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Over 40 words at 17 months

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catgirl1976 · 17/04/2013 20:42

Is that good? Or am I being PFB

DS just seems really good at talking to me. Plus he understands everything you say (eg, could you take you coat and give it to daddy? etc)

If you give him two things he says 'two'. He does animal noises (loads, not just 2 or 3) and loads of other stuff that seems so amazing to me.

But he's my first and I don't know if I am just being totally biased or if he is really clever

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OutragedFromLeeds · 17/04/2013 21:26

'She could also count until 5000'

what happened after 5000? 5001 was just too much for her?!

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Floggingmolly · 17/04/2013 21:28

That's bloody good. Enjoy him, and sod the begrudgers!

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Movingtimes · 17/04/2013 21:29

OP, like others on here my eldest DD was speaking in full sentences well before 14/15 months but didn't walk until 18 months. She is not a genius but is bright - was reading super-early and is predicted mostly A*s and As in her GCSEs this year. (And she is funny and kind and also dyspraxic.) I would say, as would most on here I guess, that you don't need to do anything special beyond love him and be proud of him. Bright children need exactly the same as every other child does - parents who think they are the best thing that ever happened to them. Everything else follows.

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catgirl1976 · 17/04/2013 21:30

Sounds like he's just a happy little chatterbox

That will do just fine for me:)

I will just enjoy him

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StorFetHamster · 17/04/2013 21:30

DS had similar as you. I'd say- teeny bit PFB but tbh, at that age, every little thing he did made me grin like a maniac and feel so proud. Irl, obviously I never mentioned a thing and was all 'oh, DS is doing fine. But, wow, your DC has such a bug vocabulary! You should be so proud of them!' And y'know what was worse? DS was my actual PSB and with DD I was quite laid back.

He walked at 11mnths, and ran at 17mnths. I don't know why the gap at walking, I'm certain it should be less than the giant 8mnths, but all I can think of is he's a lazy little thing who even now prefers a lie in to running around creating mess. A blessed relief after our hurricane of a DD but he talks in his sleep never mind daytime- he has no off switch

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GirlOutNumbered · 17/04/2013 21:30

My son has only ever talked in sentences, his first word/s were 'there it is'.
He's three now and very able in the talking/socialising areas but I wouldn't say he was gifted. He can't even put his own shoes on and still struggles to run!

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AprilFoolishness · 17/04/2013 21:30

19 mo and not a dicky bird here. Well maybe 'Nana' followed by frenzied pointing at the fruit bowl.

He is sporting a fine selection of brusies though, as early walking seems to have segued nicely into early mountain goat climbing, which is followed on fluently by early falling of high things, presumably knocking out the brain cells he needs to actually say 'Ouch'.

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SolomanDaisy · 17/04/2013 21:31

I find it hard to judge too, cos naturally I think DS is brilliant in every way . But then I spend some time with another child who's a similar age and think, 'omg, you're a genius too!' It's amazing how much they develop in the first two years and I think it's pretty natural to think your child is brilliant.

Fortunately MN has taught me that I should never, ever mention anything DS does that I think is extraordinary as it only pisses people off. I had to explain this to DH, who didn't realise you shouldn't mention this stuff to other people!

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BigBoobiedBertha · 17/04/2013 21:32

My DS2 did almost everything early including talking in sentences at 18 mths(and it is early even if others have children who did the same) and is very bright. Top of the class and all that - nobody has said he is G and T but then I am not sure they really use that label at his school. His teacher says he has the best vocab of any year 4 child she has ever met. And yes he is in Yr 4.

Strangely he never bothered with colours. He didn't appear to know them until he was at least 3 which was weird and I was a bit worried he was colour blind. He isn't. He made no attempt to read or write before starting school but excels at both now.

I think what I am saying is that your DS is probably quite advanced but don't expect it to continue in a steady upwards trajectory . It might but equally the little darlings do like to keep us on our toes and stop us getting too complacent so it might not.

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marriedinwhiteagain · 17/04/2013 21:34

IB Catgirl and thinks he'd run the LibDems better than Nick Clegg! We are literally counting the sleeps until he goes to uni and we can live in peace again. He has never stopped talking since he started !!

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catgirl1976 · 17/04/2013 21:35

They all revert to grunts and hand gestures when they hit their teens anyway don't they?

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Movingtimes · 17/04/2013 21:36

I think boys do. Girls remain eloquent - possibly too much so.

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golemmings · 17/04/2013 21:37

DD was a great talker too. Her little brother can't get a word in edgeways which is why, at 18mo he only has about 5 words and a few signs. He does get frustrated though.

One thing we did with DD was a wordle. We made a list of all the words we thought she knew and then did a frequency chart of all of them as she used them one day. Then we drew a wordle. The words she used most were biggest and the words she used less were smaller. It's made a beautiful piece of artwork!

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mashpot · 17/04/2013 21:38

There are so many wonderful, talented toddlers. Does anyone have a 17 mo who can't walk and only has a few words vocab? I'm on the wrong thread I suppose!

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catgirl1976 · 17/04/2013 21:39

Wow TSC that's amazing....they all sound fab

Married I will be looking out for very eloquent Lib Dem leader in about 15 years time and wondering if it's your DS! :)

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Floggingmolly · 17/04/2013 21:39

That's pretty amazing, TSC.

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Floggingmolly · 17/04/2013 21:42

I had a three year old who wasn't speaking in sentences, mashpot.
He's nearly nine now, and totally fine. Don't worry

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Feelingood · 17/04/2013 21:43

Well my dd is 14 month and fluent in mandarin isn't that amazaballs.

And and she made reproduced a sculpture of Damien Hirsts after just one viewing, one viewing, fantabulous

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Juniperdewdropofbrandy · 17/04/2013 21:45

TSC did your dd1 smile very early too? DS1 smiled and giggled at 2 weeks. PILs almost spat their tea when they saw/heard him. I videoed it to show HV as she said I was imagining it. Can't say I blame her looking back.

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choccyp1g · 17/04/2013 21:46

Golemmings I love those wordles, but I was a bit shocked to read that they were created by 3 year olds. Then I realised it meant 3 years ago

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Sparklyboots · 17/04/2013 21:46

We have a late talker but early walker - 9mo unassisted walking. Played it down loads in RL but felt v pleased.... He can now do headstands and flip himself over in a handstand at 2.3. More or less caught up in speaking now, and can read numbers and some of the alphabet - th ones that start familiar words like d for daddy an the initial of his own name. We think he's super but I'm from a large family an can hand on heart say that doing stuff early seems to have no correlation with aptitude as adults in our lot. Cept my cousin who had a photographic memory is now an architect, having drawn buildings and maps with accuracy and scale since he was a kid.

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Juniperdewdropofbrandy · 17/04/2013 21:49

mashpot DS2 was the same as your toddler and he's great. 12 now and doing well at school. He has much more common sense that DS1. Dp reckons he'll end up doing really well as he's not work shy either. He came home tonight though and gave me and ds1 a right laugh. He said he needs to take an apple and orange to school tomorrow for knifing skills I asked if he needed a balaclava too

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Movingtimes · 17/04/2013 21:50

Mashpot - my sister didn't talk or walk until she was three. She never bloody shuts up now.

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ShowOfHands · 17/04/2013 21:53

Your son is amazing. Of course he is. In less than two years he's gone from vulnerable baby to chatty toddler. How much has he learnt in this short time? Be as pfb as you like. He sounds marvellous.

Agree with the others though, I had one who was talking in sentences well before 18 months (we have a similar first birthday vid to tsc) and they don't ever stop. Thankfully I love it and at 5yo, dd is old enough to read Harry Potter to ME as a bedtime story. Sod G&T, that's where it's really at.

Your son sounds brilliant.