How many words???
Hi girls,
im gradually moving over from baby forum when I can find the toddler forum to click on grr!
Just wondering how many words a 15month old should be able to say?
Joshua has always seemed a bit slower than others his age (I know im naughty for comparing) but im not really sure weather he is a bit behind. He has said mum and dad but very rarely calls us mum and dad if you know what I mean, I suppose he doesnt need to as were alaways there. He can say hi ya, nan, no, yes, bye-bye, mumma, dadda, woof (we dont even have a dog!) but should he know more words?
I read quite a lot to him, but should I be asking him to repeat things or is there anything you can recommend for me to encourage him to say more things.
Thanks girls and toddlers xxx
im gradually moving over from baby forum when I can find the toddler forum to click on grr!
Just wondering how many words a 15month old should be able to say?
Joshua has always seemed a bit slower than others his age (I know im naughty for comparing) but im not really sure weather he is a bit behind. He has said mum and dad but very rarely calls us mum and dad if you know what I mean, I suppose he doesnt need to as were alaways there. He can say hi ya, nan, no, yes, bye-bye, mumma, dadda, woof (we dont even have a dog!) but should he know more words?
I read quite a lot to him, but should I be asking him to repeat things or is there anything you can recommend for me to encourage him to say more things.
Thanks girls and toddlers xxx
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At 15 month my daughter didnt say many word may be mummy daddy and nana,but babbled a lot.
i was really worried about her as my niece was two weeks younger than her was saying loads we went on holiday and from the second day there emily started to say loads of word really clear and putting two words together
now she is 2y 4m and NEVER stops talking and asking questions guess they all take time to talk and do it when there readyxxxxxxx
hope this helps xxx
Vicky and babbling Joshua xxx
but when he was 15/16 months he said hardly anything just "mama" and "dada" and a few others, its like in the last 3 months hes suddenly found his voice.
I bet Joshua is taking in and understanding LOADS more than he can say then one day it'll just all come out.
Sometimes siblings have an influence on their baby brothers/sisters as the older can tend to talk for the younger but then as LO gets older they are copying the older sibling - I think that was what happened to Isaac. Has Joshua got any brothers or sisters?
Elaine and boys xx
Come on what you playing at, cant believe how slow he is lol
He does babble loads, and he seems like he's having whole conversations with himself sometimes so after reading everyones posts (except Margaret ;\) ) I feel more at ease.
Its a mindfield bringing up a baby, do you ever stop worrying! x
My eldest boy is 4 in November and is very behind with his speech - we can understand most of it but anybody who doesn't know him or see him often haven't a clue! It didn't help that his sister's always spoke for him when he was learning and the fact that when we were looking at other options like speech therapy, we moved to Holland for 9 months!! Now we're back in the UK and finally getting things sorted - have new health visitor coming to see us in 2 wks so fingers crossed we'll be refered at long last lol
My 18month old is a right jabber-nut but it is still babble althou he does say mummma and dad/dadda and to the right person too! Bless him, he is only as big as a 12month old and has issues with food allergies which have delayed a majority of his developement but he's getting there!!
Have fun with the animal book hun, mine all loved (and still do!!) doing the animal sounds and stuff!!!
thanks
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Audrey x
mum
more
dad
daniel (first word believe it or not! sounds like dan-yoool)
cock cock (choc choc/what i call his Milky bars)
juice
din dins
shoes
no (his fave at the moment, lol!)
ta
yeah
ock (socks)
doggy
car
cat
hiya (to everyone who walks past his buggy when he's in the mood!)
It's not many words compared to my first son who knew loads at his age and never stops talking now. I thought he was a bit behind but then he learnt 3 words in 1 day! He knows where his ears/hair/toes etc are and that dogs go uff uff and cows go mmmm. Like someone else said they know more than they can say, he knows..... put it back, get off, stand up, sit down, give kisses, time for night nights, close the door, give it to daddy etc
Me and Ethan have these funny little "conversations" where he'll go "ba ba ba, um mum mum, da deee" or something like that and look very serious and I go, "Never! Did you really? Then what?" and he'll go," am ama doo doo daddy" and I look amazed and wide eyed and say "did he really?" and he just squeals and laps up all the attention, it's so funny.
As long as you keep talking to them about anything and everything they'll pick it up. One day he'll turn to you and go "Mummy, please may I have a bottle of the house white, the Juice de La Cow please, thank you ever so much"