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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>>My youngest is almost 14 months old. In the last 2 months, he just >started >>>to try to repeat what I say. I am constantly talking to him. When I take >>>his clothes off, I tell him what I am doing and repeat it constantly. I >>>feel this has paid off. In the last few weeks, he’s started to say some >of >>>the words on his own. We can now recognize "Da" (for daddy although he >>>doesn’t say anything for mommy yet), "dit" for sit, "dink" for drink, >"guy" >>>for bye, hi, and night night. >>How does he say night night? >> [Before riding the bicycle] >> Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? >> Butch: Theoretically. >Night Night comes out as "Ny Ny". >Somebody said Night Night came out as "guy." >So is it "guy" or "Ny Ny"? > [Before riding the bicycle] > Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? > Butch: Theoretically.
He says "guy" for bye. He says "ny ny" for night night. I inadvertently left out his pronunciation for night night. Sorry for the confusion.
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>He says "guy" for bye. He says "ny ny" for night night. I inadvertently >left out his pronunciation for night night. Sorry for the confusion.
Well….if he knows "guy" is for bye bye and "ny ny" is for "night night" he sounds pretty gifted to me. Both you and I seem a little confused tho. Unless of course you know who Carole Lombardo is. How’s he coming on his geography? 
[Before riding the bicycle] Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? Butch: Theoretically.
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LOL you did it again – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->"guy" > Can he say "lombardo"? > [Before riding the bicycle] > Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? > Butch: Theoretically.
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| Einstein did not speak until he was four This is an urban legend. While it’s true that speaking late does not always mean that "something is wrong", and some very bright children do start speaking late, Einstein’s language development was fairly normal. – Cindy Kandolf, mamma to Kenneth (4.5 years) Bilingual Families Web Page: http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/biling-fam.html
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I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just curious. Thanks, Kathy
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>I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By >that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, >and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, >but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely >understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just >curious.
Hi Kathy: Neither of my daughters said much more than "mama" and "papa" before they reached the age of 18 months. I remember that we counted with our first: she knew about 50 words at 22 months. We haven’t counted with the younger one, but she seems right on track. Ivy Shafer, mom to Martha (8/7/92), Molly (2/21/97) and ? (due 8/17/99)
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Whenever they feel like it … Seriously. If you want to "help", talk a lot and read to her. Make eye contact. Smile and look interested when she babbles. Answer her. –Janet – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By >that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, >and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, >but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely >understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just >curious. >Thanks, >Kathy
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"I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By >that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, >and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, >but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely >understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just >curious. > "
Hiya, I would say that this is perfectly normal! Don’t worry–the words come as an avalanche once they get going and then they will use them non-stop! Cheers, C
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My one year old and one day says babble too. As long as she’s making noises thats good. Try making a loud sound behind her just to check her hearing. It helps your piece of mind to know that she can hear. Get a good book with big pictures of things she knows, ball, drum, car, bed, bottle, etc. Read it together often. Tenia – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By > that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, > and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, > but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely > understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just > curious. > Thanks, > Kathy
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My daughter is speech delayed in expressive language, so we taught her some sign language until she can pick up more words. It helps with her, because she gets really frustrated when she can think it but can’t say it. Her receptive language is great she understands everything, I mean everything. It does cause problems with other kids who can talk, she can get pushed around by them, she is really good natured towards other children, of course if we tell her no, she’ll throw herself on the floor in a heartbeat. So I am trying to empower her with a hands up motion followed by a no, even if she can’t say no it helps because the hand motion is universal. She uses the same words for many things, baby means: mommy, dolly, her baby brother, other babies. Night-night means: goodnight and bye. gub-gub is water (we have no idea how she came up with it except for the sound the water makes when you pour it) mah and a sign for more=more. She signs for eat and drink, I am trying to teach her the sign for all-done. I need to teach her more of them because she has picked them up in a few hours after each time. She has a few other words. She is working with early intervention to help her learn to talk. Funny thing is she said mama, dada and baby at 9 months and hadn’t pick up any other words until after her second birthday. She vocalized a lot too as a baby. She still "talks" it’s just Jackie language. She knows what she’s saying, we don’t. My mom said I was a late talker too. — Kandee M. Wright Web Site Developer http://www.alphalinx.com/ http://www.alphalinx.com/~kandee
:>I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By :>that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, :>and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, :>but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely :>understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just :>curious. :> :> :Hi Kathy: : :Neither of my daughters said much more than "mama" and "papa" before they :reached the age of 18 months. I remember that we counted with our first: she :knew about 50 words at 22 months. We haven’t counted with the younger one, but :she seems right on track. : :Ivy Shafer, mom to Martha (8/7/92), Molly (2/21/97) and ? (due 8/17/99) :
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Suddenly a shot rang out and Kathy was heard to say in > alt.parenting.solutions: > I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By > that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, > and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, > but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely > understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just > curious. > She sounds perfectly normal for her age. I’ve read in many places that > the "language boom" doesn’t *usually* take place until around 18 months. > (We’re still waiting for ours.) Some kids start earlier, some later, > girls usually sooner than boys. As long as her hearing is good and you > know she understands you, she’s on the right track.
For lots of babies, the first words are really in the parents’ imaginations. They read a lot into what the baby may be randomly saying. You know the kid says dahg and the Mom excitedly gets Dad and points to the dog and the kid says dahg and the Dad points to the dog and say ‘What’s this?’ and the kid says dahg — and then Mama hold out an apple and the kid says dawg. Ours had a few words at about 12 mos — Dada and Mama definately correctly applied — and 2 or 3 others — but it was between 15 and 18 months that we really were sure — there was this sort of explosion of words. And some kids are a lot more verbal and others don’t say much till 2.5 or 3 — and in the long run, it doesn’t matter much.
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I agree with what everyone else has said. If it makes you feel better, I remember my mother telling me that she didn’t think I would *ever* talk, because I didn’t say a word until I was two — but then I spoke in complete sentences immediately, and I haven’t shut up since. Kathleen >Suddenly a shot rang out and Kathy was heard to say in >alt.parenting.solutions: > I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By > that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, > and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, > but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely > understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just > curious. >She sounds perfectly normal for her age. I’ve read in many places that >the "language boom" doesn’t *usually* take place until around 18 months. >(We’re still waiting for ours.) Some kids start earlier, some later, >girls usually sooner than boys. As long as her hearing is good and you >know she understands you, she’s on the right track.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall in an open sewer and die. —Mel Brooks
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Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until her was 7. Average for speaking very understandably though is about 2 1/2 or so. You will understand some words and their meanings by 18 months or so I would think. Michelle — Breastpumps, etc. http://breastpumps-etc.com Helping your provide the best for your baby with secure online ordering and guaranteed low prices. > I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By > that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, > and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, > but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely > understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just > curious. > Thanks, > Kathy
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>I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By >that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, >and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, >but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely >understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just >curious. >Thanks, >Kathy
My youngest is almost 14 months old. In the last 2 months, he just started to try to repeat what I say. I am constantly talking to him. When I take his clothes off, I tell him what I am doing and repeat it constantly. I feel this has paid off. In the last few weeks, he’s started to say some of the words on his own. We can now recognize "Da" (for daddy although he doesn’t say anything for mommy yet), "dit" for sit, "dink" for drink, "guy" for bye, hi, and night night.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By >that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, >and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, >but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely >understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just >curious. >Thanks, >Kathy >My youngest is almost 14 months old. In the last 2 months, he just started >to try to repeat what I say. I am constantly talking to him. When I take >his clothes off, I tell him what I am doing and repeat it constantly. I >feel this has paid off. In the last few weeks, he’s started to say some of >the words on his own. We can now recognize "Da" (for daddy although he >doesn’t say anything for mommy yet), "dit" for sit, "dink" for drink, "guy" >for bye, hi, and night night.
How does he say night night? [Before riding the bicycle] Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? Butch: Theoretically.
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> >I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By >that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, >and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, >but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely >understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just >curious. >Thanks, >Kathy
I remember my daughter saying her first word at about one, we didn’t recognize it to be a word until the word evolved to something we could understand when she was about 14 months. She’s eight now and sometimes I wished she didn’t talk as much as she does now. At eightteen months your baby should be able to talk a bit, but most ’speak’ before that time, You just don’t know it. Please don’t think that because your baby isn’t able to talk in full sentences at 24 months, there is something wrong. I have two children, one ‘ahead’ ( and she didn’t talk at 12 months) and one a bit ’slow’ according to the books. They both are normal, healthy children though. Anneke
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"guy" –Janet
We can now recognize "Da" (for daddy although he – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->doesn’t say anything for mommy yet), "dit" for sit, "dink" for drink, "guy" >for bye, hi, and night night. >How does he say night night?
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>"guy"
Can he say "lombardo"? [Before riding the bicycle] Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? Butch: Theoretically.
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> I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By > that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, > and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, > but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definitely > understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just > curious. > Thanks, > Kathy
Hi, This post really took me back. As my daughter approached ten, eleven and twelve months, she was not talking either. I tried not to think anything of it. Every now and then I would walk up behind her and say things. She would turn around. I mentioned a slight concern to her doctor, so she did a simple check with the tuning fork. Do not worry she said. After 12 months, and Alexandrea still not talking, I was really worried. One day, when came home from school, My wife was in the next room and Alexandrea was sitting on the living room floor facing the TV. She did not know I was home. So I took out my Whistle and blew it as loud as I could. I scared the ******* out of my wife, But Alexandrea did not know I was home. She was playing just as happy as could be. I do not want to say you should worry about it. But Know the normal milestones for children babbling and speaking. If your child does not hit the milestones, have you doctor do an Audiogram. Our doctor, even when I told her I knew there was a problem said, WE WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE TWO BEFORE WE START TO WORRY. This is crazy. Even if there is a mild hearing loss, the sooner it is Identified, the less the negative impact it will have on the child. Bottom line, anyone whose child is not meeting the milestones, have your child’s hearing checked. The worst that could happen is you wasted your time. The best that can happen is you help your child as soon as possible. To all those people who say do not worry about it, THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE TOLD ME …. I just wish I had not listened for so long. David Venable Father of Alexandrea Her web page is at http://home.stlnet.com/~poohbear/family.html
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By >>that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, >>and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, >>but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely >>understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just >>curious. >>Thanks, >>Kathy >My youngest is almost 14 months old. In the last 2 months, he just started >to try to repeat what I say. I am constantly talking to him. When I take >his clothes off, I tell him what I am doing and repeat it constantly. I >feel this has paid off. In the last few weeks, he’s started to say some of >the words on his own. We can now recognize "Da" (for daddy although he >doesn’t say anything for mommy yet), "dit" for sit, "dink" for drink, "guy" >for bye, hi, and night night. >How does he say night night? > [Before riding the bicycle] > Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? > Butch: Theoretically.
Night Night comes out as "Ny Ny".
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>>I would like to know when a baby is supposed to start talking. By >>>that, I mean understandable words! My daughter McKenna is 1 year old, >>>and hasn’t said a word yet. Is that normal? She says mama and dada, >>>but doesn’t use it in connection with either of us. She definetely >>>understands us when we speak. I’m not really worried, I’m just >>>curious. >>>Thanks, >>>Kathy >>My youngest is almost 14 months old. In the last 2 months, he just >started >>to try to repeat what I say. I am constantly talking to him. When I take >>his clothes off, I tell him what I am doing and repeat it constantly. I >>feel this has paid off. In the last few weeks, he’s started to say some >of >>the words on his own. We can now recognize "Da" (for daddy although he >>doesn’t say anything for mommy yet), "dit" for sit, "dink" for drink, >"guy" >>for bye, hi, and night night. >How does he say night night? > [Before riding the bicycle] > Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? > Butch: Theoretically. >Night Night comes out as "Ny Ny".
Somebody said Night Night came out as "guy." So is it "guy" or "Ny Ny"? [Before riding the bicycle] Etta: Do you know what you’re doing? Butch: Theoretically.
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