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How old were your DCs when they said their first word and then first sentence?

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taintedpaint · 26/10/2010 14:18

Just wondering what the collective average would be.

A friend is expecting her DS to start talking soon. He is just turned 3 months old. [hhmm]

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otchayaniye · 27/10/2010 14:48

Only have one child.

First word at about 8 months 'cat', then quickly exploded to about 100 words (yes, I did count) including words such as 'pedestal' and 'kangaroo' and 'bamboozled'

First sentences of 2-5 words at 12 months. 'I want tit NOW!' 'I'm so hot' etc.

Fully conversational at about 17 months and then explosion of vocabulary since then. Now 2 and it never occurs to me she doesn't know a word (of course, abstract concepts, rare words and emotional ideas excepted)

Everything she does is accompanied with a running commentary. She is very voluble. But she has a strange accent, kind of Baltimore meets Kilburn. And she can't say her 'ls', so they are pronounced 'byack', or 'yeyyo'.

She's now 2 she can read -- has been picking out words for ages and asks me to teach her. She does this by recognising mainly, but does spell out loud phonetically words such as 'book' 'pigs', etc.

Has memorised every book we have with 90 pct recall, even longer stories such as Beatrix Potter and fairy tales, such as the Three Pigs. It's uncanny. You read a sentence anywhere in one of her 50 or so books and she'll continue.

I'm under no illusions that this is nothing but early development and that it will even out. But I do get embarrassed when she's at a playgroup and on a roll as it does stand out and invite comment. And I know other mothers there are worried about their kids' speech and this seems to rub it in (maybe I'm overthinking that, however)

Hulababy · 27/10/2010 14:56

DD spoke what I considered to be pretty early. First word at just gone 6 months, two word sentences by 12 months and mini conversion sentences by 18m. She's 8y now and still hasn;t shut up, lol!

Obviosuly at 6m it was only very very simple words and not all completely clear to non family.close friends, but they were words and they were used appropriately - to the right person or thing IYSWI.

Apparently both myself and my sister, but not my brother, spoke very early too, as apparently did my mum, lol.

People would comment on her vocab and speaking all the time.

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rockinhippy · 27/10/2010 19:35

DD 5 month - Cat!! Hmm witnessed by both my Parents, otherwise I might of thought I was hearing things Shock

quickly followed by mama @ 6 months :) ....& once she had that 1 under her belt, I found myself wondering why I was so keen to hear it Grin ....she used to lie in her cot, screaming it over & over again .... Dada came soon after, but she still favoured screaming at me if she wanted anything Hmm

Can't remember exactly when first sentence came, but first strung words were 'do self" ( I knew then she was going to be a stroppy mare Grin ....just as she was starting to walk, so about 9 months, she was running around by 10 months....by a year old she had a lot of sentences under her belt, most to do with bossing us around, or stating her independence, ie; mine, get off that, get me XYZ PLEASE ...always with a sarcastic lilt Confused.......& she's been that way ever since ...lol

she was exceptionally early, but from friends kids the same age, seems they all level out in the end, so I wouldn't worry about it

notcitrus · 27/10/2010 20:07

Ds - no words except dadda until nearly 19months.
By 22 months had nearly 200 words and was gluing them together 'mummy tea hot' 'more cake biscuit?' etc.

At 26 months he seems to have enough words to say what he wants and doesn't, and names of every animal he's ever come across, and is starting to use verbs but 'either/or' questions still confuse him - he says 'yes' or 'no'...

lucilastic · 27/10/2010 23:29

DD1 was saying the odd word by 14 months. Said two or three word sentences by 18 months.
DD2 is 2 yrs 2 months (today) and only days "Fi" for Fifi The Flower Tot and "Daisy" for Upsy Daisy.
Maybe two much telly and a big sister who never shuts up is the reason...Hmm

Rosebud05 · 28/10/2010 20:13

DD - 'hello' at 8 months
(can't remember first setnence Blush

DS - 'hello' at 9 months
'No, I don't like it' at 14 months.

I think we have dd to thank for the inspiration for that particular sentence....

PartialToACupOfMilo · 28/10/2010 20:55

dd is ten months and we've had 'that', 'dada', 'mum mum' and 'hummus' - 'hummus' came before 'mum mum' Confused Sad

We also had 'no biting' last week, but that was right after I'd said it and we haven't heard it since, so don't think she knew she was saying it...

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