At what age ... first word?

[Anonymous]

DD1: Hi, with a wave, at another child, at 9.5 months. Was already saying mama and dada in context, but it was unclear when it transitioned from babble
DD2: 5 words by her 9 month appt: Mama, Dada, her sister's name, more, and "all done" (I count that as one word)

[Anonymous]

At 10 mo: Hi (said to everyone she sees, even strangers); Clap clap (along with hand motion)
At 11 mo: Let's go (total imitation, not sure if she knows what she means), Bye, Good girl (not very clear though)

My kids are early talkers and very late movers.

[Anonymous]

duck and dada in context at 8 months. Short sentences at 15 months, like "Baby ducks are sleeping."

[Anonymous]

Wow - some of these babies are really behind my (highly gifted) DD, who was conversational in both English and Spanish by 4 months and could read some basic Mandarin. Don't want to hijack your post but I will - what preschool do you think best fits our needs?

[Anonymous]

"Apple" 8 months

[Anonymous]

My ped said anywhere from 9 months to 2 years is normal range for first word

[Anonymous]

Nothing until got ear tubes at 14 months. I was reading all this stuff that said "now your child should be saying five words, in addition to mama and dada of course." and I had nothing.

Now at 4 1/2 he has an immense vocabulary that includes dozens of dinosaurs (liopleurodon for example), football terms, etc.

[Anonymous]

someone told me that babies either walk or talk first and the other comes months later. i am curious to know when your kids talked in relation to walking. is there a relationship?

[Anonymous]

someone told me that babies either walk or talk first and the other comes months later. i am curious to know when your kids talked in relation to walking. is there a relationship?

I was the PP that posted earlier that my girls are early talkers and late walkers. My first DD was speaking in sentences by 15 months and was so focused on learning words. She didn't walk until she was almost 18 months! My 11 month old DD is also early to talk, lots of mimicing and a bunch of words and just started to crawl this week. I have a lot of friends with kids who are big movers (walking early, exploring everything and constatn movement) and very talkers. All the kids catch up and end up doing the same stuff by preschool.

[Anonymous]

Signed "milk" at 5 mos, "more" at 6 months. First spoke word at 7.5 months was "book" (followed quickly by ball, bye, hot, etc.).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Signed "milk" at 5 mos, "more" at 6 months. First spoke word at 7.5 months was "book" (followed quickly by ball, bye, hot, etc.).

Fwiw, didn't come out with "Mama" until after 15 months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My ped said anywhere from 9 months to 2 years is normal range for first word

Wow, I just had to respond to this one. 2 years is not in the "normal" range for speaking a first word. By two years old children should be combining words (i.e. using two word phrases).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:duck and dada in context at 8 months. Short sentences at 15 months, like "Baby ducks are sleeping."

This was my kid. She walked at 13 months, which I guess was on the slow side of average. Now that she's an older kid, it's clear that her motor skills, gross and fine, are also kind of on the weak side of average. Her gifts are definitely academic!

I think it is hard to generalize, though. I don't know of any particular reason strong verbal skills would necessarily be balanced by weak motor skills. Our anecdote supports it, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:someone told me that babies either walk or talk first and the other comes months later. i am curious to know when your kids talked in relation to walking. is there a relationship?

I'm the PP with one of the late talkers (19 mo). DD started walking just before her first birthday. She's definitely been ahead on motor skills while lagging on verbal skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow - some of these babies are really behind my (highly gifted) DD, who was conversational in both English and Spanish by 4 months and could read some basic Mandarin. Don't want to hijack your post but I will - what preschool do you think best fits our needs?

No, they are not behind! That is not the norm for a child to speak at 4 month. Good for you that your child is highly gifted! Do you feel better about YOURSELF now. Most parents of highly gifted child do not brag or state that norm kids are behind. If you really had a highly gifted child you would know that having a highly gifted child is as challenging as having a child that is way below the norm. If your child is maybe he/she is too young for you too see the challenges.