Question:
>WOW, your daughter is sure doing alot of talking. My 16 month old son >has been saying Thank You since just before a year old and otherwise has >been saying mama & dada (not positive if he means us always though) now >he suddenly added puppy. He says that very clearly and distinctively >(however at most animals) Otherwise he can carry on one serious baby >babble conversation. We have often said it sounds like he is saying >other things but can’t be sure. The other night when dada wasn’t home >after work I was sure he said "where’s dada" while looking around the >house. When we "think" he says something in particular we respond to it >with the proper response though. I’m certainly not concerned because >everything will come in it’s own time.
People have commented that she seems to talk more than normal, but she is our first and we honestly don’t know. As I stated, I read somewhere (a parenting magazine?) that she should know about 100 words by 18 months. You know how those go, however. I always wonder where they get these numbers. My cousin has a daughter that simply refused to talk until she was almost three, but seemed to understand everything we said. When she did start talking, it came in a flood and now they can’t get her to stop! I guess they would say enjoy it while you can!
Response:
Has anyone read the book "Baby Signs"? It was written by a psychologist who noticed her daughter doing the "eensy weensy spider" finger motions to tell her mom she saw a spider. The premise is to show the baby signs for common objects in their life to enhance communication before they are physically able to talk. It was very interesting reading. Apparantly, encouraging signs to enhance communication helps the child to build their vocabulary faster. Also, children whose parents have used this tool do not lag behind in their speaking skills, in fact they intermix speech and signs to further conversation when they cannot say an advanced word yet. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Last week or so I saw a post asking if there was often an increase in >development around 18 months. I didn’t get a chance to respond at the time >and now I can’t find the thread. So, if your still out there, here was our >experience. Our daughter began speaking simple words just before she was >one and by 15 or 16 months she had a vocabulary of between 100 and 200 >words, which I read somewhere was about the norm. She could speak simple >toddler sentences ("wash daddy’s green car" or "Hannah slide at park"), knew >her colors and could count to 10, etc. But around 16 or 17 months she had a >significant leap in language development. Now she could repeat words as we >taught them to her and she would remember and use them later. She now >seemed to understand whatever we said to her. She is now 19 months and she >seems to have "leveled off" after that upsurge. > I have not seen anything which discusses this age as a time for such >development, but it definitely fits with our experience. >– >Vance McAlister
Response:
> Has anyone read the book "Baby Signs"? It was written by a > psychologist who noticed her daughter doing the "eensy weensy spider" > finger motions to tell her mom she saw a spider. > The premise is to show the baby signs for common objects in their life > to enhance communication before they are physically able to talk. It > was very interesting reading. Apparantly, encouraging signs to > enhance communication helps the child to build their vocabulary > faster. Also, children whose parents have used this tool do not lag > behind in their speaking skills, in fact they intermix speech and > signs to further conversation when they cannot say an advanced word > yet.
You know we actually did this with our first son. We taught him how to sign please and thank you, and drink and eat etc. It worked really well, before he was able to "say" the word he still had to make some effort. I have taught my 2nd son now as well, we are in the process I should say, he is 15 mos. It works great for us! Although I did have the occasional parent ask me if he was born deaf. Oh well. . . . . = )
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Last week or so I saw a post asking if there was often an increase in > development around 18 months. I didn’t get a chance to respond at the time > and now I can’t find the thread. So, if your still out there, here was our > experience. Our daughter began speaking simple words just before she was > one and by 15 or 16 months she had a vocabulary of between 100 and 200 > words, which I read somewhere was about the norm. She could speak simple > toddler sentences ("wash daddy’s green car" or "Hannah slide at park"), knew > her colors and could count to 10, etc. But around 16 or 17 months she had a > significant leap in language development. Now she could repeat words as we > taught them to her and she would remember and use them later. She now > seemed to understand whatever we said to her. She is now 19 months and she > seems to have "leveled off" after that upsurge. > I have not seen anything which discusses this age as a time for such > development, but it definitely fits with our experience. > — > Vance McAlister
WOW, your daughter is sure doing alot of talking. My 16 month old son has been saying Thank You since just before a year old and otherwise has been saying mama & dada (not positive if he means us always though) now he suddenly added puppy. He says that very clearly and distinctively (however at most animals) Otherwise he can carry on one serious baby babble conversation. We have often said it sounds like he is saying other things but can’t be sure. The other night when dada wasn’t home after work I was sure he said "where’s dada" while looking around the house. When we "think" he says something in particular we respond to it with the proper response though. I’m certainly not concerned because everything will come in it’s own time. Be well, TTFN ! -Angie mama to Nicholas – 5*21*97
Response:
Last week or so I saw a post asking if there was often an increase in development around 18 months. I didn’t get a chance to respond at the time and now I can’t find the thread. So, if your still out there, here was our experience. Our daughter began speaking simple words just before she was one and by 15 or 16 months she had a vocabulary of between 100 and 200 words, which I read somewhere was about the norm. She could speak simple toddler sentences ("wash daddy’s green car" or "Hannah slide at park"), knew her colors and could count to 10, etc. But around 16 or 17 months she had a significant leap in language development. Now she could repeat words as we taught them to her and she would remember and use them later. She now seemed to understand whatever we said to her. She is now 19 months and she seems to have "leveled off" after that upsurge. I have not seen anything which discusses this age as a time for such development, but it definitely fits with our experience. — Vance McAlister
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