Does she watch sesame street videos? Try to watch and sing the songs with her.

Anonymous wrote:Also, OP here, I don't know if this has really changed things but she hasn't been in daycare or around many people until recently. (Original lockdown baby!) She's with mom/dad all day everyday. Only recently have we started bringing her into stores and talking while showing her things but we get outside A LOT and explore, talk, look, touch, play, etc.

Oh but she does have a 6 year old big sister who she is around ALL the time, so it's not just parents.

Also, OP here, I don't know if this has really changed things but she hasn't been in daycare or around many people until recently. (Original lockdown baby!) She's with mom/dad all day everyday. Only recently have we started bringing her into stores and talking while showing her things but we get outside A LOT and explore, talk, look, touch, play, etc.

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Hey the speech assessment. Can’t hurt and it could make a really big difference if she needs speech therapy. The earlier the better.

Anonymous wrote:My son is 17 months old and probably has about 20 words, and we speak English, and his nanny and sister speak Spanish. He understands both.

Your DD is still within the range of normal - do you feel like she comprehends? Can she follow directions? She'll probably surprise you when she's 2, and bust out with a full sentence.

OP here. Thanks... I feel like she understands some but probably more our motions... like waving for her to come over and things like that.

We have our 15m appt next week and obviously this will come up... I am not sure at one point they want you on the waiting list for early intervention. I wouldn't even think of starting that NOW but I know the waiting lists are quite long. Is that something MD's will usually put in a referral for this early just so that we are on the waiting list? I don't want to wait until 18m until she is actually concerned and then I have another few months before I can see someone, you know?

Does she is uh-oh properly? Because that is totally a word. So is mamamama if she is referring to mom of it has any particular meaning at all. Anyway, my daughter has no words at 15 months, 3 words a few days later for her 15 month appt, and, I kid you not, was speaking in paragraphs by 20 months.

Anonymous wrote:Does she say yes or no? Those are words.
Does she know any signs? At that age, my kid did the signs for “more” and “all done” and “water.” I counted those as words.

No she doesn't.. but she understands no. We don't sign.

Unless your pediatrician is concerned, I don't think there is any reason to be concerned at this age. Keep talking to her. And what she's saying right now is a great start.

I don't know if this will be helpful, but my daughter didn't say her first word until 18 months. She did testing after starting school and was identified as verbally gifted.

My son is 17 months old and probably has about 20 words, and we speak English, and his nanny and sister speak Spanish. He understands both.

Your DD is still within the range of normal - do you feel like she comprehends? Can she follow directions? She'll probably surprise you when she's 2, and bust out with a full sentence.

I have 3 boys who were not clearly speaking many words at 2. They were all extremely communicative with gestures, they understood fully what was being said to them and they could follow directions etc. They are all now very verbal and have great vocabularies.

How is her receptive language? My daughter, also bilingual and youngest of 3, had very few words at 15 months. Speech therapist who assessed her reassured us that receptive language was much more important at that time. That proved to be correct -- she's now an English/Psych double major (plus, fluent in Spanish).

Does she say yes or no? Those are words.
Does she know any signs? At that age, my kid did the signs for “more” and “all done” and “water.” I counted those as words.

That seems on the delayed side but it could be because of both languages. Scheduling an early intervention appointment (make sure they send you someone who speaks English and Spanish) couldn't hurt--it takes a little while to have the appointment and if she starts talking a bunch while you wait it's fine. And if they do find she's delayed they'll give you ideas of how to work with her.

I'm not necessarily worried but just checking in with other people. Also, we speak both English and Spanish at home and I'm not sure if that ACTUALLY delays speaking. I've heard that's not actually true but who knows.

Anyway, she just babbles mamama and "uh oh." Thanks all.