My 18 month old only says a handful of words .. mama, dada, papa, baby, puppy (once in a great while), bye .. should I be worried?? She understands ALOT .. very thing I tell her she understands. If I tell her go give this to daddy .. she does .. go put on your slippers (flip-flops) ... she runs to look for them and put them on .. and on on ... I'm getting alittle worried because most of the sites I go to says toddlers at 18 months should say 20-30 words.
2007-02-11 15:34:00 · 12 answers · asked by 05&08 Mommy 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Rest easy and read this:
http://www.zerotothree.org/brainwonders/care_12-18language.html
Your baby is bright. Right now her receptive language is appropriately greater than her expressive language. As she grows, her expressive language will increase.
Just keep reading to her and talking to her. You and she are doing just fine!
2007-02-11 15:45:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My 22 month old son doesn't even say mommy or daddy. He doesn't say one word. He understands everything just like your daughter. We are very worried too. I am making a speech therapy appointment this week for him. Our first son said 20 words by 17 months old so this is a concern for us with our second! My Mother says that my brother didn't say anything till two and a half years old. There is still hope....apparently there is a huge waiting list for speech therapists so you should consider making an appointment even if in the long run you don't need it anymore!
2007-02-11 15:49:23 · answer #2 · answered by Carlotta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter, Georgia, is the comparable way. She would repeat something while she became on the factor of a twelve months yet considering turning out to be so plenty extra self sufficient, she would not repeat as many times. Georgia is now 21 months and can around 25 words or extra (some are complicated to appreciate!). as long as your daughter is babbling, can persist with path and nevertheless utilising the words she knows, she is wonderful. save analyzing to her and chatting together with her approximately issues. in case you're apprehensive you may desire to constantly ask her well being care expert. i'm plenty such as you and difficulty plenty approximately speech. i would be starring to work out what different solutions you get.
2016-09-29 00:00:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your are a stay at home mom as well as I am... then you should take some time out of your day and get a book or something and look at it with your baby... point out some things to your child...tell her what it is... look at the book often... even if you work... try to find some time when you get off and do this... and also... if your child is wanting something... dont just hand it to her... ask her if she wants whatever it maybe.... i did this with my son... and he can say a bunch of big words.... and he is only two... i know a bunch of people that ask me how I get him to say so much.. and i just tell him that I sit down with him... and teach him things..... he does not go to a day care.. and knows his colors and shapes.... he can say whatever we can say... somethings i wish he couldnt say.... but try that... and maybe it will help you... good luck
2007-02-11 17:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by twobabyboys21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't worry - you're daughter sounds perfectly normal.
Read to her, sing songs, and so on. When you are doing things around the house keep talking about what you are doing.
Ask her lots of questions, and give her time to answer. Talk WITH her, so she learns to express herself in response to other people.
Relax, in just a few months your daughter will be talking all the time.
2007-02-11 16:37:37 · answer #5 · answered by sandyblondegirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please don't worry. My son wouldn't talk until well after his second birth. Now he's close to four and he won't shut up! LOL
If she understands instructions, then her language development is probably fine. I had a lot of people telling me my son needed speech therapy, but like you, I knew that he understood everything we said. He just wasn't in a hurry to talk. Kids will develop at their own pace. Before you know, she'll be talking your ear off!
2007-02-11 15:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by Amanda M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't worry yet. I was worried about mine at that age too, I asked the dr, she said, you have got to be kidding me, he can say that much, lol.
Kids say more than what we realize they do, we just can't always understand them. Don't pay attn to the websites either, you will drive yourself crazy. I read one that said to start potty training at 3 mos. so I don't think they are always right on, lol.
As long as she can understand you don't worry. Some kids are just quiet.
2007-02-11 15:40:17 · answer #7 · answered by Chrissy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think there is anything to worry about. All my children started speaking after 2 years and they are very much normal.
2007-02-11 15:44:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 15 month old is the same....she says only mama, dada, and grama. but like yours she understands everything I tell her too. everyone always tells me that she says more than that i just dont understand baby.....does yours talk in jibberish much?
2007-02-11 18:33:29 · answer #9 · answered by hollykevinalaina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right to focus on her comprehension, that's most important.
also, when our pediatrician counted words of our 18 mo old, she counted words he'd only said once.
Don't worry, keep talking to her lots. Talk to her in long sentences with subordinate clauses. When you walk to the mailbox, say 'we're walking to the mb, we're strolling, we're skipping, we're ambling"
teach synonyms. read to her like crazy, read books over and over if she wants you to.
and relax!
2007-02-11 15:43:39 · answer #10 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋