When did your LO start talking?

[CaelsMom]

Poll comming.
I am starting to worry about Cael. People keep telling my not to worry but I can't help it. He is very vocal but no words are coming out. He is doing all other things early he walked at 10 months off the bottle at 10 months. He plays well by himself. He loves to look at books. Please tell me that I am being a worry wart!!!

[haydensmom]

Hayden had a few words when he was around 14 months (mama, dada, hi, ball) but didn't say much more than that until he was 22 months.

[hanvan]

I don't know what you mean by talking. Reese could say maybe 4 words at a year (mama, dada, pupa (puppy) and ball) but by 18mths she could say A LOT more then at around 2 it was serious language explosion. She could say just about anything and talk in full sentences.


He sounds fine to me :) I think I heard if they walk first then sometimes they talk a little "slower"

[CaelsMom]

Ya, that is what I heard too! I hope it holds true.

[nosweetangel]

:hugs: Lisa! I didnt mean for my other thread to worry you! Cael is perfectly fine and will start talking in his own time! :hugs: :hugs: :hugs:

[swannie]

Is he gesturing/waving/pointing too? Those are all good signs. And if his receptive communication is good, that's a bonus too.

[ColtsFan1912]

a little before 12 months he said mom (more like mum) & dada & cah for cat.. He know says a few more words (dog, Jack (one of the Dogs names) but has slowed down a lot on trying new words.

[Corrie]

Kaels always been able to say momma, dadda and other basic baby words, but it wasnt until like..now, that he started to copy everything and say lots of sentences. Kael will be 2 in March.

[CaelsMom]

He waves all the time. He says na, na, na. I think that is when he wants a drink. He isn't pointing yet though. Oh gosh. I hate being a worrier.

[GA1977]

parker is 9 months and she saids mama, dada, hey and DeeDee (which is Dirty our dog).

[CaelsMom]

parker is 9 months and she saids mama, dada, hey and DeeDee (which is Dirty our dog).

LOL, our dogs name is Dirty Joe. DH calls him "dirty".

[jimdeb]

Before a year, She said quite a lot of words and now beore 2 she's talking in sentences.

[shutterbird]

My little cousin didn't talk until he was 2.5. Like, NO WORDS AT ALL. Everybody was so concerned. Then the next week I saw him and he was saying sentences. Weird stuff. Anyway, all kids are different, and at 13-months, I wouldn't worry too much. :hugs:

[rhiannasmoms43]

Gage had 4 words- mommy, daddy, and Eeow (cat) and Anana (dd) at the age of 22 months. He could understand everything we said, but wouldn't use words to respond back.
DH and I were just about to arrange for a doctor's appt when, as Heather said, his vocabulary exploded!
Now at 24 months he able to get his meanings across 90% of the time and has really good enunciation.

[Lydia]

By a year, both of mine pretty much had mama, dada, bye-bye, and baby, but not very regularly. At 15 months they each had 6 words, and at 18 months Ronin is starting to expand his vocabulary quite a bit while Claire is going more slowly. Other babies in our birth month have been well ahead of us in speaking, but when we asked about it, we realized many others were right along with us. They just weren't the ones talking about talking, you know? When people post about what their babies are doing, they generally post about the things they're doing well, or ahead of schedule.

[bridgetwu75]

Kai is 20 months and says only mama. I worry too.

[preciousamor]

Bella started talking around 10 months (mama, dada, baby, milk)...her vocabulary expanded really quickly though, She's 20 months now and there isn't anything she doesn't say! She knows hundreds and hundreds of words and uses them all day every day (and in the right context too). She is talking in full sentences and sings at least 1/2 dozen songs by herself.

10 months is still young though. I'd give him a little more time. :hugs:

[stlgirl]

Alexis is almost a year and doesn't talk. She babbles, but nothing with real words (if that makes sense). She does understand us when we talk, though.

[Adelita]

David and Cael are about the same age :) David is just now starting to try to mimic sounds, "Chris" comes out as "Res" and "Jonny" as "Jjjjy!" -- i think they'll have a few words now, David's saying "mum, papa, agua, hey!, No, and "is it" " very clearly now. He's starting to work on "banana" but now it sounds like, "AND AND UM G" -- at least I know he wants banana when I hear him say it. He is still using crying, and grabbing my hand and pointing when he needs something. The talking will come in its own time :) I wouldn't worry as long as you can communicate with your little guy.

The one thing that did crack me up is that I bough him a "Busy Bee" book when he was little, I've been reading it to him for MONTHS, and only now he says "Buh Buh Buh" when I get to the part that says "Buzz buzz buzz." Language is an art -- and like any other art, it takes a lifetime to build :)

No worries :)

[dragonfly]

My guy was never very vocal. We started using sign so I know he understood. He had a vocabulary explosion around 22 months. Seriously, like a couple of new words a day then he was speaking in sentences by 2 so he caught up. I know it's hard not to worry.

[alikatgrrl]

Cameron says "hi" and waves. "dada", "yaaaaayyyy" and claps, "dot" (dog) when he sees a dog or hears barking.

[CDingMama]

My girls all talked before a year and from the babbeling Hunter does now, I'm guessing he may do the same. I wanted to tell you though that I did infant/toddler care for 8 years in a center (so I saw a lot of LOs in that time frame). Usually the ones that were slow to start ended up coming out with full paragraphs when they did take off. It's almost like they are just the silent types who observe everything without saying a word and then one day watch out! They just decide to let loose and then they never stop!

[Ninjamama<3]

Musa says "mamamama" "allah" & "papa" lol, he knows what the word "clap" in my language means and claps when I tell him too, and he waves hi & bye.

[Callycat]

Connor just turned two and still only says "mama" and "dada". No other words at this point. He did everything early but talk. We're trying to get him into early speech intervention but the waiting list is long. It's frustrating but he'll do it in his time. Try not to worry. Before you know it Cael will be talking up a storm.

[ali's june baby]

Ian was just shy of one year. I do think it varies quite a bit!

[Cesy75]

You are being a worry wort! My nephew didn't talk until closer to 2, and now he's 3 and speaks TWO languages beautifully :)

[Mrs JS]

Woogie is only a month older. He also walked at 10 months. He just recently started pointing, but he has been gesturing and using a few signs for a while. Currently he doesn't have a huge vocabulary that he speaks. I'm not worried about that because it is clear that he understands a lot of what I'm saying.
Right now the main words he says are good, yeah, ok and hello. He's said other words a time or two, but those are the ones he uses consistently. He also quacks when he sees a duck and makes engine noises when he plays with his cars, those kind of count as words, right? :laugh:

[MarchMommy]

I voted on what Eden's doing. Madi started talking early like 10 months, but Eden JUST started saying words (shes 15 months) and she is exploading in words right now. she went from saying nothing to saying like 5 words in the last week. now she says Hot, Fish, ball, book, doggie. Her first word was juice at like 11 months, but thats all she said until like the past week.

[BrittanyW2006]

Brayden is not real great to compare to, because he seems to be way ahead in the communication department. He copies everything we say (he can literally say anything) & is putting together sentences. At a year, he was putting together a few two word phrases. But I've come to realize that all kids are different & will do things at their own speed! My nephew is only a couple of months younger than Bray & he is not really saying anything yet. I am sure he is just fine mama! :hugs:

[PurplePasion]

You are being a worry wart. Children develop differently and it perfectly fine. Neither of my boys even pretended to start walking before they were 16 months old, but they could talk your ear off, espcially #1. People kept trying to make me feel bad that they were late walkers but I did my best not to let it bother me. I knew they were fine and their pedis knew they were too. Relax momma. Your LO is just fine.

[princessalexv]

Don't worry about it, as long as he gestures and communicates with you any which way possible. My daughter didn't start saying words clearly until she was 15 months. And now at 22 months, she knows certain words with sign language. But when I ask her where things are, she'll show me. When I talk to her, I've always kept things simple and tied them to sign language so she's able to communicate with me.

[NathansMom]

Nate STARTED saying words before a year... but hasn't said many since... we keep waiting for that language EXPLOSION...

[mom22boys07]

He will start saying more soon, they all talk in their own time, and then the day will come when you say to yourself you miss when he didnt say much.. :winks: My first started at about 10 months he had all the usual ' mama, dada, baba, nana, dug ( dog )...' But by 16 months spoke full sentences. My second son was born when my first was 16 months old and my second only said ' mama ' until he was almost 15 months old, the oldest always spoke for him.:headbang: I had a hard time getting him to talk for himself and for a VERY long time my oldest was the ONLY one who could understand my second. Even now they are 6 and 7 and I still have to ask my oldest what the heck he said! LOL He had only this year learned how to say his "L's" properly.

[CaelsMom]

Sounds like there is kids all over the spectrum. Makes me feel tons better. I remember with my DD, I couldn't wait for her to talk and now at 9 years old I am asking her all the time to stop talking. She even talks in her sleep!!! LOL

[Racegirl766k]

Hayden would say mama, dada, and those sorts of words at 1 yr, but up until about 18-20 months he didn't really say a hole lot. The all the sudden he jjst started picking up new words right and left, and talking in sentences. Now at 2 1/2 he talks in 8-9 word sentences....

[eenchoo]

My ds only says mama and dada and lots of jibberish. This also worries me but then again he didn't start walking til a few weeks ago. I think all kids are different and do stuff at their own pace, (that is what I keep telling myself anyway):hugs::hugs::hugs:

[lovely]

right now Nora is saying mama, dada and kiki(kitty). Other than that...nothing.

[mommy kate]

Poll comming.
I am starting to worry about Cael. People keep telling my not to worry but I can't help it. He is very vocal but no words are coming out. He is doing all other things early he walked at 10 months off the bottle at 10 months. He plays well by himself. He loves to look at books. Please tell me that I am being a worry wart!!!

If he is ahead on other aspects I would not worry. Just chill he is obviously very intelligent. He loves books so keep reading to him..it will teach him the vocal and social skills he needs. My daughter was a later walker but started talking early. Eventually the other skills came it just takes time.
Seriously though he walked at 10 months and was off the bottle.. I would bet he just needs time.

[SammiB]

my nephew was 3 and a half before he started talking. We were all "secretly" worried about it.
my SIL was thinking of stating speech therapy but all of a sudden he started talking really well over night. I think they wernt making him talk. He would point to something say "ah ah ah" (or whatever it was he said) and they would give him it. I think it was lazyness. he didnt have to talk, and he got whatever he wanted. Now he is perfectly fine at almost 5 years old.

[daylilies]

Josh was about 1.5 before he started saying much, but I knew that he was understanding a lot because he could follow directions. Then he started busting out with 4-5 word sentences and has just blossomed since then. I think he didn't want to say anything until he could get it right LOL
He was always ahead physically so I just figure he was too busy with that to worry about talking early.

[Bean]

Oh Lisa! You and me both, babe! Griffin doesn't say a single word. He also doesn't wave, point, do signs, NOTHING. Everyone says to give him time, boys develop slower, etc but I'm still going to worry- it's my job. :laugh: I've been doing some research and I'm not going to start freaking out until 18 months. :hugs:

[LanceBabe]

He sounds fine to me :) I think I heard if they walk first then sometimes they talk a little "slower"
I heard the same thing, that babies that are more advanced in one area are less advanced in another -- like often babies who talk early don't walk early and visa versa.

[janie]

my Lo isn't even close to talking - but I do have a friend who has a 26 month old (boy), who says MAYBE five words...

[swannie]

my Lo isn't even close to talking - but I do have a friend who has a 26 month old (boy), who says MAYBE five words...

Does he have any other issues? Has she has him evaluated?

[Kimmeh]

Ireland walked early (10 months) but was a late talker...

my friends kid was a late walker (like 17 months or so) but a early talker.

I think it just depends. Ireland didn't talk until she was over a year old.