When does a child start to say his/her own name? - Page 2

[Shannie77]

My DD2 is 18 months and she has maybe 200 words or more... not really sure. She says "mine", and "me" if you ask "who wants..." She rarely says her name.  She CAN say it but she doesn't really use it at all.  She does however say her sisters name all the time "Everly"... although it sounds like "Ed-da-deee". 

[schlafmanko]

My daughter didn't do it until last month, at 25 months.  She still calls herself "you" or "baby" more often than "Becca."

[Aufilia]

It seems to me that DS started saying his name around 20ish months.  He started saying his sister's first... or at least an approximation of it.  Here at 26 months he doesn't say either name in a way that strangers can understand.  He says "Ninen" for himself and "Eyne" for his sister (Vivian)

[cristeen]

My DS probably started saying his name around 20 or 22 mos (he's 27 mos now).  However, like a pp said, he has no idea it's his label.  He seems to think it's a curse word. 

He uses both his name and his nn (monkey), but neither one does he really know refers to him.  If someone asks him what his name is he just looks at them.

[rebecca10]

My daughter started to refer to herself as "Ya Ya" at around 18 months, and she still does at 23 months. Not really sure where she got this since it doesn't sound anything like her actual name or any nickname we used, but it is sticking for now, and of course at this point we are all using it so who knows how long it will last. We might be calling her "Ya Ya" when she graduates high school :)

[mommy212]

DS has called himself 'baby' (it gets said a lot more than his name, Orion)  for about 3 1/2 months. He is 2 years, 2 months old

[ellemenope]

Maybe 17 months.  DD was using all pronouns correctly before 19 months, and so we never went through the third person referrals.