children and talking/speech
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Topic: children and talking/speech
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: children and talking/speech
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 10:52pm
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does anyone here have a child who talks well has done so from a younge age..do they sometimes appear to be older..like Megan is 2 years 3 months and because she talks so well I sometimes forget she is only 2.
ironically a mum I know with a 19 month old doesnt say much and she seems so much younger than Megan did at the same age. if that makes sense. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 11:18pm
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It depends what you mean by talking well, I don't really know the benchmarks? Jack talks in short sentences (has a couple of longer ones) and can understand instructions easily, but I guess this is either normal, or he's just well behaved.
I often forget he's 2 when I ask him to do jobs for me, but hey, they're never too young to help around the house are they? 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 28 February 2010 at 3:56pm
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YES!!! Tom has been talking really well....full sentences, quite complex concepts etc for a while and I forget that he is only 2.5yrs. It doesnt help that he hangs out with 3yr+ kids and speaks as well if not better than them and that he is my eldest.
Poor guy...I do have to remind myself how little he really is. |
Posted By: kmarie
Date Posted: 28 February 2010 at 5:06pm
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Yes! I know Bethany's a bit younger again (17mths), but I find the same with her. Her grasp of vocab & communication skills seem to be quite advanced for her age (so people keep telling me anyway) and I find that I expect her to do/say things that other children her age wouldn't have any idea about! I've had to remind myself that the odd grizzle patch and inability to verbalise what the problem is, is actually quite consistent with her age... rather than just a naughty moment :P It really does make them seem older as it changes the way you interact with them eh. She does all sorts of jobs for me when I ask her to and loves being mummy's 'helper.' We're having conversations all day long, it's so cute to see what she'll come out with next :-D ------------- 
twins in heaven Oct07 Is 40:11 "He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart." |
Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 28 February 2010 at 7:49pm
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I constantly have to tell people that luek is "only" 2 - they tend to look at his size and social ability and decide he is at least three. His speech is great and he is a confident little boy, so easy to think he is older than he is.
DH and I keep reminding ourselves as we are dealing with a 2yr old tantrum that he is only 2! ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 1:14pm
Absolutely - lil miss is now the same age as the gremlins were when I had her, and she is sooo much more mature than they were. At 20 mths they weren't even saying single words, whereas she can hold a conversation and it makes her seem so much older. Maya was a precocious talker too, and tall for her age which made it even worse as people assumed she was much older than she was and expected more from her. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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NovemberMum wrote:Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 1:43pm
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C was talking in 3 or 4 (sometimes 5 ) word sentences before she was one .
When I took her to plunket at 2 her vocab was between 150 -250 words . She still talks a lot , wont blimming shutup actually ...... ------------- 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 2:24pm
| Sam talks really well and often he will NOT stop talking. At 16 months he wasn't really saying much at all, and then all of a sudden his language just took off! He's bigger than most kids his age too, so he is often mistaken for being older. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 5:50pm
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Josh is like that. He too is a big boys and people forget he is only 3. Andrew was a little different he had bad ear issues but once they were sorted he took off. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 9:55pm
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Hope I'm not thread hijacking, but what are the typical "benchmarks" when it comes to language?
I worry that my son is the other way round, and not talking as much as the "average" 1 year old. He can say "mama", "dada", "bubba" and he whispers something that we think is "pretty"! But other than stringing sounds together, there's been nothing else. When would you start to worry about language development? |
Posted By: noisybaby
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 10:08pm
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My 19month old hardly says a word apart form the odd mama or dada. She understands a hell of a lot but just doesnt speak english as such. I;m not worried cos i know one day she will wake up and I won;t be able to shut her up. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Aquarius
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 11:03pm
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yes my oldest had exceptional speech skills...he was grasping the whole concept easily by 12 mnths and by 18mnths was talking sentences (blew us away)
its funny as now (he is 15) he is still very good. coming first in speech contests, learning languages and can do impersonations that are uncanny and very funny!! language and speech is definetly his thing! ....second son didnt talk for 3 years!! ------------- http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/timers/"> 
mum to mr 16 & mr 10 |
Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 06 March 2010 at 8:15am
A few words at one is fine! there is a huge range of development that is considered within the normal range. To give you a rough indication; around 12 months first words start to appear. They understand names of familiar objects/people and some simple instructions. around 18- 24 months they reach 50-60 word vocab and start combining words to make two word phrases.They are able to follow simple instructions and understand simple questions (i.e. give me teddy, where is the cat?, push the car). Their speech is 25% intelligible to strangers. 24-36 months - phrases of 2-4 words. Vocab of 150-300 words. They understand 2 step instructions (e.g. get your bag and put it in your room). Their understanding of concepts is improving (e.g. on/under, hot/cold, heavy, big/small, high/low, stop/go, slow/fast etc). Their speech is 50-75% intelligible to strangers. 36-48 months - length of phrases increase - 4+ words, They show understanding of questions, who, where, what etc...Their speech is 90% intelligible to strangers. 48 -60 months- complex intelligible sentences... These are the averages based on normative data but the range is huge and up to six months either way is considered within the normal range. Therefore a child who is 2 could still be using single words or more complex phrases and still considered within the normal range. eta for spelling  ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 10:29pm
Oh wow, thanks for that Freckle! That makes me feel much happier! 
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