Is this advanced for a 25 month old?

[Thing1Thing2]

My 25 month old said to me today "little car car is thirsty, Bubba thirsty too water please mama." Anyone know if this is normal or advanced? To me it seems like a very complex sentence.

He also gave me a hug when I said "mama is going to cry", and said "it's ok mama".

Do or did your children do this at 25 months?

[EzzysMom]

Mine does but from the kids around her it seems that she is on the advanced side too. One I noticed lately that I was impressed with "I want you to open this side, but not the other one". This of course referring to my bra and nursing.

[LadyCatherine185]

My DS says/does similar things, but he has always been advanced in the verbal department.

[sanguine_speed]

It's definitely not behind or delayed, and that's what's important, right?

[rightkindofme]

My daughter was talking like that by about 20 months, so I'm not a great judge. Compared to the other two year olds in our play group that is pretty advanced.

[Thing1Thing2]

Thanks. I'm so surprised because I always thought he was a little behind. He usually rattles on and on with these long sentences and DH and I can't understand him. When we ask him to repeat them, he says the same thing... same syllables and sounds - in a language we can't decipher! It just seemed other kids his age were able to annunciate better.

Now, finally (just this week actually) his words are becoming a little more pronounced and he is coming out with these thoughts and sentences that seem so advanced for someone who is just learning to talk.

Like an hour ago, I was coloring with him and he took a look at my picture and said "pretty coloring, mama". I'm amazed at how fast we are seeing a new side of him. And I'm glad that he's not behind.

[ellemenope]

According to this the typical 24 month old can:

Can name a number of objects common to his surroundings
Is able to use at least two prepositions, usually chosen from the following: in, on, under
Combines words into a short sentence-largely noun-verb combinations (mean) length of sentences is given as 1.2 words
Approximately 2/3 of what child says should be intelligible
Vocabulary of approximately 150-300 words
Rhythm and fluency often poor
Volume and pitch of voice not yet well-controlled
Can use two pronouns correctly: I, me, you, although me and I are often confused
My and mine are beginning to emerge
Responds to such commands as "show me your eyes (nose, mouth, hair)

To me, he sounds quite ahead of that.

Originally Posted by rightkindofme

My daughter was talking like that by about 20 months, so I'm not a great judge. Compared to the other two year olds in our play group that is pretty advanced.

DD is also 25 months old. She is the most advanced speaking child in her age group (say 12 months each way) IRL. There is nothing she cannot say. The other day she told me she was "too fwustrated to co-woperate" So, if you are looking for anecdotes (which I love), DD has already mastered just about everything on that list up until 8 years excluding reading, writing, and time-telling.

Online, I have come across kids who have spoken like the examples you gave at 12 months!

That being said your little one is ahead and appears to have a love of language like my DD has. Oh, and he sounds like a love. That would just melt my heart.

[Thing1Thing2]

Originally Posted by ellemenope

According to this the typical 24 month old can:



To me, he sounds quite ahead of that.





DD is also 25 months old. She is the most advanced speaking child in her age group (say 12 months each way) IRL. There is nothing she cannot say. The other day she told me she was "too fwustrated to co-woperate" So, if you are looking for anecdotes (which I love), DD has already mastered just about everything on that list up until 8 years excluding reading, writing, and time-telling.

Online, I have come across kids who have spoken like the examples you gave at 12 months!

That being said your little one is ahead and appears to have a love of language like my DD has. Oh, and he sounds like a love. That would just melt my heart.

Melts my heart too. Today at dinner time he said "good food mama".
And your little one sounds like a treasure as well!

[physmom]

Originally Posted by BonnieNova

Thanks. I'm so surprised because I always thought he was a little behind. He usually rattles on and on with these long sentences and DH and I can't understand him. When we ask him to repeat them, he says the same thing... same syllables and sounds - in a language we can't decipher! It just seemed other kids his age were able to annunciate better.

Now, finally (just this week actually) his words are becoming a little more pronounced and he is coming out with these thoughts and sentences that seem so advanced for someone who is just learning to talk.

DD's also had this problem. Her pronunciation can be really hard to understand sometimes but her vocabulary in and of itself has been advanced. I'm hoping her pronunciation becomes clearer soon, because she leaves us scratching our heads so many times afterwards even though she's really sure of what she said. One example I can think of off the top of my head is that since she was well under a year old she kept saying "mapai". We couldn't figure out what it was! But over time it's become clear that "mapai" turned into "mamae" (mommy in portuguese) so now I feel bad for all the times that she was asking for me and I had no clue.

Your kid isn't bilingual by any chance? We've always just chalked it up to that...

[LadyCatherine185]

My DS's pronunciation became really clear a couple months back, all at once. Like, within 2 days. Though, I could always understand his non-clear words too, but not many other people could.

[ASusan]

Originally Posted by BonnieNova

Thanks. I'm so surprised because I always thought he was a little behind. He usually rattles on and on with these long sentences and DH and I can't understand him. When we ask him to repeat them, he says the same thing... same syllables and sounds - in a language we can't decipher! It just seemed other kids his age were able to annunciate better.

Now, finally (just this week actually) his words are becoming a little more pronounced and he is coming out with these thoughts and sentences that seem so advanced for someone who is just learning to talk.

Like an hour ago, I was coloring with him and he took a look at my picture and said "pretty coloring, mama". I'm amazed at how fast we are seeing a new side of him. And I'm glad that he's not behind.

This sounds similar to my DS, although at a little later age. I was worried that he was a little behind; he seemed/s to be babbling through things and to himself; I'm not sure others can understand him, as I don't understand him 25% of the time. Then, bam, he comes out with something quite complex and understandable. It seems to happen in spurts.

I have wondered if his pronunciation is correlated to when I remember to give him his CLO.

[ellemenope]

Originally Posted by physmom

DD's also had this problem. Her pronunciation can be really hard to understand sometimes but her vocabulary in and of itself has been advanced. I'm hoping her pronunciation becomes clearer soon, because she leaves us scratching our heads so many times afterwards even though she's really sure of what she said. One example I can think of off the top of my head is that since she was well under a year old she kept saying "mapai". We couldn't figure out what it was! But over time it's become clear that "mapai" turned into "mamae" (mommy in portuguese) so now I feel bad for all the times that she was asking for me and I had no clue.

Your kid isn't bilingual by any chance? We've always just chalked it up to that...

This reminds me of DD. Her first combination of words was: Mimi girl <sign for boat> hat She was trying to say that in the picture there was a little girl with a bow on her hat. (Mimi is a monkey in some of her books that happened to have the same skin tone as this little girl. And she was signing boat because it sounded like bow to her.)

That made total sense, right? I got that right away. It helped that she was pointing at the picture.

Well, shortly after she kept saying "Gi Mi Go." We thought she was obsessed with that girl, (because she was ) and was saying "mimi girl." We would even correct her pronounciation.

Days went by, and she kept saying it, but saying it better. We finally realized she was saying "Green means go" when she pointed up to the traffic signal. I will never forget her face, when we finally understood her.

So Keep listening hard. They are saying things!

[ASusan]

Originally Posted by ellemenope

Well, shortly after she kept saying "Gi Mi Go." We thought she was obsessed with that girl, (because she was ) and was saying "mimi girl." We would even correct her pronounciation.

Days went by, and she kept saying it, but saying it better. We finally realized she was saying "Green means go" when she pointed up to the traffic signal. I will never forget her face, when we finally understood her.

So Keep listening hard. They are saying things!

We these sorts of things quite frequently. DS will be trying SO HARD to tell us something, and we just don't get it. We will keep asking and encouraging, but, please, DS, give us a clue. Point, look, be in a context, say something related to where we are or what is happening. (Frequently, he pipes up from the back seat after daycare. He's rear-facing, so it's REALLY hard to figure out what he is trying to communicate. It could be anything that happened to him that day, or when Daddy took him to daycare that morning.)

[Thing1Thing2]

Nak...

Originally Posted by physmom

Your kid isn't bilingual by any chance? We've always just chalked it up to that...

He's not really bilingual, but I come from a Spanish speaking background. I do speak a little, but not in my home since DH doesn't speak it. When DS was about 13 months he started saying "agua" (spanish for water). To this day, I have wondered where he picked that up from.

Originally Posted by ASusan

This sounds similar to my DS, although at a little later age. I was worried that he was a little behind; he seemed/s to be babbling through things and to himself; I'm not sure others can understand him, as I don't understand him 25% of the time. Then, bam, he comes out with something quite complex and understandable. It seems to happen in spurts.

I have wondered if his pronunciation is correlated to when I remember to give him his CLO.

Hmm.. I'm sure it could be related. We don't do CLO b/c of DS allergies, but you have gotten me thinking about EFA's (or our recent lack thereof). I think for lunch I will cook up that wild caught salmon steak I have in the freezer! If he has any language leaps i'll let you know!

Originally Posted by ellemenope

This reminds me of DD. Her first combination of words was: Mimi girl <sign for boat> hat She was trying to say that in the picture there was a little girl with a bow on her hat. (Mimi is a monkey in some of her books that happened to have the same skin tone as this little girl. And she was signing boat because it sounded like bow to her.)

That made total sense, right? I got that right away. It helped that she was pointing at the picture.

Well, shortly after she kept saying "Gi Mi Go." We thought she was obsessed with that girl, (because she was ) and was saying "mimi girl." We would even correct her pronounciation.

Days went by, and she kept saying it, but saying it better. We finally realized she was saying "Green means go" when she pointed up to the traffic signal. I will never forget her face, when we finally understood her.

So Keep listening hard. They are saying things!

Thanks for the story. Wouldn't it be great if they carried around a little book with pictures in it to point to?