What words can your 10 month old speak if any?

Question

my ten month old only babbles-says baba, na-na, da-da, ma-ma to himself--doesnt call me ma-ma or anything like that, but i have heard of other 10 month olds being able to call their moms ma-ma and their dads da-da and also being able to say words like milk etc. I know my child understands that im his mom and his dad is his dad and he understands words..like if i tell him where is the fan...he'll look up at our ceiling fan, and if i tell him wheres the bathroom, he'll crawl towards the bathroom...if i ask him wheres the tv..he'll look towards it...but in terms of him actually saying anything specifically--im not seeing that. i was just wondering if my child is really behind?

Answer 1

Well, I have a baby cousin who's about one year old. She says Mama when she wants her mom, but she never looks at her mom and says "mama". She says Jay when she wants her brother (his name is Jaymeson). And she babbles dada to herself a lot, but other than that, she's not really that talkative. She does understand words, though. When you say her name, she'll look at you, or if you say "where's your [whatever]" she can point to any facial feature. I don't think that your baby is behind. He sounds just right to me.

When my baby sisters were little, we taught them basic sign language, such as the signs for "more" and "please". That way they could tell us what they wanted before they were able to talk, and it also helps with brain development. You can find books with simple hand signs at most libraries.

Answer 2

my 22 month old is in speech therapy, so i have some knowledge about this.

first off, at 10 months, they should be able to make sounds and attempt words, but you cannot expect a child that young to talk. they are not developed enough to be able to speak clearly.

he is not behind. if you feel worried about this, sit with him for a few minutes each day and just repeat the workd you want him to say. like, moma moma moma and then ask him to try..it will take time, and patience, but after a period of time he will start talking.

plus at 10 months there is no therapy out there for speech.

good luck and dont worry

Answer 3

I don't think he is behind. Usually if a child can crawl/walk first they tend not to talk as quickly and vise versa. My 10 month old cousin says dadadada mamama nananana but doesn't really associate it with things yet, just kind of babbles.

I started talking in full sentences at 6 months old, but my sister didn't start talking until she was 3 years old. Neither of us were outside of a healthy developmental range.

My parents also read to me a lot as did uncles and aunts and my grandparents were deaf so I was able to speak sign language as a baby which probably helped with development for why I was such an early talker.

Answer 4

At 10 months my son was saying, 'mama, 'dada' and 'dude!'

(lol. yes, 'dude' .. because I always say that when he's into something, so he quickly picked up on it.)

Right when he hit 11 months he started saying about 5-7 other words (like almost over-night! the day he turned 11 months.)

He said, 'thank-you', 'uh-oh', and learned to say, 'peek a boo' (he said, 'teek-a-doo!' (and would actually cover his eyes) .. he learned to wave and and said, 'gye gye' for 'bye-bye' and he learned how to blow kisses! =]

Your baby is right on track for 10 months; keep working with him and he'll quickly advance with words! My son started picking up words really quick when he hit 11 months.

Your baby is doing great now! Don't stress, all babies develop at different rates; Einstein didn't talk until he was 3 yrs. old! =]

Answer 5

Your child is very normal.  Most parents tend to exaggerate what their children do, and they don't have to be intentional about it.  Since they understand their children's gestures, they "feel" like the child "said" it when in reality, the child babbled, possibly something close to the beginning sound of the word, and looked toward something, and the parent begins to understand the child's sign language.  

My husband and I have very high IQ's, and people always say our kids are very smart, but still at 10 months, my first born would wave and say "hi-deh", because I always said "hi there" when my spouse would drive up.  He said daah-daah and eventually mah-mah, and not much more than that.  I now have a 22 month old, and he is just starting to speak three-word sentences, but he still pauses in between each word, and the sentence will be something like "daddy......gone......tuk (truck)" or "p**p.....potty",  and peanut butter is "beeduh buddah" unless I specifically get him to pronounce each syllable over carefully, then he can say "peanut" and "butter".  And this is a child a full year older than yours.  

By the way, genetics plays a big part in when your child speaks.  Our children didn't walk or crawl early--actually some of them barely got some milestones done in the so-called "normal" development stage, but they did talk clearly and a bit earlier than a lot of kids we knew.  But, physical agility has never been the strengths our families are known for--but good language skills and intellectual skills are.  So, your children will probably learn faster those things that you and your spouse excel at, and will develop slower in other areas.  It doesn't mean that they will do poorly in ANY areas, but your body/mind can only really focus on learning one skill at a time.