How many words should an 19 month old say?

Kaye - posted on 01/09/2009

Thanks guys who responded to my question... Guess it just a matter of time... :-)

Kaye - posted on 01/09/2009

Quoting Cameron:

My son is also 19 mon old.  He says a few words but not very many (he babbles like crazy though).  At his 18 month check up the doctor said not to worry about it because it's obvious that he understands what we are saying to him.  The doctor said he should pick it up by the time he is two.  Also my husband didn't start talking until he was two and he went straight to speaking in complete sentences.  I'm guessing this is what my son will do as well.  Keep your chin up, your daughter will get it.  Just keep talking to her a lot.  :)

Thank you... Libby is so stubborn, if she doesn't want to say it, she won't!  But she does come out with things you don't expect her to say like...balloon, scooby doo! tracy.

She does understand everything you say though, we talk a lot to her including my parents who look after her while I work.  She may say a word once and then that's it for the rest of the day!  the things she had said was mum, dad, nan, grandad, birdie, monkey, holly, ta, up.  I try to prompt her to say things and she may say it and she may not... but when she DOES say it, we make it a great deal by clapping and saying well done, giving her a lot of praise.

I don't think there is a problem there... just a bit slow in talking!  Thanks again :-)

Danielle - posted on 01/09/2009

My 18 month old is a little chatter box. I'm not sure why, or what it is that made her talk so much so early. She had over 10 words by 12 months, and now at 18 months, I can't count how many she has, seems like theres new words every day. I'd say 150, she counted to five in spanish the other day! (dora i'm sure!! lol) And she knows her alphabet, she can count to ten in english, she knows probably 5 colors. And most of what she says now is in small phrases, not all of them are clear. Close family can understand her 90 perecent of the time, and strangers probably 60% of the time.

I'm 33 weeks pregnant with baby number two, and I'm NOT expecting this baby to say NEAR as much as my daughter.  I have a 2 year old cousin almost exactly 6 months older then my daughter that says probably 5-10 words. Babies are all so different. I'm sure your wee one will start talking more soon :)

I read and sing with my daughter A LOT, she loves books, she'll "read along" with me, just basically telling me whats on the page, and she loves to point out things "where is the butterfly" ect ect. But reading works wonders for some kids, and others just like to sit and listen to mommy or daddy read.

Good luck :)

Cameron - posted on 01/08/2009

My son is also 19 mon old.  He says a few words but not very many (he babbles like crazy though).  At his 18 month check up the doctor said not to worry about it because it's obvious that he understands what we are saying to him.  The doctor said he should pick it up by the time he is two.  Also my husband didn't start talking until he was two and he went straight to speaking in complete sentences.  I'm guessing this is what my son will do as well.  Keep your chin up, your daughter will get it.  Just keep talking to her a lot.  :)

Alison - posted on 01/07/2009

My 18 month old little girl is saying a few words and putting words together but its really not that much well I dont think but this is my first child so I am like some mums who are asking the question how much is to much and how little is to little???? She says mumma bot bot which means her bottle, she says dog, cat, no, yes, up, juice, nanna, daddy, mum, bed, chippy, lollie, biscuit, teddy and a few other things just cant think of them.

Adria - posted on 01/07/2009

i'm no expert, but i wouldn't worry about it too much at 19 months.  sounds like she just hasn't had her 'language explosion' yet.  my boy is talking some but not a lot.  he uses about 10 main words to get what he wants (no, uh oh, up, milk, drink, more...) and he's technically said about 30 more that he doesn't use often (including words that he simply will repeat). 

singing EIEIO sounds advanced!

Lisa - posted on 01/07/2009

My son was hardly saying 5 words at 18 mos. He babbles like a crazy man, but nothing we could understand. (his older brother started talking abour 1 year and was using sentences very early). So, at the 18 mo check up the dr recommended having him checked out. We now have an entire team of child development experts coming to do an assessment (it's provided through our school district) and wouldn't you know it, this past weekend he started speaking!! (i feel kind of bad about having everyone come evaluate him...oops!) he's still having trouble w/ d, g, l, hard sounds like those. I guess we'll see. It's so fun to FINALLY hear him say mommy. :)

Melanie - posted on 01/07/2009

My son (19 months) is saying all kinds of things. My daughter (4) loves talking to him, so he has had to talk back to her. He sings eieio, counts 1,2,3 go, mommy, daddy, sissy, mama, papa, tries to say his ABC's, and the funniest one is when he tries to say wubbzy and spongebob. I think the way that we talk to him is why he talks so much cause I like to ask him for an answer.

Monica - posted on 01/06/2009

It's not uncommon for the second one to be a lot less talkative. I talked like crazy starting at nine months, and my brother who was two years younger hardly talked at all until he was two. Of course, once he started talking it was in complete sentences. It's like he was practicing in his head all that time!