WHEN DOES A CHILD SAY MORE THEN JUST DA/MA? -

WHEN DOES A CHILD SAY MORE THEN JUST DA/MA?

I HAVE A 21 MONTH OLD SON, WHO ONLY SAYS DADDA, MAMMA, AND NO (MOSTLY NO!)

SOME PARENTS SAY THIER TODDLER'S USES 30 TO 50 WORDS AT THE SAME AGE?

SHOULD I BE WORRIED.

See also: TODDLER, WHAT AGE, SPEAKS, HOW MANY WRDS

Written by NANCY

Posted on 03/18/2009

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I have a 19 month old and he is the same way. He says mama, dada, cheese, water, ball, food, and car. Most the time though I am the only one who knows what he is saying :)

posted by Bernadette on 03/18/2009

Talk to your pediatrician and see what s/he thinks. They might suggest an evaluation. Is there more than one language spoken in your home? It can take a little bit longer for children to develop vocabulary, but they learn to speak both.

posted by krahbe on 03/19/2009

I wouldn't worry about it. My little girl was the same way up until about a month ago. She's 23months now, well almost! :) Then it was like overnight and she was stringing 3 and 4 words together! The books I've read said that early talkers use one word at a time and their vocabulary is HUGE! Late talkers usually skip the one-word business and go straight to sentences---like mine did! One day I turned around on my heel because my daughter had repeated what I said: "Tha Naw Nie!" (That's not nice!) Forgive the spelling as I'm unfamiliar with Baby language...hehee
Talk to your Pediatrician for additional info...
Good luck!

posted by Shaune on 03/19/2009

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