When will my daughter talk?

Question

My daughter is 17 months old and can only say Dad and Bye. we know a little girl that is a month older and she can say alot more. should i be worried?

Answer 1

No worries. Once she figures it out you'll wonder if she'll ever stop talking. She'll be talking your ear off in no time.

Answer 2

you shouldnt be overly worried because children learn at different rates

but for piece of mind, encourage her to talk. When she wants something coax her into saying it. Use flash cards and gently persuade her into using words constantly.

Answer 3

Don't worry over it! Spend the day working with her, and before you know it she won't stop talking, and then before you know it, you will have a 3 year old who like me talks back! GOOD LUCK!

Answer 4

nope.theres nothing to worry about.my little brother only used to say mommy and milk and we thought he just couldn't talk, when he hit 4, he started talking more and more and now we can't shut him up.

Answer 5

I think she is mildly delayed. She should be saying about 2 dozen words by now. Do yourself a favor and contact early intervention/bith to 3 in your area.the services are free or very low cost. They can evaluate her and tell you if she needs a little therapy to catch up. Don't wait like all these others are telling you. I made the mistake of waiting til my son was 2 to get him help and he was a full 12 months behind on his speech. He is a little over 2.5 years old and has only really been talking for about 6 weeks. Life was so much easier after he started speech therapy and started learning a little sign language too. if you get her into EI and speech now she will have 18 months to catch up with the other kids. after age 3 it is harder to get services.

feel free to contact me if you want to. I know a few little things that you can do to help her. I also have printed materials that my son's speech therapist has copied for me that I can mail you.

Answer 6

hey, there's no need to be worried, she's in the process of learning not only how to talk but a bunch of other things, what's important here is that she is saying 2 words and that's just fine, You may encourage her to talk, by calling thing by their actual name and by encouraging her to repeat (even if it just a sound) different things. ALso try not to react to gestures or when she points at something, whenever she does this, repeat the name or the action of what she wants to reinforce the vocabulary. And remember, children are all different, as we all are, and it's much better if you don't compare yours to others, each child has their very  own development. Good Luck!   :-D

Answer 7

No, don't be worried! The worst thing you can do is compare your child to other children, every child is different! My son didn't say 1 word till 2 years old, sentences at 3. And now 3 1/2 he doesn't stop!! So don't worry, she'll get there one day!

Answer 8

Kids vary. I know very many kids that are different ages and they are all at different paces. I know younger ones that speaks clearer than older ones,etc. However, I have found out that kids learn from other kids very well. You may want to let her be around kids that can talk and she may be more likely to try sooner,

Answer 9

She will talk when she is ready.  When she starts day school, and kindergarten she will see the other kids talking and she will start.

A quick story.  My daughter didn't talk.  We took her to a speech therapist a year before she was to start Kindergarten.  She didn't have an impediment.  She just wouldn't talk.  He worked with her and continued the speech therapy in grade school.  She now has a Masters degree from Ohio State.

Answer 10

I heard of this one kid who was 5 years old and had never said a word. His parents were frantic, but the doctors said that he was physically fine, and that speech would come with time.

One morning at the breakfast table, he pipes up "My porridge is cold". His parents were absolutely overjoyed.... they laughed and cried and hugged him so hard. The dad finally asked him, "Son, why in all these years have you never said a word to us?" The boy replied, "Well, up til now, everything's been fine".

Sorry, I couldn't help myself......

Seriously, talk to her lots, and ask her open ended questions. Praise any speech she makes, and ask her the names of things. She will be fine. If she is still not talking more at age 2, ask her doctor. If she is meeting all her other milestones and seems to be developing normally, I am sure she will be fine. She will talk when she is ready.

Good luck!

Answer 11

Dont Stress - my daughter was the same, now shes a 26 months.

However, she has started talking in the last 2 weeks, due to the fact that she had grommits .

She had fluid build up behind her ears, making it harder for her to hear, so maybe get you daughters hearing checked as this could be a possible reason for not being so verbal.

Answer 12

She's right on track - don't worry.  Ours only started talking in earnest at age 2.  The neighbor's little girl started at about 19 months.  

When you hear about babies talking earlier, it's usually because they have older siblings.  With older siblings, there's someone else small around the house who does it - so babies often imitate and end up walking, crawling, and talking earlier.  Older siblings use smaller words and present an example to the baby of how to interact with Mom and Dad.

Just because she doesn't say anything doesn't mean she doesn't understand you either.  Actually trying to talk is a big step because it's not the way she does things now.  Some babies are capable of talking months before they do because talking is a 'new' thing.

Answer 13

Hello,

Typically by 18 months a child should have up to 50 words.  Words can often come through in clusters and you might notice lots of new words all at once.  

There are a number of things that a child needs to learn before verbalizing - they need to develop attention and listening skills, play skills and understanding of language before they are able to verbalize.

Children are often very good at finding other ways to communicate e.g. pointing and you can need to work hard to 'tempt' them into verbalizing.  e.g. putting a favorite toy or snack into a jar or container that they can't open - encourage her to make a noise to get you to help them to open it so that she starts associate verbalizing with getting a response that she will enjoy.  

The first words that children learn are often those which are most relevant to them - e.g. family names, body parts etc.

Repetition is often the key to learning words and so focus on using one word over and over - so if you wanted to focus on learning body parts you would repeat it over and over while washing that part of the body or putting clothes over it or looking in the mirror.  You may have to say a word hundreds of times before your daughter will say it once.

It may be a good idea to put your daughter's name on the waiting list to see a speech therapist, it is much better to be able to say that the appointment is not needed, than to realize that there is a problem in 6 months and have to wait another 6 months for an appointment.

It is great that she is saying those two words so celebrate and make sure she knows how clever she is when she uses them.

Answer 14

no everyone learns at a different rate

Answer 15

do not worry.  She'll learn more in a slow or fast rate.  Each child is different.  If you read and sing to her or let her listen to some music maybe she'll learn a bit from that.