18 month old can count to 14 - normal?

[empen]

is it normal for an 18month old being able to count to 14 - the kid is not mine, rather someone we met in a pub who was showing off. DP was amazed and I could not remember how old mine had been.

It is more recitation at this age. DD could do this. Now she is 11 years old she isn't that good at maths!

Sasquatch; what your DS could do was real mathematical ability, logical reasoning, and language skills. I think people are a bit quick to say "It's just reciting". (either if theirs can't do it or not wanting to boast). I'm sure my DS understood numbers at about 18 months. eg if you gave him a plate of biscuits to share out, he'd check how many there were before politely handing them round. Like 3 biscuits for 4 people, he'd grab one. If you put 6 bisuits for 5 people, he'd dish them round polite as can be, then keep the last 2 for himself.
He has gone on to be very good at all maths stuff.

My LO could count to 10 at that age but though 6 and 7 were optional. I guess he was just reciting numbers as he'd just keep counting to 10 regardless of the number of items. He learnt as we counted the stickers on his chart each time we added on

At 21 months he can reliably count to 5 and knows to stop when he runs out of objects. Probably from counting the eggs each morning from our 5 chickens

My 16 month old can say 1, 2, 3 but it's mere repetition as I say it before I swing her in the air, before we cross the road etc.

The only thing she does that I think is more an indication of understanding numbers is sharing something out. She'll rip toast into enough pieces so that everybody can have some, then hand it round. She gets that right every time. She says who it's for as she goes too. "Grandad, Gramma, Mama, Dada, MeMe".

Her name isn't MeMe btw.

Before I had my DCs my friend used to visit with her todler and we would often share a bowl of grapes and chat.
He would divide them by two or three and I'd just smile not realising that it was .
When my DTs were born he asked their weghts and worked out the difference.
Again I barely turned a hair.

Before I had my DCs my friend used to visit with her todler and we would often share a bowl of grapes and chat.
He would divide them by two or three and I'd just smile not realising that it was .
When my DTs were born he asked their weghts and worked out the difference.
Again I barely turned a hair.

ds could recognise and say numbers up to 10 at 14 months, he could count to 20 (and recognise), he knew and could say all the letters of the alphabet at 14 months, aswell as shapes. I used to walk him to nursery when he was 2 and he used to play spot the letter. He's always been advanced and is a very bright boy. Some children are just like this.