Is it normal for a baby

[bethelbeth]

To be able to count to ten by 14months?

She still does a lot of babyspeak but spouts out sentences every now and then just to keep us on our toes.

This is my first child and a few of my friends have been a bit weirded out that my dd can do this but I just thought it was normal.

Any thoughts?

I haven't ever been on this board before and just noticed that there are a lot of crazies who think their babies can speak 15 languages by 6 months...cringe

My first pfb outing.

But seriously, is this weird? She can also string wooden beads. Takes her bloody ages though

She will doubtless be parrotting/mimicking what you say to her. Counting in itself is pretty meaningless until the child understands the concept of one object plus another object plus another object and can relate the actual number of items to the word used to describe that number of items iyswim- usually around 3yo.

So no, not G&T, fairly normal I'd afraid, although some babies are pretty non-verbal at 14 months (again not necessarily the not G&T ones either). A lot of these skills are acquired at a rhythm peculiar to the child and most of them have little to do with intellectual ability.

repeating is fine, and perfectly normal. if you put a number of blocks down and ask her how many there are, does she count them and answer accurately?

dd1 at 18 mos knew all her numbers and the alphabet lol. i thought she was just parroting but dh tipped a box of wooden letters and numbers on the floor and picked them up randomly, with her saying what they were. then he shouted out numbers or letters and she found them. it's still just decoding though - that shape means i have to say 'm' etc. good memory for 18 mos though.

dd2 couldn't speak until 3 or 4, but at 5 was assessed as having an iq of 142 and reading/ comprehension age of 12 by the ed psych.

tbh it's all pretty meaningless, but little people can do some cool tricks. enjoy!

Op, I'm a bit confused. On other thread you said you have chosen williamwood high school for your child. But now you are saying that your 14 month old is your youngest? [scratches head]

Hi there Kristina, 14 month old dd is my only child. We have chosen Williamwood as her high school as we had to move into the area to get into the catchment.

And madwoman.. I'm inclined to agree- she can't add so I'm assuming she's just a bit odd.
She isn't repeating per se as I'm not saying anything to her. Funny wee bugger.

lol at you not saying anything - what, she has never heard anyone say '1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10'?

then she is a genius. imagine being born just knowing that?

are you not expecting any job changes or changes of management of schools in the next ten years or so? i wouldn't have had a clue at 14mos where in the world we would be for anyone's high school! (we still don't know, and dd1 starts in september... all we know is we won't be living here lol)

they're all funny. that's what makes them so much fun. wait until she asks about dinosaur fossils and creationism

Lol noooo I mean I'm not pre-empting her.

If she could do that I would live in fear!

My Grandmother in law went to Williamwood, as did each generation after that and they have all been very successful. We love the area and a bit of a sense of tradition.

It's a school that I would have chewed my arms off to get into so we are taking no chances and bought a house in the area as soon as we found out we were having a baby (not as crazy as it sounds considering then we lived in an 'executive' read shite and overpriced flat in the city centre.)

My friend's daughter recently posed in a bathtub as 'Ophelia'... I thought that was hilarious for an 8 year old, but quite lovely.

I used to work as an SLT and I think counting to ten and coming out with occasional sentences at 14mo, EVEN IF they are parroted, is pretty impressive! Sounds very advanced to me (I have a 15mo DS). Video her for posterity!

she sounds great. lol at ophelia though!

ds1 used to get called 'golden wonderboy' on the estate as he used to hold lengthy conversations with other mummies. there were six of us with kids due at the same time, and the others were rolling around on the floor squealing. at 9 he still isn't reliably dry or clean though.

golden wonderboy my arse.

dd13 was talking in sentences at about this age - very clear too.she isn't a genius just liked to talk a lot at that age

I love golden wonderboy. That will be nice and embarrassing for him when he's 16

And ploppy ( I would get punched in real life for calling anyone that ) thankyou, she has been well and truly videocamera'ed to within an inch of her life.

I think she might be a bit of a showoff!

I agree with Ploppy, very impressive. At 14months, my DD could identify all letters (names and phonics), we video'd her as not a lot of people believed us...until she stood in car parks reading off their car number plates! My 16month old however, wouldn't know a letter if it came up and bit him...such different kids!
There is a difference though between counting to 10 parrot fashion and counting 10 objects.
She sounds a fab little girl.

Your baby is impressive. Our little one could count to ten at that age and recognise the numbers out of sequence. He counted objects and has gone on to be very interested in numbers...door numbers first then on to car prices in the forecourt..big numbers. He is a very ordinary boy who has a thing about numbers.