When do they start talking!!

[mats01_99]

Hi all, I have a 16 month old daughter and her only words are mama and dadda. Don't get me wrong, I'm not worried or in no rush just curious as to when her vocabulary will increase!

[fine,thanks]

in her own time,

[mats01_99]

OK, i'll rephrase the question. When did your little uns start talking?

[pixiepie]

my youngest used to babble away in her own language and have certain words that only i could understand but she was about 2 before she started making any real sense. My boys were all a little earlier. It just depends on the child. My friends little boy spoke from about 14 months but didnt walk till 19 months

[tazz]

i used to b a nursery nurse till i had my own kids and on adverage it abt 2 2 n half

[redcrx]

the HV will not be concerned unless your little one is not talking by around the age of 3.

My son started talking very early at about a year old. Hes now 2yrs 2months and we can hold conversations about things but this is certainly not the norm. He has many friends his age who are still at the mama and dada stage and his cousin who is 6 weeks younger has 4 words to his vocabulary, again this is prefectly normal.

as fine,thanks says they will all develope at their own pace.

[johnlambert]

Never mind when do they start talking, how do you get the little so+so's to shut up?

[redcrx]

lol john, thats what Im beginning to wonder!
Im sure there ought to be an off button somewhere :)

[Psychick]

lol john! We spend the first two years of their lives teaching them and encouraging them to talk, then the rest of their lives telling them to shut up! lol
My daughter was always very good at talking. She was a year old when she was saying lots of different words and about 18 months old when she was putting words together to make simple sentences. People would always comment about how well and clear she spoke but I think this is because I would never let anyone talk to her in a baby language/ voice. I would always tell them off for it if they did and insist they spoke clearly and properly so she could learn properly. Something which I will do again when this bump is born!

[annie0000]

My two boys are 13 months apart and my second learned to talk really early - his first word other than mama and dada etc was "yellow" and he was only about 8 months. It was a great party trick as you could point at somthing yellow and say "what colour is that" and he would answer "yellow"! He couldn't even sit up at the time. He spoke in sentences before his older brother and more or less taught his older brother to speak. Now age 7 and 6, older son is still quiet and younger one a blabbermouth! He is greatly influenced by language and picks up accents and slang from other children, whereas older son speaks exactly the way we do. I think on average kids are about 2-2.5 when they start really joining up words.

[Solarjunkie]

You'll probably notice an explosion of sounds in the next few weeks.
When you have decided she's started talking, you'll suddenly realise she's been making definite focussed sounds for some time, but you hadn't realised! For example, my son would say "jhou" (don't know how to spell it!) and eventually I realised it was referring to a drink - "juice".
Children can get very frustrated with being unable to express the ideas in their heads, so try & be patient with the process.
Have fun!