When did your baby start talking?

[ClareSleepy]

At what age did your baby say their first word, and what age before they could communicate with you? I find the guesswork involved with a newborn quite hard work and I'm looking forward to when we can have a conversation!

Actually, if you want a conversation, I'd say around 5. Years old.

He seems to have regressed in that aspect now at 14. I'm hoping we can get back to conversations when he's 20 or 25. Fingers crossed.

DS seems to go in fits and starts. So he didn’t say much beyond “there” and “hiya” until he was about a year old, by 18mo he had about fifty words, and then at 25mo he suddenly started joining multiple words and hasn’t really looked back. Hundred of words now. He can tell me most things he wants, and life is so much easier.

I would definitely agree with baby signing. Nursery taught DS the signs for more, food, water, play and pick up, and it was a revelation. We suddenly knew why he was crying and what he wanted, and could actually communicate with him.

DD said "Hi Daddy" at 10 months but then went back to single words. She's 17mo now and has about 170 words on board. No phrases yet, but she's code-switching between French and English quite reliably. It's kind of scary how young she is and already she can tell who's speaking what.

I can usually work out what she means but DH usually can't. He doesn't really listen though.

She didn't walk till about 15mo.

Mine didn’t say any words at all until he was 25 months, then 6 weeks later could do 4/5 word sentences.

DS had no spoken words except mama and dada until well after 24 months. He started talking at 2 years 3 months, and it all came together very rapidly once he got going, as sometimes happens with late talkers - 2-3 months later he was talking in full sentences and he hasn't looked back.

Signing is great for communicating before they find spoken words (whether that's sooner or later). We did signing with DS. Some people will tell you that signing "makes them lazy" and delays speech. That is utter nonsense (according to every SLT I've ever spoken to) - they will drop the signing like a hot potato once the spoken words are ready to come, but in the meantime it practices the key pre-speech skill of back and forth communication.

Snap, @superworm!

15m and nothing. I've talked to him about every bit of our day since he was born, sung songs, read books. He'll get there in his own time but starting to think I could have done without making myself look like a nutter in the shop/park/library/softplay!

They’re all different....
My first was saying “Mum, Dad, Bye, Fwower” etc at around 10 months. She was a quiet soul, but knew what she wanted. My son was far too busy. He didn’t bother until he was about 2.5, and it was because we were withholding whatever it was he wanted until he said the word for it. (Oh the death glares!!!) His twin sister is a massive drama queen and when the paediatrician picked her up aged 11 months for a check up and said “How are you going, young lady?” She looked at him with her little Elmer Fudd face and said, “I feel sad!” (He nearly wet himself laughing!)

DS said 'tree' at 10 months and then pretty much nothing else until he was nearly two.
He's now nine, bilingual, and doesn't shut up. He even talks in his sleep.

I have twins and baby signing really helped them with the frustrating (for them) gap between knowing what you want and being able to tell someone what it is. My son’s first word was at 7 months and my daughter’s was around 9 months but it meant that - because they could boss me around - both of them couldn’t be arsed walking until 16 months.

Twin DDs said hiya at 4 months and mum, nan and dad by 7 months. Oldest DD said hiya at 7 months and a few bits after that then regressed and ended up in speech therapy which did bugger all (asd) but after a change in diet and plenty of probiotic supplements, a chlorella detox and I think it was L-glutamine she started talking again, RAPIDLY! It was like flicking a switch and her speech just came back.

Nearly 3, 4 for full sentences. She's autistic though

DS's first word was Dada at six months. He wasn't crawling until 1. I think they focus on different things.

I did baby signing and it was a Godsend. Both my children had over 200 signs before they could speak. One daughter was speaking right away whilst also signing and I can’t pin point from when as she was constantly making sounds which turned into words quite easily. My other daughter didn’t speak til she was 3 and then sounded like a much older child speaking in full sentences with quite adult language. She’s still noticed for her verbal abilities now however is under assessment for ASD, picked up quite later as her speech and language was ticked off at her 2 year check despite not speaking by then but because she could use and understand so many signs. People used to criticise me for using signing as they thought it discouraged speaking but having two children react different I strongly believe the child who was a late talker would have still been a late talker without signs but would have had more behaviour issues due to frustration when she wouldn’t have been able to communicate.

Hi my son 25 months when he was 20 months started singing rhymes and saying colour and quickly catch up from tv.but if he need anything he didn't ask or talk .he saying bye bye only.if anybody face like him plz tell me .he understand all,but I couldn't understand sometimes what he need.now he referred for SLT.

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Today 01:31 Durgasarrow

Mine came out of the womb asking for a smoke and a whisky, neat.

Today 01:37 Lweji

Actually, if you want a conversation, I'd say around 5. Years old.
He seems to have regressed in that aspect now at 14. I'm hoping we can get back to conversations when he's 20 or 25. Fingers crossed.

Today 01:41 Sashkin

DS seems to go in fits and starts. So he didn’t say much beyond “there” and “hiya” until he was about a year old, by 18mo he had about fifty words, and then at 25mo he suddenly started joining multiple words and hasn’t really looked back. Hundred of words now. He can tell me most things he wants, and life is so much easier.

I would definitely agree with baby signing. Nursery taught DS the signs for more, food, water, play and pick up, and it was a revelation. We suddenly knew why he was crying and what he wanted, and could actually communicate with him.

Today 01:49 aidelmaidel

DD said "Hi Daddy" at 10 months but then went back to single words. She's 17mo now and has about 170 words on board. No phrases yet, but she's code-switching between French and English quite reliably. It's kind of scary how young she is and already she can tell who's speaking what.

I can usually work out what she means but DH usually can't. He doesn't really listen though.

She didn't walk till about 15mo.

Today 01:54 WhenZogateSuperworm

Mine didn’t say any words at all until he was 25 months, then 6 weeks later could do 4/5 word sentences.

Today 06:20 Ceara

DS had no spoken words except mama and dada until well after 24 months. He started talking at 2 years 3 months, and it all came together very rapidly once he got going, as sometimes happens with late talkers - 2-3 months later he was talking in full sentences and he hasn't looked back.

Signing is great for communicating before they find spoken words (whether that's sooner or later). We did signing with DS. Some people will tell you that signing "makes them lazy" and delays speech. That is utter nonsense (according to every SLT I've ever spoken to) - they will drop the signing like a hot potato once the spoken words are ready to come, but in the meantime it practices the key pre-speech skill of back and forth communication.

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Today 06:23 Ceara

Snap, @superworm!

Today 09:38 Chippychipsforme

15m and nothing. I've talked to him about every bit of our day since he was born, sung songs, read books. He'll get there in his own time but starting to think I could have done without making myself look like a nutter in the shop/park/library/softplay!

Today 11:15 justilou1

They’re all different....
My first was saying “Mum, Dad, Bye, Fwower” etc at around 10 months. She was a quiet soul, but knew what she wanted. My son was far too busy. He didn’t bother until he was about 2.5, and it was because we were withholding whatever it was he wanted until he said the word for it. (Oh the death glares!!!) His twin sister is a massive drama queen and when the paediatrician picked her up aged 11 months for a check up and said “How are you going, young lady?” She looked at him with her little Elmer Fudd face and said, “I feel sad!” (He nearly wet himself laughing!)

Today 11:23 BaronessBomburst

DS said 'tree' at 10 months and then pretty much nothing else until he was nearly two.
He's now nine, bilingual, and doesn't shut up. He even talks in his sleep.

Today 11:57 adreamofspring

I have twins and baby signing really helped them with the frustrating (for them) gap between knowing what you want and being able to tell someone what it is. My son’s first word was at 7 months and my daughter’s was around 9 months but it meant that - because they could boss me around - both of them couldn’t be arsed walking until 16 months.

Today 12:10 NCbilliontimes

Twin DDs said hiya at 4 months and mum, nan and dad by 7 months. Oldest DD said hiya at 7 months and a few bits after that then regressed and ended up in speech therapy which did bugger all (asd) but after a change in diet and plenty of probiotic supplements, a chlorella detox and I think it was L-glutamine she started talking again, RAPIDLY! It was like flicking a switch and her speech just came back.

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Today 12:17 stucknoue

Nearly 3, 4 for full sentences. She's autistic though

Today 12:20 flingingmelon

DS's first word was Dada at six months. He wasn't crawling until 1. I think they focus on different things.

Today 13:49 celticprincess

I did baby signing and it was a Godsend. Both my children had over 200 signs before they could speak. One daughter was speaking right away whilst also signing and I can’t pin point from when as she was constantly making sounds which turned into words quite easily. My other daughter didn’t speak til she was 3 and then sounded like a much older child speaking in full sentences with quite adult language. She’s still noticed for her verbal abilities now however is under assessment for ASD, picked up quite later as her speech and language was ticked off at her 2 year check despite not speaking by then but because she could use and understand so many signs. People used to criticise me for using signing as they thought it discouraged speaking but having two children react different I strongly believe the child who was a late talker would have still been a late talker without signs but would have had more behaviour issues due to frustration when she wouldn’t have been able to communicate.

Today 19:07 Doss1234

Hi my son 25 months when he was 20 months started singing rhymes and saying colour and quickly catch up from tv.but if he need anything he didn't ask or talk .he saying bye bye only.if anybody face like him plz tell me .he understand all,but I couldn't understand sometimes what he need.now he referred for SLT.

DD is 9 months and has just started saying dada, rara etc. And I'm convinced she said mama once. You've got a while to go yet OP but they do come much easier to understand, it's very rare now that DD even cries.

Whenever DD used to cry I just worked through the list - when did she last eat, when did she last nap, is there anything in her nappy. Worked most of the time.

Dd is 10 months and says car, daddy, go go go and bye. She isn't crawling yet but is an ace bottom shuffler.

Ds almost 1. Dont remember when he started, but he has a few words now.
We've got mama, dada, nana, anda (grandad), ageh (again when we're playing), no, and hiya that I can think of.
He puts a few together (like hiya dada) if using the play phone, but not much else.
There's also lots of non-verbal communication, and random noises that we know what he means.

DD1 was very early, and also very very clear with her speech - I remember by 18 months she was coming out with things like "look, a 'loon, it go up in da sky" in very coherent sentences and the children's centre manager used to be amazed at some of the things she came out with.

DD2 - never really got past animated babble which obviously meant something really really important to her and started nursery with the odd two word phrase like "or dus" (more juice) and school with probably 25% intelligible speech... has verbal dyspraxia but fell just over the line for NHS help because her understanding of language is very good. Now a fully intelligible little chatterbox but her speech is still slightly young sounding as a consequence - we'll get there (lots of private speech therapy).

I will probably eat an orange and apple later

I've read that early walkers (I have one) can be slower to talk, and vice versa, does that ring true for anyone (yes I know, anecdotes aren't data...)
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DS (14mo) has had associative noises for ages, and is quite loud readable, but we're a way off words, I think.

DS was 3 years, DD was 3 and a half years, before first word.

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