What age did your baby start using sentences?

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And I mean sentences such as:

There it is
There she is
See you soon
Moma spoon
Hiya car
Blue ball

Also what age did your baby start to recognise colours and count to 10?

Just before 2 with both of them. Though oddly enough, my youngest was saying ‘what is that?’ from maybe around 13 months. I had no idea what he was saying as it wasn’t really clear, but he’d say it all the time and point. It took a couple months until I figured it out. I don’t think that counts though.

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And I mean sentences such as:

There it is
There she is
See you soon
Moma spoon
Hiya car
Blue ball

Also what age did your baby start to recognise colours and count to 10?

DS is 12 months old and saying those simple sentences. The only colour he verbally recognises is pink because he loves it and will ask for his pink spoon or pink ball. Doesn’t yet count.

DS2 was talking in full sentences before 18 months. DS1 and DS3 were both quite a bit later than that, I can't remember exactly when it's just that DS2 stood out because he was so little. My DM says I was the same, apparently.

My grandson could do the alphabet song, recognise letters and colours, count to 10 and sing some nursery rhymes by 18 months.

Strangely though he hardly spoke at all (unless it was to a tune) till he turned 3 and is only just starting to use sentences (he's 3.5 now) He said 'mum' once at about 14 months but didn't say it again till after his 3rd birthday. He's only just started to be able to follow instructions over the last few months.

His little friend who is 2 months older was the complete opposite - could have full conversations at about 18 months, understood instructions, etc but is just starting to learn numbers/colours.

DS1 seemed to develop language in a strange order as was saying 'it's over there' 'what is that?' 'For you Mummy' etc by about 15 months but didn't really name anything (eg ball, dog, book etc) till later. DS2 used naming words first then speaking in full sentences and knew colours and counting just before 2.

Dd1 was doing these things at 18 months in English and could do it all in Greek before she was 2. Dd2 was past 3. There's a huge range.

Children repeat songs and nursery rhymes from about 1 year. They soon learn repetition gets the desired response.

Equally repeating counting up and down steps from the same age does not mean they understand the numbers. They know repetition gets a favourable response from adults.

Repeating and understanding are different.
For every skill a child masters early there will be one they master later.
This order varies from child to child and some are more physically advanced than others. This is the same with language, balance, visual awareness and dexterity etc.

DD was saying “all gone,” “what’s that?” “All fall down” and “where gone?” At 12 months. I only know because it’s all documented in her baby book. Sadly, I didn’t document when she learned colours and numbers so I have no idea how old she was. She was a very good talker from an early age though, but she’s 15 now and definitely no genius

Yes, reciting, recognising numbers and counting are all different skills.

DS2 is 2.3 and he can recite up to about 10, recognise up to 15 (this was a surprise I discovered thanks to his advent calendar!) but can only count to two, sometimes three, I'm not 100% convinced it isn't by accident. He definitely knows the difference between one and many, but tends to generalise all many either to two, or to a random number. When there are two things (e.g. two eyes) he can see that straight away.

DS1 was late to talk and went to speech therapy aged 2. He was a very quiet child, very shy. Lots of concern at school as he wouldn't speak in class.

DS2 was speaking in simple sentences by 20 months and never shut up. He had loads of friends, chatted away in school, and was really articulate.

They are both now in their early 20s. Ds1 is now amazingly sociable and chatty, ds2 barely speaks. Not at all what I would have predicted 20 years ago.

By counting to 10 I took op to mean reciting in the correct order - counting 10 objects correctly is different and my 18 month old could not do that but I don't think that's what was asked.

@midnightstar66 yes I meant actual counting/understanding

Counting yes, 18 months ish for many. Actually ring able to count 10 objects and understand what it fully means - we have plenty 5 year olds half a year in to primary school still getting to grips with that!

Just over 2 for short sentences I think, then colours and counting to ten was pretty recent so 2.5.

@peasoup8

My DD said 'dog go woof woof' at 10 months.

It was insane.

She could say 'me go sleep' and 'me want toy/food' by 1 as well as similar sentences. She was totally capable of a proper conversation by 14 months. It was so bizarre.

She's bright now (4yo) but by no means any kind of genius.

YY actual counting is not a baby skill by any stretch of the imagination.

Around 18 months. Now just turned 2 and speaks in complex sentences (e.g. I have toast for breakfast please, I no like Weetabix anymore), counts to 20 and knows all colours and most simple shapes.

BUT she cannot play or do anything independently for even a minute. Just follows adults round all day jabbering at them to do X with her.

As a primary teacher, I can tell you that being independent will have a much more beneficial effect on early learning at school than hitting targets early. It’s all about learning characteristics, not learning ‘stuff’.

Does "me do it" and "no, no way, no" count?

My friend's 9 month old walked up to my baby and said "hello baby" - that was very freaky. Especially as my baby could neither crawl nor talk and was 2 weeks older

About 16-18 months for sentences, 18 for colours (though he didn't get yellow for ages) and close to two for counting to 10.

First single word - at 14months - "dolly"
followed by teddy, duck, toast, hiya, doggy, cuddle, down, Daddy.

First two-word together (sentence) - at 21months - "more yummies" (wanted more sweets).
Followed by "more juice" and "my teddy", "my dolly".

(pronunciations were later, but these were the meanings).

My 2.5 year old can count to ten (and sometimes more if he's in the mood). Not great on colours yet, but definitely talks well and can sing Twinkle twinkle, baa baa black sheep, in which winced spider, wind the bobbin up and jingle bells ALL THE TIME! It does vary from child to child, as long as they are communicating their needs well I'm sure they'll be fine. Not many NT children grow up talking baby talk and unable to count!
My son uses the word 'actually' and said 'supervise' the other day! They are great mimics and having an older sibling will probably make them talk and use a wider vocabulary earlier.

Two word sentences about 20 months, knew all her colours correctly by then. At 2 3/4 she can recite numbers to 15 but can only count objects 100% correctly up to 3 objects. After that she just waves her finger around and says lots of numbers but isn't counting them. Occasionally correct but just chance