unusual but I imagine by the time he starts school his peers would have caught up. In the meantime it is extremely useful for me to know what he wants all the time. And sometimes amusing. At 17 months (after he ate lunch in a cafe) he ran up to the woman behind the counter, held up two fingers and shouted "two more sausages!"

[PoppyAmex]

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[ShoeWhore]

Haha. Ds2 was a very fluent talker from about 18mo (as was I) - he's a bright little boy and has a real ear for language and accents I think. I found it quite a fascinating insight into the workings of a 2yo brain

I can claim little credit as I had a newborn to look after so I doubt I was doing any amazing mothering.

In contrast, Ds3's speech was very delayed - he is finally catching up and it's so fab to hear him experimenting with more interesting language now.

[ChatEnOeuf]

My DD is the same - very articulate. She cracks me up - telling us the sky is very busy today - after telling me she could see both an aeroplane and a helicopter.

Makes for fun when she starts to reason with me instead of throwing a tantrum...but then I have to reason with her, and her logic is still very much that of a two year old!

[LoblollyBoy]

Ha ha, families I well remember my surprise when pointing out an interesting feature of a gravestone to my 2 year old when I realised that she had no idea what a graveyard was.

[Lovelydiscusfish]

My dd is similar - HV said she was talking as one would expect a three to four year old to at the two year check,(although this seemed somewhat exaggerated to me, as she does make more errors in grammar and pronunciation than three to four year olds I know.) It is nice that she can speak to us about her feelings; I am grateful for that. It seems to help her manage her emotions generally quite successfully, if that makes sense?
In contrast to other toddlers read about with pretty large vocabulary, she is rubbish at counting - she just says the numbers in a random order, with eight occurring quite a lot.

[Lullyloo]

My two year old daughter has just finished the Harry Potter series. She did not find them very stimulating, so we've decided that The Lord of the Rings trilogy may be better suited next time.