A few words at 7-8 months. Mama, dada, bye bye, nana for ear. Less than 50 before 18 months. And then one morning at 18mo she could say every word in the English language. That day I just walked around the apartment pointing to things and she knew and said what everything was. She also went from one word utterances to speaking in sentences like “I want to take a bath now” that day. She’s profoundly gifted.

Anonymous wrote:Mine was signing at 6 months but didn't speak her first words until 12 months. By 18 months was speaking in complete and complex sentences with proper grammar. She's 4 now, very articulate, becoming conversant in two additional languages, but still slow to warm up to talk to new people.

Same with my oldest son (except for the shy part - he’ll talk to anyone!). We had him evaluated at 14 months because he wasn’t talking and his receptive communication was so strong, they said their was no problem. The next thing we knew he was speaking in full sentences.

I do think early talking is a sign of intelligence but late talking is not a sign of the converse. DS is 8 and top of his class and extremely articulate.

Mine was signing at 6 months but didn't speak her first words until 12 months. By 18 months was speaking in complete and complex sentences with proper grammar. She's 4 now, very articulate, becoming conversant in two additional languages, but still slow to warm up to talk to new people.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are 5 and 6. I have no clue what their first words were, let alone when. People actually remember this stuff?

My husband was deployed to the middle east, I captured it on our video camera

yes, because mine was like 2.5 and I was going crazy with worry!

Anonymous wrote:Mama and Dada at 7 months, added dog and up and a few others. By a year he had maybe a dozen words, always was a bit ahead of milestones when it came to speech. He’s a teen now, and dyslexic. So funny - that skill that brought us so much delight and pride (words and sounds) are the kid’s Achilles heel. Doh!

“Doh!” doesn’t really fit here.

Anonymous wrote:My kids are 5 and 6. I have no clue what their first words were, let alone when. People actually remember this stuff?

Me either. No idea but I do remember my #2's first word was "that" which was sort of unusual. I guess it was useful to her as it covered anything she wanted. My guess is was around 9 months.

Mama and Dada at 7 months, added dog and up and a few others. By a year he had maybe a dozen words, always was a bit ahead of milestones when it came to speech. He’s a teen now, and dyslexic. So funny - that skill that brought us so much delight and pride (words and sounds) are the kid’s Achilles heel. Doh!

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Anonymous wrote:I actually found it really hard to figure out when Dada or Mama went from babbling to an actual word.

I think this is why we are called mommy and daddy, because they are early, consistent sounds.

This. It’s fairly consistent across the globe and language groups to be something very close to mama/papa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_and_papa

Anonymous wrote:I actually found it really hard to figure out when Dada or Mama went from babbling to an actual word.

I think this is why we are called mommy and daddy, because they are early, consistent sounds.

My daughter started saying mama right after she turned 6 months.

I walked down the stairs at six months while my husband was feeding her, she looked up and said “Mama!”. Then it was an endless chorus of Dada until about a year, when she picked up “doggy” and “thank-you” and “I-do-it”

Mama and Dada at around 6 months, but I admit it’s hard to tell sometimes. “Dadadada” and “Mamamama” were babbled with some consistency for awhile, and then it became a bit clearer between 6-9 months.

Anonymous wrote:The dog’s name at nine months. She yelled, “Wig-wee!” (Wrigley) as clear as a bell at the dog the same way we do!

Are you from Chicago? Because that’s a great name for a dog!

My son started speaking extremely early...around 8 months, but he is now 5 and receives speech services for articulation. Talking early doesn't necessarily lead to an early mastery of speech sounds.

The dog’s name at nine months. She yelled, “Wig-wee!” (Wrigley) as clear as a bell at the dog the same way we do!