Talking

[Grizabella]

How old was your DS/DD when they started to speak? My son is 11.5 months old, and whilst he babbles, he hasn't started to say Mum/Dad/No/or Ta. He doesn't even really use these syllables repetitively. I'm not going to get too worried just yet, but I am curious about the average age babies usually start to talk. Or if you have any tips on encouraging them to start.

[cwsmum]

I don't remember :o All I remember is that one day no one could understand a word DS said...then all of a sudden you could :yes:
He was saying mum & dad and things like that before 12mths...he was using 2-3 word sentences by 2yrs old.

[Oscar's mum]

Umm before 12 months Ozzy could say the normal

Bub
Mum
Dad
and Duck!:p That was a weird one

Now he is 14 months and says all the above plus


Hello
Floor
Book
No
Press
Dog
Hey
Bye.

[FourAngelKisses]

Jacob said his first word at 22mths (he didn't say mum until he was 8yrs old though.)

Brooke said her first word at 22mths (she was deaf because of glue ear), but was saying 4 word sentences a week later, after she had grommets put in.

Matthew said his first word at 6mths....it was a food related word......"more". LOL

[reAllytee]

Buba has been saying Mama & Dad for while now & at around 10mths started with bear, baby, puppy & pooh bear. He did say bye for awhile but that stopped & he has pretty much stalled with any new words but likes to use ga-ga for a lot of things lol but today everything was a bear ! I was a bear, he was a bear, lights were bears & the t.v was also lol !
I think they go through stages of learning & also what they want to do as well as getting the attention they want lol.
Im often getting to a stage where i wonder if i should be worried but then he goes & does something new. Ive gotten to the stage now where im happy with what he is doing just as he is a happy little boy so i think he will do what he wants when he wants.

[FourAngelKisses]

One thing I learnt was that boys want to go go go, girls want to talk talk talk. It doesn't change when they are teenagers from what I have heard either. lol

[natasha]

I talk to Anna constantly, all day (poor thing).

She says Dadda, more, yep, mummum, gone an um I think that's about it.

She understands so much though. I could ask her pretty much anything and she knows exactly what im saying.:yelclap:

I wouldn't worry about it.

[♥Heaven Sent♥]

dd is 13 months old and says plenty of words but sometimes she wont say that word for a while.She says mum,dad,nanna,granma,hello,bye,yes,no,hey,hi,eye,y umyum,ta some day she will say one word next day she will say another it varies.At home she talks no stop and is on the go all day.She has always been very alert though and catches on to things easily.

[Grizabella]

Yeh I'm not too worrried at the moment. I'm going to keep an eye on it and if I'm really worried, I'll take him to get his hearing checked. It doesn't help that I have a tendency not to talk if I don't have to. So I really have to make a conscious effort to chat to DS as much as possible. Because otherwise I fall into the bad habit of not saying much. That probably plays a big part in it. I mean it's not as if I don't talk to him at all, I do talk to him, but I think I do need to put more emphasis on communication with him.

[CJJHRA]

Kids wont talk if they dont have to, well I have found that with my boys.

My first son, you could hold and understand a conversation with him from 20months old.

My second only talked when he had to, his older brother and I would do lots for him, and he didnt have to say to much, same with DS#3

The twins were a little late to start talking, as they had (still do) their own language going on, and as long as they understand each other they dont care too much.

DD, never said too much either, even though I knew she knew the words, there was again (with 5 older bothers LOL) no need for her to say much to get what she wanted.

But now at 25 months old you can shut her up! she knows just about all of her joining words, and uses them most of the time. She's very clear at what she says to.

when you ask him something, get down on his level and look at him and speak. When you give him something, tell him what you are giving him, when he wants something, and asks, expand on his words a bit more.