1 year olds and talking - ???

mckayleesmom wrote: Did anyone else's 1 year old take a long time to talk? Russell can say Mama and dadda and occassionally mimic something you say (still very rare). Mckaylee was talking our ears off by 1. Russell is now 14 months and shows no real interest in talking...Occassionally some babling, but not to often. He is also very baby like still. He can walk and do stuff, but still seems so little.

mckayleesmom replied: BTW...I know he will do it at his own pace. Im not really worried, he will talk when he wants. I just want to know if its common.

moped replied: Jack really didn't start saying a whole lot until about 2 months ago, now he imitates and mimicks everything - don't worry!!!!!!!

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: Wil is 18 months and says maybe six words at best and they are never consistent. I can repeat a word to him a million times and he will NEVER repeat it after me. He only says words when HE wants to say them, so it's always out of the blue. My ped says it's normal for boys to talk later than girls. She wants me to call her by 21 months if I don't see an improvement by then.

msoulz replied: My boy didn't talk much at all until about 2, and we haven't been able to stop him for 5 years now! We did worry about it at the time but he is totally normal now and speaks very clearly and well relative to the other kids his age.

coasterqueen replied: Maybe it's a second child syndrome? Who knows. Kylie was talking my head off at a year and fairly clear. Megan says da-da and can make the g sound until you go deaf. She will say ma-ma only if it's 2 am and she's starving to be fed.

Megan is definitely MANY words behind what Kylie was at this age.

mom21kid2dogs replied:
I was going to suggest the same thing (in combination with speech being a sex related difference as well). My sister has 2 boys 14 months apart. The first was very vocal & very clear with speech. The second is basically unrecognizable speechwise. I think for hers it's second child syndrome (plus some medical issues~eyes & ears~poor guy!)

~~*Missi*~~ replied: my husband didn't say a WORD til he was three. LOL
i just read on gymboree that language development comes in the second year and beyond but not to be worried if it takes time or if the kid points and grunts etc... that is enough for them to get what they want so why bother talking!
Hope that helps

MM'sMama replied: Brice didn't really say a whole lot at that age ether pretty much just momma dadda and tat (cat).

3xsthefun replied: Kaitlynn she was talking like crazy time she was 1 year old and still loves to talk.

Maegan she didn't really start saying alot until she turned 2 back in November. She is really starting say better sentences and mimics everything we say now. Somethings I can't understand still, but least she is talking.

My inlaws drove me nuts when she was about 18 and hardly saying anything. They said that she needed be talking more. I about told them off a few times.

My3LilMonkeys replied: I agree with the second child syndrome - the only word Madison can say is Mom. She babble incoherently a lot, but that's it.

huggybugboy replied: miles doesnt say anything in context. and he yells everything.

A&A'smommy replied: I have heard that can be somewhat normal for a boy they tend to be on the lazier side, than and being the second child my brother was that way and he is fine now. Anyway if your worried ask your ped at your next app.

CAMSMOM1 replied: Cameron went in spurts. At 1 he was saying like 4 words, and then for months, nothing. Then after awhile, a few more words, then nothing. And now all of a sudden, he is talking, talking, talking!!! He says a few short sentences, but he is repeating everything, and picks up on words easily now. I think they go through a language explosion, some start early on, and other's wait forever! Repeating words to him really helped. Like the others said, boys are slower than girls. They tend to pick up on physical things faster than girls.


But.... I just looked this up for you in my handy book "What to Expect the First Year". And this is what it said:

12 months: "Say mama or dada discriminately (most will say at least one of these by 14 months). Say one word OTHER than mama or dada. (many won't say their first word until 14 months or later.)

HTH.

MamaJAM replied: Like you said - he'll talk on his own schedule. Some of my kids were more chatty as tots than others.

My only question is this -- does his sister 'talk for him'? Meaning does she like to tell you what he wants and needs....or does she 'translate' his babbling for you? I noticed that DS#2 wasn't really talking after his 1st b-day...he said a few words but not many. I also noticed that his older brother liked talking 'for' him. It was hard to explain to DS#1 (then only 2 years old) that he needed to let his brother speak for himself...but once DS#1 wasn't doing all the talking for them both - DS#2 started using some more words. (Just a thought.)

3_call_me_mama replied: No help here Both of mine were early talkers. They talked A LOT and never stopped. Cameron tlaked more thatn kathleen at this age (18 months) but she says more things that we are shocked about (liek random wotrds that we didn't even know she could pronounce or things that just make you bust a gut.. like "GO AWAY" )
There isnt' much she can't say but it kinda happened avernight. One day she just babbled adn said maybe 20 -30 words and then teh next day she was using mini sentences and had at least over 200 words. (It wasn't really overnight but seemed liek it!) LOL >

CantWait replied: Very normal. Anthony was the same way, and then all of a sudden one day, (closer to 2) he wouldn't stop Enjoy it while you can.

amynicole21 replied: Sophia knew 200 words when she was 18 months, but my friends' kids weren't anywhere near that at her age. Nora says dada and mama, but doesn't use them correctly. I'll have to keep in mind the "siblings talking for you" trap with Sophia...

mom2tripp replied: DON'T YOU WORRY BRIANNE!!! You know every child is different. Tripp is now 15 months old and says anything that you say but he just started that--all kids do their own thing

USMCwife replied: My neice just started talking about 6 months ago or maybe a little earlier than that.She will be 3 in May, now she talks ALL the time! lol
My daughter Eden is 6, she started talking around a year and a half but it wasnt very clear, she started talking better around 4.
Now my son Garrett is 6 months and he is saying "ada ada dada" and every once in awhile he will make a noise like "mum mum mum".