When did u kids starting talking. I have a 21 month old and he does not say many words.

I just had my maternal check up for my daughter, She's 19 months but it was her 18 month check up and the lady asked me how many words does she say...

So basically said for her age she should be saying 5 to 10 words..

I hope that helps

DS is 21m and he says single word but less than 30 in total.

I wouldn't worry too much at this stage, he will definatly be taking in everything you say and one day the words will just pop out!

at my daughter's 18 month check she was saying 26 single words.
she is now 2.5 and says 4 word sentences, asks "why, where, what and how"

all children are diffrent. i have a friend who's son is 3 and dosen't say much. he has been checked for hearing and speech, and all came back fine, i think he is just shy

My sisters son is 18months and she was worried about his speech as he was developing alot slower than her other 2kids. Plunket said as long he can say at least 5 words by the time hes 2 years old and he can understand what you are saying. Apparently its more about what they uderstand than what they can say as then it will eventually come at its own time

My 22 month old isn't saying any words except "Dad". He makes lots of sounds and can understand what we tell him. I'm not getting too worried yet as he was a bit delayed with crawling and walking. We do have him booked in for a hearing test in March just to rule out any hearing issues.

All children really are different. At 22months my DS1 could only say about 15-20words and only used 3-4 words regularly. He didn't say mum until after his 2nd birthday. At 2.5yrs he could say a 13word sentance (I counted because I was amazed), but mainy used 4-5word sentances. Things to consider are do they understand what you say (my DS understood heaps) and do they communicate in over ways, point, grunt, signs etc. If they are doing those things I wouldn't worry but just keep an eye on it. If you do think they need assessment talk to ECN as there can be a long wait if you go public.

smile My DS is 2 in about 2 weeks and he can only say Mumma, Dadda, Emma, Sissy, Nanna, Poppa and thats about it but he can certainly tell us and show us what he wants. They are just all so different!!

my now 2 & 1/2 yo at her 2 yo check was lucky if she was saying 10 words and by then (going by the maternal child health nurse) was supposed to be saying 20-50. but now she's saying heaps she had her hearing test and that was all good and shes saying a lot more now anyway but she's already been on the waiting list for speach pathology for about 3 months and was 90th on the waiting list when i checked with them. I ready to her a lot and shes trying to say the ABC now so when we're out we practice that and numbers...

My DD had probably 10 different words that she was using at 13 months. However, she then appeared to lose them all and didn't really talk very much for a long time after that. I can't really remember when she started to get them back but certainly by 2 years, she had a vocabulary of maybe 50 words although was still speaking in individual words and not putting them together at all (not even two words together).

At her 2 year Plunket check, the nurse suggested that I call her in two months (i.e. age 2 years 2 months) if DD was not speaking in sentences, so that she could be referred for a hearing test. I was most surprised at this, because I did not have concerns about DD's hearing, due to the 50-word vocab (which I thought was quite advanced, from what her daycare and what people on this forum would have me believe) and due to the fact that DD clearly understands everything that is said to her. But anyway, only a month after this, DD did start putting words together, and now at 2 years 3 months is speaking in near-perfect sentences, so that part came together really quickly.

As others have mentioned, all children develop at different rates and if you think your son understands what is being said, then there is not much cause for concern. Another thing to bear in mind is that boys often develop slower than girls when it comes to things like talking.

Hi,

Was just glad to read this thread as my DS who is 23 months is not saying much.

He is still just saying single words, many are just sounds or he uses signs/actions to get his message across. He even has said a number of words and like Izzys_Mum mentioned appeared to lose them, as not said them again for a very long time.

He does seem to have a lot of understanding as can carry out requests and if you ask him to find something on a page in a book he will point it out, no worries. So reading the previous posts about this, was helpful to me.

So thank you.

My DD wasnt using many words at 2 (prob 5ish) i was a little concerned, but she could follow instructions and understand everything we said to her. She preferred to use her type of charades to show us what she wanted lol

She's now 2 & 1/2 and is probably not quite as talkative as other children her age, but her vocabulary has increased quite significantly lately, alot of words she has her own way of saying like elephant is ebiphant, but its close enough smile

Every child develops at their own pace

We're the opposite! DD started talking at 12 months and had a repertoire of more than 80 words by 15 months. In our mother's group she is a bit of a freak though!! She now (at 24 months) knows several nursery rhymes in full and speaks in full sentences but I don't think this is normal.

Our GP commented on her language and said the normal milestone for 2 yrs is stringing 2 words together so if your toddler isn't doing that by 2.5 I'd probably look into it a bit to see if there's any issues.

All kids develop differently (my DH is always saying Einstein didn't speak til he was 3 years old!) so I would not stress and just try to model lots of talking and read lots of books smile