Have you got a 15 month old? Do they say anything recognisable?

[giddykipper]

I sometimes think we get a mama/dada but I'm probably imagining it. Other than that I don't think there's anything recognisable. He babbles constantly and makes loads of different noises. Does an "o-oh" if he drops something.

I'm just wondering when we're likely to get something more interesting.

DD is 15 months and says Mama, Daaadddddyy, dink (drink), bye, ta and wee wee wun (which is rather randomly what she calls her comforter). She's also got some animal noises sussed as well

definitely agree with them all developing skills at different rates - dd2 can sit at the table, ask me nicely for her food (more pasta please), and then politely thank me (anck-yoo mummy) when I fetch it, but can she feed herself? not likely - neither picking it up (doesn't like messy hands) nor with a spoon (gets frustrated too quickly).

I'd rather she concentrated on the practical skills, tbh, but she is racing ahead on the verbals instead (and don't we know it, )

It's so funny, my DD (14 months) says "o-oh" when she drops something too, but she also says it when I tell DH off
I speak Chinese to her and she can say nay-nay (milk), woo woo (meaning dog) and goy (which is half the word for thank you). DH speaks French and to his chagrin she can only say "cucoo". Her favourite word is "bye bye" which she says to whoever will listen when I put her in the sling.

She mimics things we say all the time - the other day she repeated DH saying "Cor Blimey" - obviously has no idea of meaning so can't count them as words. Nevertheless, no swearing in this household anymore.

DD1 could say loads of things by 15 months - could sing 'I love you you love me were a happy fammily etc' by the time she was 1! But dd2 was only saying about 3/4 words plus mummy daddy her sis name, gran papa etc until she was about 16 months and now she is repeating absolutely everything we say at 17 and a half months.

My friends dd didnt really say anything apart from mummy daddy and the close family members until she was about 22/23 months and before long she had caught up with all her little chatterbox friends.

They are all so different in the rates they learn to speak but they usually all catch up.

My 15 month DS has quite a few words (really not meaning to brag, honest!). Shoe was his first word which he still says every time he sees one (inherited mummy's shoe obsession?!), ball, ba-ba (banana and also bunny), mummy (ahhh ), bye-ee, door, key, uh-oh when he drops something, turtle, apple, animal noises etc. So quite pleased on his vocab, but although he waves and claps, he doesn't really point properly yet so still some worries from neurotic mum here!

cant remember 15 months, but by 18months my dd could count to ten (um, too, fee, four, fie, six, seben, eight, nine, ten - or something) and so on. caused loads of problems though with other mothers at play things accusing me of hot housing her which was such rubbish - i'm sure it was because it was just me and her, so i talked to her all the time (noticed parents who are together often talk to each other more...). i suppose, mostly though, i just felt that they would all (unless there were actually issues) walk and talk and, further, be good at some stuff and bad others which is, after all, what makes them individuals, and to be celebrated.

sorry - i appear to be ranting. not the point of the thread exactly...

Well gecko can say mummy, daddy, doggy, that, no, yes, down, want, doose (for juice), mima(for mia), mam-ma, up, where, Befy (for bethany), jeh (for jessica), oiya(for Laura).

And she constantly says want that, want down, want up etc

My DS said there (with pointing) at 10 months, but has very slowly added words to that, so that by now (15 months) he says hello, duck, quack, there, wherewherewherewhere, daddy, mummy (occasionally), and once only he said Brum (in context).

liahgen - I thought you meant your 15 month year old could say "recognisably". I was about to be very impressed.

hi giddy

DS says 'mama' very clearly and distinctly, however he does occasionally apply it to DH, and also to the dog

He tries to say 'Louis', (the dog's actual name), but it's more a case of copying the intonation than actually saying the word. He also holds his Fisher Price phone up to his ear and says something sort-of resembling 'hello'. I think he also says 'yeah' but not sure about that one.

14mo dd says 'goal', 'up', 'yeah', 'hiya' and 'ball'. Funnily enough, she says 'yeah' very enthusiastically and clearly when I offer her some Milky Bar.

Weird, that.

ds2 is 16mths and says lots
Have to admit the last 6 weeks he has really shot up
Tractor aeroplane being notable ones!
He is transport boy.
I had suspected he was a talker just like the other 2 and ahem like me

I find the 3 word after mama dada is...
NO!!!

DD is 14 months and says

dada
mama
nana (to all fruit and veg)
daisy (our cat)
wave (and does a wave)
hello
bye
got (if she wants something)
more
baby (applies to all toy figures and cuddlies)
moo (her cuddly cow)
wow (everytime she sees something that catches her eye)
ca for car or to all four legged animals
NO
ta
and a new one from our recent seaside holiday...gull

and a few more that she uses for individual things, but that aren't recognisable to others (like guck for stuck, geggy for cuddle, caga for her brother cameron). she can also string two words together, like bad boy (when her brother tries to take things from her), get baby, got milk, more milk etc

and today she was trying to say my friend's name, but it came out baps instead of the real thing, which made us all laugh as said friend is rather large of nork

DS was an early talker as well, and could recognise and say numbers one to ten by the time he was 18mo old (thanks in no small part to his Thomas fixation). It isn't always a good thing though as he still talks contantly now

He is now 6 and average in his class so there's no correlation in his case between early talking and future intelligence!

oh, and she says coclit...for chocolate

DS also does excellent impressions of cows, sheep and dogs, as well as 'vroom vroom' noises with his cars.

I wasn't going to post cos I thought I'd get slagged off for being a bragger, but seeing as you're all being so nice and just cos I do agree it is interesting, here are just a few things my 16month old today dd2 says:

More (first word, the greedy cow)
Sit down
Get down
Cat
Doggy
Patha (pasta)
am (ham)
hees (cheese)
bed (bread)
Kitty, Teddy (her fave toys)
Babboo (this is what she calls dd1, it is NOT her name and sounds nowt like it)
Mummy
Daddy
Hoosee (Lucy, dd1's friend)
Toys
No
Hosey (horse)

and also
A-ha - in the manner of Alan Partridge Knowing Me, Knowing You. She will copy anything!

But tbh I just think each kid is different. maybe mine talks so much cos she's got a big sis. And chatty parents? i really dunno.

Again, sorry if I'm bragging

concur puppy... I have 14 yr old ds1 who never stops, dd1 aged 5 who never stops and me who never stops
Ds2 is simply following us!
He can say
daddy at work
daddy home
daddy gone
daddy car

wheel
ball
car
truck tractor
doctor (a lot like tractor but I'm giving him it for correct contextual use )
bikky
toast
butter
milk
bear
dinner
yuk
yum
more
no
up
down
hi five (teens
apple
pear
booby (also says that for blueberry which is funny)

But seriosuly DD is a chatterbox now bt due to some muscle tone issues with her swallowing etc she was non verbal til age 3...
You cannot tell now though...
A chatterbox will eventually show their true colours
tis lucky DP is strong silent type, not that he has much chance of getting a word in round here mind you

Oh. My 15 month old doesn't say any words. We think he has said yes a few times, and once I thought he said mummy. He does lots of talking, just no words.

I'm sure my DD was talking by now.

just out of interest, those with lo's who have some words, when did you hear the first truly recognisable one???

ds2 is 16 months - off the top of my head we get things like:
hiya
ello there
down there
up there
in there
going in there
chair
d(r)ink
juice (but sounds more like jews)
bread
yog
mama
dada
oyyer (Oliver)
ski now
ca(t)
dog
more
again
mine

DS does a lovely rendition of 'twinkle twinkle'. No words, but you couldn't miss the tune.

[desperate for DS to look like he has achieved]

DS is 15 months old today and can say:
Memin (mummy)
Door
Moo (when he sees any animal)
.....and that is it. I think his talents lay elsewhere, he hid the butter and a raw egg in the washing machine today and ruined my towels!

Chunky ds2 said bear very early prob 5-6mths it is his cuddly.
He is beginning to try to count things now

Mine says up for up, for mama, for I'm angry and I want to shout, for water.

He says Dada, clear as a bell, reserved not just for daddy but for any random man. Otherwise we have a few animal noises and car noises for anything transport wise.

When he is hungry he simply smacks his lips together.