How many words/phrases can your 18 month old say?

[kgianforti]

Just wondering....thanks!

[neveryoumindthere]

Barely any :

baba
water
ta-da! :

He used to say mama but doesn't anymore

He mostly mumbles, points and gestures to get his point across.

anyone else?

[eclipse]

Originally Posted by neveryoumindthere

Barely any :

baba
water
ta-da! :

He used to say mama but doesn't anymore

He mostly mumbles, points and gestures to get his point across.

anyone else?

That's pretty similar to what my 4 year old was saying at that age. He speaks a lot better now, but is still "behind" for his age.

[fruitfulmomma]

Down/done - that one she has been doing for awhile.
No
Mama

She'll repeat some other stuff but doesn't say it consistently. I am trying to teach her some signs cause I can't stand the shrieking.

ETA: She is tongue-tied which *could* be an issue for her.

[freestylemama]

Why? Kids are so different. My DD said over a hundred words and used complete sentences at 18 months but still ate crayons. Her little friend, who lives in a bilingual home, couldn't say anything but could draw faces and snowmen at 18 months.

[Nicole730]

At that age DS had over 50 words and a few two word phrases, but I think he thought they were one word because he always heard them together, like All done. Get down. Thanks you.

[karika]

dd1 spoke in complete sentences by that age, and had independent thoughts conveyed. Like she would say, "look at the bird in the tree. I like birds." dd2 is not talking intelligibly at 18 mo. She can say the first part of a word, like "bur" for bird, which she will say in repetition when we say, "look at the bird". she says "da" for my parenting partner that is male, acting as her father. She says "mama" pretty good again after a long time of not saying it. When she first started saying it, she said it for about a month then quit, back when she was 12 mo or so. Oh and she will say "coooo" for cookie. That was her first really recognizable thing besides mama and da... she will say daw for dog... she is trying hard to repeat what we say now, so I can tell she is very close to being able to speak, but it is strange having such disparity between the two children. I did the same sort of things with both, like talking about everything as I am doing it, carrying on one-sided conversations with them... one big difference I am sure of is that dd1 loved to hear books read to her from 8 mo on, and dd2 is only now starting to want to hear books. I am chalking it up to every baby is different. I have wondered if dd2 is tongue tied because she has such a lazy latch, only sucking on the ends of my nipples if I let her, but I read about them and checked and she can stick her tongue out properly so I don't think that is it.

[barefootmama0709]

Canaan said over 300 words at 18 months and spoke in sentences. He also talked about himself correctly in first-person "I like cows" etc.

[eclipse]

I wanted to add - my older two talked like regular kids by that age (as opposed to like toddlers). I couldn't even guess how many words they said, but they used proper grammar, spoke long, complex sentences. It was a big surprise when my youngest was nearly non-verbal at that age. It's amazing how kids are different.

[kgianforti]

Originally Posted by freestylemama

Why? Kids are so different. My DD said over a hundred words and used complete sentences at 18 months but still ate crayons. Her little friend, who lives in a bilingual home, couldn't say anything but could draw faces and snowmen at 18 months.

Why? Because I was checking out the PBS Development Tracker and was wondering how on point it was because kids ARE different.

Plus I was wondering where my 18 mo fit in. Isn't that the point of parenting forums? Asking questions and sharing experiences?

[frontierpsych]

DS is 21 months and has about 30-40 words, but doesn't put them together yet. Some favorites are: hi, bye, thank you, and boob (when he wants to nurse, lol!)

[frontierpsych]

Originally Posted by freestylemama

Why? Kids are so different. My DD said over a hundred words and used complete sentences at 18 months but still ate crayons. Her little friend, who lives in a bilingual home, couldn't say anything but could draw faces and snowmen at 18 months.

It really is interesting how different they all are! DS leaves 3 year olds in the dust on the playground, but isn't the least bit interested in books. He is very interested in taking things apart and trying to put them together again, but he can't sit still through a restaurant dinner.

I figured the point of this thread was to see how different they all were.

[kgianforti]

For the record, my small girl says over 200 words and phrases. Sometimes grammatically correct and sometimes not. Her longest phrase was "I don't have my yay-yay in my mouth." I told that to 2 people IRL and I don't think they believed me. Thus checking the PBS Development Tracker and wondering how accurate it is.

[~cassie]

Andrew at 18 mths had about 500 words, mostly 1 words but a few 2 word phrases--uh oh, oh no, etc. Not at 22 mths is at 800 or so words and 2-3 words mostly-one phrase he loves is "agatta, go way, chomp chomp" which is alligator, go away, chomp chomp, he's convinced an alligator is behind our couch, haha.

Now, my oldest son, at 22 mths had maybe 20 words max and hit his stride at that time and added a ton, but no where near what my younges does.

[pbjmama]

My first child said 1-2 words at that age, they were not really clear.
My second child said around 50, very clear and some combos.

There really is a wide range of normal.

[RebeccaWo]

I guess I need to start writing all of DD's words down in an Excel spreadsheet or something. I have no clue how many words she says, maybe 50. No discernible phrases and definitely no full sentences. But, she babbles all day long and her verbal skills seem to be on par.

[sweet~potato]

My ds will be 18 months in 10 days and says up, dada, mama, bubba (brother), snack, bird, and probably a few others I can't think of right now. My ds1 at that age said about the same amount. He really started talking when he turned 2 and he hasn't stopped talking since, lol.

[Skippy918]

At 18 months, DS had maybe 5 words he knew, like ball, bath and doggie. His speech just exploded a few weeks ago, he's 21 months now. He can say a lot more words, but his only sentence is "more please". But like another poster said, he only says the first part of the word, like bur for bird and du for duck, his lovey is yahyee, nak for snack. He'll try to repeat what you say if you ask him. I'm not worried. I've also been told by his daycare teacher that he talks a lot more over there.

[rlmueller]

Umm zero phrases

none. First word was arrow and didn't say my name until 22 months--but then it wasn't my name, it was, "Mama, are you?" (trying to find me in the library.

[LadyCatherine185]

DS had around 200 words at 18 months, and has added many more since (language explosion!) is up to about 300 (maybe more) at 21 months but I lost count long ago. He spoke in 2 word sentences/phrases quite a bit at 18 months, and is now speaking in 2-4 word sentences. He has always been ahead on verbal and physical milestones, though. There is definitely a wide range of normal.