boys words at 18 months?

Hello

I know this is sort of a how long is a piece of string question but just wondering how many words your 18 month olds have?

I'm getting a bit anxious about little M as he doesn't have more than 6 words (if that as he rarely uses any words!) and by this age big M was full on talking - can they honestly be that different?

paranoid parent alert

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yes they can be that different!

Some babies don't start talking for ages.  All normal, please don't get worried.

Claire-de-Lune has some experience of this, I am sure she will reply.

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D is 17 months and has no words at all. He babbles all the time but doesn't actually say anything.

I think what worries my a little is that at 1 he had a 2 or 3 but he seems to choose not to talk now and just screams tiull he gets what he wants :(

D is 14 months and so far has:

'ot (hot) for cups of tea/coffee and hot taps

hi-ya (I think nursery taught him this) when playing with his toy phone

Dog (all animals at the moment)

Mama/Mummy (both)

Dada/Daddy (both)

Teddy

mooooooooo (cow)

boooon (balloon)

 

Think that is about it for words used in the right context although he jibber jabbers ALL the time.

 

on top of this he has a number of gestures - will shake head for no and nod for yes (and sometimes say Yep as the same time), blows kisses and will give proper kisses on demand, waves bye bye etc

At 14 months we have:

Uppy daidy = oops a daisy!

bye

car (also for cat and that!)

ooh

uh oh

All sounds really rather than words so wouldn't worry

They are all different.  Ben had about 50 at 19 months, the only reason I remember was because I typed them all out for my Mum as she had him for three nights when we went away.  ( I was obviously bored at work)

Yes, they can be that different...  I remember Finn having a conversation about an "acoustic guitar" at 20 months  (I remember because he was chatting to the midwife when Cal was a few days old )

Callan had a maximum of ten words at the same age, and has only recently started talking in full sentences (he's 2 and a half)

I know he understands everything though

Tommy is 19 months.

We have

Door
ball
mum/mama/mummy
ba-bye
car
chair
man
Maia (his friend at the cms)
Dordge (Uncle George)
star
eye
jeans
juice
Da-deee
bird
Uh-oh 
no-no 
key 

 

He doesn't say a huge amount and there are several words that only I understand, he's very good at pointing though!

Thanks guys - it does help to hear other people's experiences! I'll bear with my prehistoric man and hope we get some more words soon :)

T is 19 months on the 13th, he can say, dadda (his favourite!) Cat, car car, stuck, there, grand dad, yogurt, ketchup, garden, and very occasionly mama, but that is about it, and it is very hit and miss whether he actualy uses them or not, he tends to point and pull us to what he wants, but in the last week he has started trying to copy my words more, and is babbling more as well, I would really try not too worry too much they all work at their own pace.

I remember B only having about 10 words for ages, then all of a sudden he was learning a new one every day, and now at 22 months will copy anything he likes the sound of and is starting to put two words together.  Something definitely clicked for him between 18 and 20 months.

I remember writing a down a list of over 20 words which T had at 17months. P didn't have half so many at the same age. Don't worry, it all levels out in the end

WEES. They are all so different. Its not just a boy/girl thing either.

Elijah was an early talker - recognisable words at about 10 months; 20-25 words by a year, 2-3 word sentences by 18m and full, complicated sentences by 2.

Sebastian is 15m and has no real words other than hiya, mama and dada. He makes a handful of other 'word-like sounds'; like 'u' for up, 'ba' for ball etc; but alot of them get lost in his general babble.

They all develop at different rates; and they also have different stregths and weaknesses. For example, Sebastian is alot more physically adept than Elijah - crawled earlier and much more competently, climbs everything and has excellent fine motor control.

I certainly wouldn't worry about speech until they were over 2, unless they struggle with comprehension, or are completely non-verbal.

This is quite reassuring. Alex is 20 months and has (variants of!): cat, Oz (our cat), all done, yogurt, hiya, bye bye, go out, again, hot, orange, yes, no, that. Possibly dada but not mama.