My daughter is very loud shouts instead of talks uses big words completated words instead of the easy words she's 27 months but the time she was 10 months she new 15 or so animals sounds you can now have a full conversation with her. She hits scratches when she's excited and sings most of the day. she also eats anything play dough dog biscuits crayons!!! loves baths goes to bed like a dream don't no if I'm just being silly