Speech milestones

[alison]

I would love to know where a 2-year old is supposed to be. I was essentially able to converse with M by 24 months (I was able to ask where she wanted to eat on her birthday, and what her cake should look like!), while pretty much C's only word is "poopy." I'm serious. She'll be 2 in about 3 weeks (adjusted she's about 22.5 months old). She doesn't say mama, but will say papa and occasionally says book. She has her own word for bird. And that pretty much it! Isn't 2 when the 2-word phase establishes itself?

[L.Jane]

I would love to know where a 2-year old is supposed to be. I was essentially able to converse with M by 24 months (I was able to ask where she wanted to eat on her birthday, and what her cake should look like!), while pretty much C's only word is "poopy." I'm serious. She'll be 2 in about 3 weeks (adjusted she's about 22.5 months old). She doesn't say mama, but will say papa and occasionally says book. She has her own word for bird. And that pretty much it! Isn't 2 when the 2-word phase establishes itself?

I just had my son (turned two April 9th) reevaluaed by his speech therapist. He was just shy of the two year minimum of 50 spoken words that are not prompted. He also doesn't string two words together which a two year old should be doing. Your lo sounds a lot like mine. Your state should have a free service to evaluate and help if need be. If you decide you want to get C evaluated and can't find your program, pm me and I'll help you. Sometimes some kids just take longer than others, especially if they have a sibling who will talk for them.

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[alison]

Thanks! C has her 2-year well child appointment in 3 weeks, and I'm sure this will come up at that appointment. I'm not too concerned, because she has been about 2 months late with meeting most of her milestones anyway, but it sure is odd that she's really lagging with speech. thanks again for your offer of help to locate services. Have you seen you guy picking up any new words...?

[L.Jane]

Thanks! C has her 2-year well child appointment in 3 weeks, and I'm sure this will come up at that appointment. I'm not too concerned, because she has been about 2 months late with meeting most of her milestones anyway, but it sure is odd that she's really lagging with speech. thanks again for your offer of help to locate services. Have you seen you guy picking up any new words...?

Therapy has helped a lot. E also makes up his own language and he doesn't like letting go of his made up words but slowly we are getting him to try and say the correct words. He has trouble putting sounds together. He also talks without using his tongue or really opening his mouth and after many other words added we finally got him to say GO instead of his guttural under the breath version of it. He even started doing two word sentences when prompted this week. It's funny how he picks up some things quickly but others he can't. He still only says mama correctly a tenth of the time. (Usually sounds like bwabwa). We've been working on a shortened form of please for a long time just p and Eeee. He can say the two sounds but is unable to blend them into pee. sorry more info than you asked for.

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[alison]

This is extremely helpful actually! C makes similar utterances. Most of the time she won't say anything except for babbling. But then I'll occasionally say "one, two...." and she goes "fweeee!" So I know there's something starting to happen up there.
My guess is E will start talking in full sentences very soon. On his own time

[MsSassyBaskets]

Well, I'm not sure whether they "count", but lately DD has been saying " ah ah" (uh oh) whenever she intentionally drops something on the floor, and she's saying "hi" in mostly appropriate situations. Everything else remains pretty much the same... She only says "mamama" as an angry noise. When I ask her to say "mama" she still says "Dada". I'm convinced she's trying to torture me.

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[L.Jane]

Well, I'm not sure whether they "count", but lately DD has been saying " ah ah" (uh oh) whenever she intentionally drops something on the floor, and she's saying "hi" in mostly appropriate situations. Everything else remains pretty much the same... She only says "mamama" as an angry noise. When I ask her to say "mama" she still says "Dada". I'm convinced she's trying to torture me.

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Those both count. They do pick up uh oh so fast don't they?

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[alison]

How many words are they supposed to have at 18 months? I can't remember at all what the pediatrician said. I think she said 100 by 2 yo and 2-word phrases.
We are at 14 individual words.

I was looking back at an old video of M to see where she was at this age. Whoa! Huge difference. In one she says "I tickle toes, I tickle toes! (Tickles her own feet. Laughs) I funny." Hmm...

[spotty_dog]

Here's some guidelines to help you pin down where she is on the range? But my SLP friend said it's closer to 2.5 (30 months) that they start paying closer attention and figuring out who might need intervention. http://www.asha.org/public/Early-Det...ing-Disorders/

[alison]

Alison, you are exactly right about the 2.5 age cutoff for intervention vs non-intervention. We were just at the pediatrician for dd's well baby, and that's exactly what we were told. Uh-oh and oh no are considered chunks and not two words, so I was a little down, because those were the only 2-word phrases that dd was saying. Things are picking up for her just in the past week, I think. She now says "HELP!" and "I go." The latter isn't in the right context, but it's something...

[SoonerTexan]

Ha I actually asked my SIL this for Thirteen this morning (fresh out of speech path school:

From 18-24 months babies should be saying 20-50 different words in 1 word utterances (mama, dada, milk, no, mine, go, etc) 2-word phrases should happen around 2 years old.


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[alison]

Two new chunks that C has been saying: "thank you" and "here you go." Those still don't count as 2 (and 3 words) and they are not very clearly spoken, but we're getting somewhere.

[MsSassyBaskets]

We're almost at 18 months, and all we have are "hi" and "uh oh". Even "hi" isn't pronounced well - "aye". I'm seeing some strides in variety of syllables, word understanding, and her ability to communicate with sounds and gestures, so I think we're getting closer. But not a whole lot of progress. I know she knows lots of words, since she can follow a really wide variety of complex commands - "please put your shoes on the mat," "if you're happy and you know it, pat your head!" (or another new version she hasn't heard before) etc. etc. Just not verbalizing yet. :/

[L.Jane]

We're almost at 18 months, and all we have are "hi" and "uh oh". Even "hi" isn't pronounced well - "aye". I'm seeing some strides in variety of syllables, word understanding, and her ability to communicate with sounds and gestures, so I think we're getting closer. But not a whole lot of progress. I know she knows lots of words, since she can follow a really wide variety of complex commands - "please put your shoes on the mat," "if you're happy and you know it, pat your head!" (or another new version she hasn't heard before) etc. etc. Just not verbalizing yet. :/

She sounds exactly like where my little man was at her age. Her cognitive understanding is great if she can follow those directions. If she is still behind on her speech at her two year appointment your doctor will help you get in contact with a speech therapist. Just keep labeling everything. I know its scary and frustrating, but if she truly is behind, she will do great in therapy at two. Like its said above, some don't even really push therapy until 2.5.