Is this normal or advanced speech?

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DD will be 2 next month. Her speech has really taken off lately and she can pretty much communicate everything she needs.

She can say some full sentences or mostly 3 or 4 words together. Things like "daddy's gone to the shop" "I'm building a tower" "Go upstairs to draw" "What's happened?" "More chicken please"

I find it so impressive but I don't know if it's just normal? We also have a 5 year old and at that age he could only say very few individual basic words. Maybe he was delayed and I never realised?

Just interested to hear your experiences. I often forget she's not even two as it makes her seem so grown up. I'm crossing my fingers the fact she can communicate will help the terrible twos as she is VERY strong willed!

Normal. Have a look on the two year check questionnaire.

My dc1 spoke very early and could speak full sentences before 2. Never had any pronunciation issues either, no cute toddler-isms. Just straight into language like a 40 year old. Never had any terrible twos as a result. But now at 9 diagnosed with adhd and the psychologist says early chattiness was a symptom.

It's within the spectrum of normal. DD spoke utterly normally well before 2, nearer 12 months tbh and happily, it meant she was a very calm and steadfast young child who didn't get frustrated.

I had a DS years later who was also an early-ish talker and he was far more frustrated by life in general and the excellent speech didn't help!

Speech at that age like most parts of development is a huge spectrum. She's not advanced and your son was not delayed she's just at a different part of the spectrum than your son was.

I kept a record of my DD's speech as I was interested. Also my sister is a speech and language therapist. She could speak in full sentences by 2 and could communicate all needs. Now 7 and just a normal kid, not academically amazing or anything. Still very articulate and large vocabulary but no other special or unusual traits.

It’s good but not unusual if you see what I mean. My youngest was like that and said ‘I need the toilet’ when she was 18 months old and strangers did used to comment how good her speech was but my neighbour’s son is similar and he’s not yet 2. They all have their different strengths. My friend’s daughter didn’t speak for ages but walked early etc.

But now I think about it - never tantrummed or hit terrible 2s as she could communicate well. So that is good!

DD was doing much more than that at 2.

DS still communicated in grunts and squeals at 2.

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Yes totally normal, even my deaf son was putting 4-5 words together at 2 years. He’s vocabulary at 4 is advanced for his disability but average for his age.

It’s normal but it’s also great!

Thank you, so interesting to hear it's normal, it's like a whole new world for me!

I'm glad I didn't know it was possible when DS was that age as I can get a bit anxious and would probably have been quite worried he was delayed. Ignorance was bliss!

Good to hear it may help the tantrums even if not guaranteed. I can already tell it's easier to diffuse things when she starts getting frustrated, as I can explain something and she will get it.

Let's hope it continues!

Very normal I’d say. My dd is pretty average at talking, didn’t talk early and at her 2 year hv check she could say 3-4 work sentences. She scored well but not the top score.

DS1 couldn’t string two words together until he was gone 2, DS2 is 20m and very talkative with fairly good sentences.

But DS2 tantrums waaay more. I could always reason with my eldest and being him round quickly. DS2 isn’t changing his mind for anyone!

Unusual for children to be using 3 or 4 word sentences before the age of two (from my experience in early years).

Below average on Mumsnet though!

Completely normal

My DD was the same

Normal. On the early end of normal but not advanced or unusual. My DS is / was the same and Early Years Practitioners have commented on his speech. He’s 25 months now and on Monday said, commenting on the overcast sky “it’s dark, it rain later, have to wait and see”. It’s his comprehension I find so fascinating. DH and I were like, uh yes, you’re right. Also started saying on the way home from nursery “our house now, our house is up hill” (it is)

For my dd is was normal. She could speak incredibly well. She is still articulate and her vocabulary was always commented on throughout school. She is an adult and at Uni now.

Ds didn’t speak properly until he was 3. He is 13 now and his speech is spot on. At school he is just above average. Having the non speaker second really set off my anxiety I was really concerned but he is fine now

I’m an Early Years teacher and parent to a 2 year old and this is totally normal. My son also had a language explosion at 21 months and could say 6 word sentences. He told me the day after his second birthday: ‘bouncy castle at (his name’s) birthday party! Boing boing!’

Some children at this age still say basic phrases and 2 word sentences, and some have their language explosion a bit earlier and are talking in full sentences and descriptive language. Both are normal at this age.

I once worked with an 18 month old who was speaking in 4 word sentences though, and by 2 was using the correct ‘you/me/he/she’ pronouns in hugely complex sentences. I was impressed by that, that was advanced.

Normal spectrum. My first child (think they generally are more accomplished early speakers) was full sentences at 2. So when his sister came along and didn't show any signs I called in the speech therapist thinking she was abnormal in her development. Turned out she was just being lazy because her brother was doing all her comms for her!
She is now 25 and teaches at a prestigious university and goes to conferences where she has to explain complex things to lots of people.
Classic wasted worry!

Yeah, normal.
One of my daughters was really slow to talk and one really fast.
The one who was slow to talk is much more academic than the one who was speaking really early.

This is the high side of normal. Dd1 spoke far more when she first turned 2 - she used to say "well, actually..." a lot which sounded really funny as she was still completely bald 🤣. Dd2 was speech delayed and only said hiya at 2 and DD3 was starting to put 2, occasionally 3 words together at 2 but not as advanced as your DD is.

All 3 are totally normal now, DD2 literally never shuts up and has an amazing vocabulary from books. Dd1 who was the best speaker is a teenager now who communicates only in huffs and eye rolls. It seems so huge at the time but it makes very little difference in the long run.

Both of mine were freakishly early talkers. It was loads of fun. They are both on the bright side of average as young adults. Enjoy it. I have such happy memories of having conversations with my non-walking 18 month old dd. We used to call her the "talking cottage loaf."

DS was doing this way before two. DD wasn't saying a word and ended up having SLT.

I think the 2 year SLT progress checker expects them to be putting 2 or 3 words together by 2?

Oh I love your stories. Your DS sounds so cute @PurBal . Interesting that for most of you it was the eldest that spoke early. I imagined DD learnt faster as she's had her older brother who talks constantly 😅

We are a bilingual household and had always been told to expect late speech so with DS I always thought he was doing quite well. Little did I know some 18 months old speak fluently already!

The 2 year checker is more about understanding and just has one question about putting 2 or 3 words together. DS probably didn't tick that box but as he ticked all the others it didn't raise any concerns. By age 3 he was all caught up.