Okay, so when did your baby start talking?

Ds1-- 9m (nose)
Ds2-- 11m (star)

My boys are very big talkers, though. Can't shut them up (not that I'd want to )!

Dd started using "up" consistently and correctly at 8-9 months.

And you are totally right not to worry. From a child development stance (as in what I do for a living), the thing to look for is some sort of functional communication (signing, talking, pointing, etc.) before age 2. I just happen to have a chatter-box. My brother did not have much spoken language until 2 1/2, but signed well from age 18m on. Now, at 24, he can't shut up

I don't remember but he is 20 months now and says a lot all day. I have known kids that seemed to be silent until they were 4 and then all of the sudden started talking! My cousin did this..I left for one year when he was 3 and when I came back he was speaking in sentences!!

Also, drs look for problems....something to remember when they give you advice.

It was difficult to keep track of when words pop up, but my baby memory book says 7 months for the first word I have a major talker at 16 months he says about 75 words. He had a lot of signs but he has replaced most of them with the words now (although he still signs milk, eat, and done while he says them). I wouldn't be worried if he wasn't talking yet as I think most kids start their language explosion in the 18-24 month range.

I don't really remember what their first words were and when exactly they were said. But I do remember that my oldest didn't talk before 22 months except for: Dada and dissie (nursie). He didn't even say, "Mama". We refused an eval, because he had great receptive language skills and we felt he would not cooperate with someone else (very shy, cautious and non-performing). At 22 months, I think he said, "water" and "thank you", but I can't remember which one first. After that, it was like the flood-gates were open. Within three months, he sounded just like any other boy his age. Now at nearly 5, he never stops talking and he is very well-spoken. He says things like, "Do you know what I realized?".

My youngest son said a few words before 12 months. I just looked at our website and it looks like he said, "hi", "bye", "Mama", "Dada", "up" and "buh-buh (older brother)". Then, the next word was "tea", because I drink a lot of tea. His speech development seemed more gradual, whereas my oldest did a bunch all at once. They have very different learning styles and personalities too. I think it's hard to compare speech development between different kids.

I have 3 kids. 1st dd, 9 or 10 months, "uhoh" when dropping something, 2nd dd learned mama very early--9 months? Don't remember when ds said his first word, but I'm sure he had a few by 12 months.

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There are days I wish my son had an OFF button!!! He just talks and talks and talks and talks........99% of the time I love it...but there are those days.....we all have them.
Anyhow....my son started saying momma to me at 5 months old. By 12 months old he could say about 20 words, and sign about 5.

My son's first word was the sign 'more' at about 13 mos. Dd's was 'hi' at 11 mos.

I do agree that you have nothing to worry about at this point, as a couple of signs at 15 mos is well within the range of normal. What you're looking for is the ability to understand some words at this age, gesture and direct your attention and follow your gestures/attention.

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I have to disagree with part of this. Age 2 is too late (I do child language development for a living). If a child is 18 months and ONLY points (not signs), I'd be worried. As I would if a hearing child got to 2 and had no SPOKEN words. What we're looking for in terms of production is at least 10 words by 18 months and 50 by 24 months (and that's on the low end). If your child has great comprehension and is slow to speak, I can see putting off an evaluation.

But a child who's between 18 mos and 2 and not talking, warrants an eval, IMO. yes, many of the kids will be just fine. But alas, some won't. And we can't tell which ones will be which at this point in time.

So, for now, I wouldn't worry, keep talking and signing. If you're still worried at 18-20 months, you can pursue it further.

Lynn

My children both said a word or two around 10 months, I think. Built up a few more after and then that's it for a while.

Albert Einstein didn't start talking until he was almost 4.

I would say that your child is doing great using signing with you as communication. I wouldn't worry about it, especially at only 15 1/2 months.

To answer your question, my dc is one of the chatter-boxes. By 15 months dc used around 70 words and a few short sentences consistantly and regularly. That number had doubled only 3 months later. At 26 months now, you still can't shut dc up!