I dont know what to tell my 13 month old daughter...she speaks the same thing (mumbles)?

Question

but i dont understand her and she says the same thing i just tell "wow oh ok " i feel helpless...she looks so cute talking to me but i just dont understand her...what should i do...anyone from experience...lol...i know its hard but i need to see if anyone else feels helpless too..lol...thanks

Answer 1

ur doing the right thing cause she might not be making words yet."OH REALLY THAT GREAT' i would start making her repeat what u say like sippy...ect. it mostly likely won't be right but it will be close like 'ippy' we asked urs alot what she said...and then take a stab at it she was trying to say .she would get so mad becasue we'd guess wrong. and she shake her head no i'd tell say it again sometimes we get it right sometimes not. ppl say not to correct kids when they say something wrong but we alway have and she speaks very well now how else are they going to learn anless u correct them how to say words right? and i always told her mommys dosen't under stand when u whine. but she is a bit young for that.
good luck

Answer 2

My daughter does the same thing... it cracks me up how she can go on and on about I have no idea what... someday soon I hope I'll be able to understand what it is she is telling me. Words are appearing and sign language helps a lot (she can tell me when she's hungry, tired, or wants to brush her teeth - she loves to brush her teeth) so it's really just a matter of a few more mths and we'll be able to really talk to our babies! My girl is 15mths now, a little older, but she's learning french and english as first languages so I dont even know what language it is she's saying. She says bana for banana, or perhaps it's banane, tata for water so that must be english as it's nothing like l'eau.... anyways, got off track, just wanted to say I'm going through the same thing as you and not to worry. It can be frustrating when she's asking for something and I dont understand as she quickly loses her temper and starts screaming until I figure it out. That gets old. They sure are adorable at this stage though, arent they? I keep thinking the stage she is at is the cutest, and then she'll go and learn something new and of course is getting bigger, than I say, no wait, THIS is the cutest stage. It's great to be a mom, isnt it?

Answer 3

I can relate. I went through the same thing. Conversation with her is an awesome thing though. It stimulates her, even if you don't know what she is saying. Just by responding to her and TRYING to communicate (even though I know how hard that is) it is a good thing for her. Talk to her often. Tell her things you are doing. If you are putting bread in the oven, tell her what you are doing. Teach her words. Vocabulary is a great thing for them to learn.

But I promise you are not the first person to say "wow oh ok" I've done it a million times myself and there are plenty other ppl that do it too. And sometimes you do feel helpless.

Answer 4

Your doing great. Just keep responding and letting her know that you are interested in what she has to say even if none of it makes sense. I have twin daughters that are not yet 2 years old and people are impressed with how much they "say." Most of it is gibberish to me and I can only understand about five words, but I try to encourage them by letting them know that I do listen to them. It does make me feel a bit helpless when they are upset and I can't figure out why, but I know that the more I talk to them the sooner they will pick it up and become more understandable.

Answer 5

no one understands her right now,and everyone feels that helpless feeling sometimes, but you will soon be the only one who does, haha...just talk to her as if you understand her perfectly. she will get better at speaking the words by hearing you speak, this is how she learns. so if she points at the window and starts babbling, maybe say "do you see a bird in the sky? let's look! yes, there is a bird flying in the sky, see it?" or something like that..this way she hears new words and will start associating them with the things you are talking about...and sooner than you think she will be talking perfectly coherent circles around you. enjoy!

Answer 6

You are on the right track but even the little ones catch on to ok pretty fast. I ask questions like I am hearing a story. "Oh my, what happened next?" "How did you feel?" "Then what did you do?" Stuff like that. If she pauses and it seems to be the end of that one, I say, "That was a great story, doyou have another?". I always figured it would help them develop the rhythm of speech and conversation. They would know I was listening and interested but as they learn to talk they get the guidance of what I need to hear next to understand their story. Then when they get a little more finess in their speech, they tell a better story.

Answer 7

i have a cuson who is almost two and we cant understand her at all bc she if half germon. so when she talks all u get is a mixture of germon and english. the only thing you can really do is to talk to her so she starts saying what she hears. even tho its a little early, show her colors and when she goes to sit down say chair. its very hard at first but it will get better. any time i got next door. my neighbor tells me every thing that happened last night even tho it happend this morning or a week age. i just have to go along with it.

Answer 8

My son is a late talker. he's two one million/2 and has purely now began attempting to mimick us with words like ball, bubble, tub, etc. in basic terms interior the previous couple of weeks has he finally desperate he ought to call us mama & daddy (in spite of the reality that he won't say daddy anymore and quite calls him gaga, lol). If she does not have the sounds in her vocabulary yet to create the words you additionally could make issues worse via attempting to tension her to do some thing she isn't able to doing. My suggestion would be to commence signing together with her. p.c.. 2 or 3 words that are significant for her and commence there. greater is possibly between the main worry-unfastened first warning signs. you are able to google toddler warning signs and you will arise with a number of of great info on the thank you to make is efficient. the explanation I advise signing is that that's nevertheless considered one of those communique. As she's getting on the threshold of the point of independence you would be in for some huge meltdowns if she will't aid you recognize what she needs. everyone that publicizes signing delays the speech is misinformed as there is fairly no analyze to lower back that up. With signing you purely must be consistent. teach her the sign and make her arms do the sign. purely verify to apply it each and every time you're saying the be conscious. that's possibly she's purely going to commence talking in some unspecified time interior the destiny yet once you're fairly caught and want help my suggestion would be to touch your interior reach early little ones software. you will get their touch info out of your interior reach consumer-friendly college. they're going to do a unfastened assessment and via that factor you would be waiting to ask extremely some questions and get great techniques from the pros themselves. that's a source that has been useful to us. stable success.

Answer 9

Keep doing what you are doing. She is mocking the rhythms she hears in your conversations with other people. Children learn their speech patterns from Mommy, and she is learning! You are doing the right thing-acknowledge that she is speaking to you and converse with her as though you were talking to some one carrying on a regular conversation. You will soon find that she is speaking in complete sentences and she will speak to you (and any one else, for that matter) with confidence and authority once she learns all the words that go with her inflection!

Good for you for instinctively doing the right thing!!!!

Answer 10

It's hard but you just keep talking to her, and pointing out things to her and saying the words. Do it everytime your doing anything, feeding her, cleaning up, playing with toys, or anything. My neighbor calls food yum yums for her two children and they have speech problems as well with just mumbling. Continues repeating of words has taught them certain things and has gotten them to speak even though they still mumble half the time. It just takes patience and lots and lots of repeating.