My daughter is 16 months old, and she understands everything you say, but she won't say it herself.  She says dada, but won't say mama.  Her cousin isn't even a year, and she is saying "silly brother."  Should I be concerned?

No you shouldnt be concerned, all children learn at their own paces. My son didnt start making sense til he was 18 months old. We bought him the "my baby can read" and that helped him ALOT!! They have similar versions of it at babies r us. My son is 2 and he talks NON STOP! My neice is 2 months older than my son and she doesnt talk very much, she can say simple words but doesnt put sentences together, so it just really depends on the child, but i do recommend "my baby can read"

Chanda. I do not think you should be concerned if your baby is developing normally otherwise. Everybody is different. Mayby you baby has reached another milestones first and is taking time with talking. Just continue to read to her and point out objects while saying their names, as well as when she points. My daughter is 14 months and she talks a lot, but no real words except for mama, daddy, and "oh baby" :-) However our situation is a little different since my husband is originally from Mexico and I am originally from Ukraine. So we are trying for her to speak these 2 languages first before English. My husband and his family talks to her in Spanish and I and my family in Russian. We do use English with my husband talking to each other. So I think she might be confused and it is going to be more difficult for her, but I hear it is worth it in the end. I also agree with Stephanie. You do not need to get "My baby can read" necessarily, but they do have a lot of other similar programs available and they are fun for parents and children. I would get one myself, but we do not want to teach her English yet. So... We'll see

Good luck. And do not worry. Once she starts talking, you will not be able to stop her :-)

Chanda,

I am the mother of twins and had a similar situation with one of my daughters.  She would not speak, but seemed to understand what we said to her.  We were told by everyone that all children develop at their own pace and not to worry. 

Finally, we had to put her in speech therapy because at 2 years, she barely said mom, dad, and nana.  The therapist suggested having her hearing checked.  I thought to myself that I would know if she had a hearing problem, but I went anyway.

Well, turns out she is deaf in one ear.  I agree, children develop at their own pace, but you should find out if there is some other reason for the delay.  Have her ears checked.  My daughter had an ABR test and that's how we found out about the problem.

Good luck.

I wouldn't worry at all, not unless she was 3 and not talking.  Ds wasn't talking every much at all till after he turned 2(last Dec) and now at 26months he repeats EVERYTHING and it seems like he's been talking alot longer.

Thank you so much to everyone who answered my question about my daughter not talking hrdly at all.  I appreciate your reasurance! 

I agree with everyone else. I wouldn't worry. I wouldn't worry until she is around 2 1/2 or 3. All kids are so different and they develop differently.