when did the "language explosion" happen for your child?

[Anonymous]

Still waiting…DS is 19 months old.

[Anonymous]

Around the age of 2.

[Anonymous]

20 months

[Anonymous]

21-22 months

[Anonymous]

20 months

[Anonymous]

17.5 boy: he went from saying 5 words to repeating everything.
I would not worry OP, most kids in DC's play group say very little if anything. My child does not say much around other kids as well, so you would never suspect him in being chatty

[Anonymous]

Literally the week of his 2nd birthday. I was getting worried because he only had 20 words, and maybe 20 signs.

My daughter has 20 words now at 15 months and picking up 4-5 per week. Different for all kids.

[Anonymous]

around 20 months. 19 months is still very early, especially for a boy.

[Anonymous]

about 22 months for dd, including singing many songs. she said her first 6 word sentence around 15 months.

[Anonymous]

For my daughter, 13-14 months. For my son, 17-18 months. Both were early.

[Anonymous]

Month after turning 2. Now she's four and noticed for her large vocabulary.

[Anonymous]

Between 2-2.5, when she started daycare. It was late and I was worried, but once she started she talked all the time and quite well. Now you can't shut her up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:17.5 boy: he went from saying 5 words to repeating everything.
I would not worry OP, most kids in DC's play group say very little if anything. My child does not say much around other kids as well, so you would never suspect him in being chatty

OP here, this is interesting. DS is very "chatty" too, when he's home. By chatty I mean, he just babbles away, as if in real conversation with us. He repeats everything, but he only has about 40 single words or so. He has his moments at daycare, but is mostly quiet, just like the other kids in his classroom.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

[Anonymous]

Right around his second birthday, maybe a month before.

[Anonymous]

DS would babble jibberish and had a decent vocabulary, but would only say one word at a time until about 22-23 months. He turned 2 earlier this month and I swear that he started saying full sentences overnight a little bit before his birthday. He now tells you all about everything.