How many words does your toddler say?

Ashley - posted on 11/30/2009

My 17 month old only says 2 words, but he's a 3rd child, so everyone else talks for him. I am having a evaluation done this week -just to make sure something isn't wrong. He understands everything we say, he just doesn't talk.

Jennille - posted on 11/30/2009

Quoting Christina:

Quoting Jennille:

My little boy only says 3 words, bye, ma (no mama), and da (no dada). But he is a great climber and is great at figuring things out. But, he doesn't say much. My other two were very quick to pick up words but he is more quiet and very active.

Trust me, when he does start talking, he will REALLY talk.. He sounds like the observant kind, so he's probably just watching and listening to you and his Dad. He'll probably surprise you at how much he can [clearly] say when he really does start to talk.

Yeah ... you're right! My 6 year old doesn't seem to stop talking!

C. - posted on 11/29/2009

Quoting Jennille:

My little boy only says 3 words, bye, ma (no mama), and da (no dada). But he is a great climber and is great at figuring things out. But, he doesn't say much. My other two were very quick to pick up words but he is more quiet and very active.

Trust me, when he does start talking, he will REALLY talk.. He sounds like the observant kind, so he's probably just watching and listening to you and his Dad. He'll probably surprise you at how much he can [clearly] say when he really does start to talk.

Glory - posted on 11/29/2009

So did u do anything special to increase her vocabulary or just the normal stuff. i think that is great she can say all of that, i cannot potty train mines until we can say does words or let me know he gotta go.

Glory - posted on 11/29/2009

That sound like my kid

Jennille - posted on 11/29/2009

My little boy only says 3 words, bye, ma (no mama), and da (no dada). But he is a great climber and is great at figuring things out. But, he doesn't say much. My other two were very quick to pick up words but he is more quiet and very active.

Sara - posted on 11/29/2009

My list may be a little more detailed than most because I am a speech pathologist LOL

Off the top of my head... My daughter is 17 months and says:
mama, dada, puppy, BoBo (our dog), uh-uh (no), hi, hello, bye-bye, uh-oh, yes, get it, I got it, poop, diaper, milk, more, HoHo (from NiHao KaiLan), Sara (her sitter), butt, eye, tickle-tickle, i love you, boom, feet, baba (bottle- though we ignore that word now that it's gone!), all-right, oh my, ohhhhh, book, mine, hippo, thank you, hot, baby, paper, sit, car noises, and about 6 animal sounds. (about 43 words) and will repeat almost anything we say!

signs: more, poop, potty, drink, eat, all done

knows: body parts (hair, ear, nose, mouth, belly button, tummy, butt, feet, hands), can follow simple commands (bring me the book, find your paci, wipe your face, sit down)

Glory - posted on 11/28/2009

Quoting Renea:

I feel like my child is behind. She says, "Mama, Baba, Hi, Bye-bye, Papa, here. I think that is all. She just points at what she wants, or hits me to get my attention and takes me to where she wants to go. Is she behind?

Thats good, at least yours say Hi & bye, mines dont do that at all but he waves. My sons points and cry to get what he wants too. All kids do things different and when they are ready. Please do not judge your kid by what the other kids are doing. my son did not get his 1st tooth til 7 mo, but started teasing at 3 mo. you just wait when your child start talking you will be wishing she will close her mouth.

Glory - posted on 11/28/2009

my 17 mo old can say mommy & daddy, he whisper the word cookie, he can say juice and cup. Now he understands everything, he knows his body parts, he can follow simple commands, like go get a pamper, go get your shoes, or where is your cup. But not doing much talking, and i too have your baby can read.

C. - posted on 11/28/2009

As far as my son goes, he says "mommy", "daddy, "doggie, "kitty", "Boo Boo" (the cat's nickname), "poopie", "pee pee", "boogie", "hi", "bye", "what's that", "puff" (if he wants his Gerber puffs), "Bobby", "baby", "nana", "stop", "no", "yes".. I think that's about it.

C. - posted on 11/28/2009

Quoting Renea:

I feel like my child is behind. She says, "Mama, Baba, Hi, Bye-bye, Papa, here. I think that is all. She just points at what she wants, or hits me to get my attention and takes me to where she wants to go. Is she behind?

If you're worried then maybe make her start trying to say what she wants instead of her pointing or dragging you to where she wants to be. For instance, if she starts pointing at what she wants, just tell her that she needs to tell you what she wants, otherwise you won't know what to give her.. And don't give her what she wants until she at least tries to make the sound of what she wants.. That might help. It helped a little with my son.

Renea - posted on 11/23/2009

I feel like my child is behind. She says, "Mama, Baba, Hi, Bye-bye, Papa, here. I think that is all. She just points at what she wants, or hits me to get my attention and takes me to where she wants to go. Is she behind?

Kathryn - posted on 11/22/2009

My son says 1. dada 2. mama 3. hi 4. hey 5. hello 6. bye 7. on 8. go 9. dog 10. kitty 11. off 12. help 13. down 14. up 15. car 16. truck 17. light 18. house 19. bird 20. out 21. ow 22. oh wow 23. no 24. yes 25. yep 26. sticker 27. balloon 28. book 29. door 30. hot 31. grandma 32. grandpa 33. clock 34. sock 35. shoe 36. ball 37. eat 38. that 39. right there 40. nope 41. eye 42. nose 43. mouth 44. cat 45. co co (co co clock). He says other words but they aren't clear enough for me to count them.

Jodi - posted on 11/22/2009

My daughter can say- mommy, daddy, dog, cat, fishy, ball, hat, no, go, eye, toe, shoe, sack (snack), cow, cat, baby, nap, flower, tree, duck, bye, hello, mote (remote), nuv nu (love you) poo poo, pee, pap pap, ouch, please, thank you, turtle, purple, book, ashes (ring around the rosie) Mickey, elmo, 10 animal sounds, We have been also teaching her the alphabet. She can do E-L. and can do 1-2-3

Tisha - posted on 11/20/2009

My daughter says.."ball, baby, mama, dada, kitty, hi, hey, bye-bye, backpack, flower, pretty, duck, doggy, peek boo, apple, eye, belly, belly butt (for belly button lol), and shower". I think she understands a lot more than that because when we're talking about something she almost always looks at what we're talking about. She doesn't follow any instructions we ask of her she just looks at us like we're crazy and starts babbling lol.

Erica - posted on 11/20/2009

my 17 months old says quite a few words...: mama, daddy, baby, kitty,easy,uh-oh,num-nums, belly button (comes out more like bethybetha), yucky,pew,pew (while she waves her hands in front of her nose)woody(from toy story), yeah, no, night-night,cheese please, thank you, nana (banana), pretty, luv u,hi, bubye and blanky.

Ami - posted on 11/19/2009

Quoting Carly:

MY son sounds about the same as yours ... and his name is Alexei :-) He says Mummy, Daddy and Bubby but not really in context. We think he might be starting to say Shoes as well, but most of what he says is just jibberish. He definitely understands what we are saying though, so much so that we have started spelling some words so he doesn't know what we're saying. He's very good at following instructions too. Some kids get a really good grasp on comprehending language, but just take longer to actually use it themselves.

Ha ha we had to start spelling some words too, like cookie and outside, he LOVES to go outside and its getting to cold for him to be out in the evenings. SO we spell it..... at least till he hears the security system beep that the door was opened!

Ami - posted on 11/19/2009

That is so cute. My little boy is 17 months and he can say 7 words now where as last week he could only say 3.

Renee - posted on 11/19/2009

(My daughter is 17 months) I asked my daughters doctor, how many words they should say by 18 months and she said 5 to 6, but my daughter says 70 to 80 words, sometimes she says 3 word sent., she knows all of her body parts, and some other things but all kids are different. Just keep trying and they will pick up words, we also bought your baby can read and that really helped with our daughters words!

Robyn - posted on 11/17/2009

We were just trying to think of all the words our daughter knows this morning because every day it's 2 or 3 more. I can't believe how fast they pick up on things! From what I can remember right now she can say, what's that, who's that, baby, puppy, kitty, duck, grandma, papa, mommy, daddy, ball, shoe, cookie, cheese, please, up, down, yellow, blue, hippo, oh no (she says this ALL the time), car, book, sheep, horsey, quack quack, moo, where'd go, bye, hello, yes, flower, turtle, boat, me, nice, ready, go, Ryley, wiggle, jump, running, no, scooby doo, hockey.....I dont think she knows what she is talking about when she says colors though.

Kaula - posted on 11/17/2009

i have twin 17 month old boys and they only say a few words: mama, dada, bubba, doggie, thank u, hi, bye bye, and no. They try to say snake, nana, papa. they know what alot of words mean nd will try to say them but it still comes out in baby talk but they point at what their trying to say.

Carly - posted on 11/16/2009

MY son sounds about the same as yours ... and his name is Alexei :-) He says Mummy, Daddy and Bubby but not really in context. We think he might be starting to say Shoes as well, but most of what he says is just jibberish. He definitely understands what we are saying though, so much so that we have started spelling some words so he doesn't know what we're saying. He's very good at following instructions too. Some kids get a really good grasp on comprehending language, but just take longer to actually use it themselves.

Amanda - posted on 11/15/2009

my daughter has so many words, she talks just like her big brother . sometimes i have to ask who said the words or i would never know ! she can count to 10 and we are working on our ABCs , she can also sing some songs..

Gemma - posted on 11/15/2009

my son is 17 months and doesnt use a lot of words yet but definatley know what we mean when we talk to him. He has a weak jaw muscale that isnt helping him but he is starting to get the words out. once they start we wont be able to stop them!!

Krysta - posted on 11/10/2009

My daughter says about 30 words but she doesn't always associate the correct word with the right thing. The words she definetely knows are "Dada", "binkie", "baby", "banana", "papa", "mama", "bottle", "uh-oh", "sippy", "kitty", "dog", "up", "pop", "car", "bye", "hi", "duck", "bear", and "ball".
Sometimes my daughter says "dada" to me also but most times she's very accurate. Hope this helps! Remember, "dada" is much easier for them to say than "mama". In fact, my daughter doesn't know any other "M" words other then "mommy".

Angela - posted on 11/09/2009

my little girl can say 'mamma, dadda, ball, down, there and about 10 animal sounds...thats about it. I'm not too worried. She is a very smart cookie and understands everything we say. She has been a late developer with most things (crawled at 11 months, first tooth at 13 months and walked at 17 months) so i'm assuming her talking might come a little later. My paediatrician isn't worried..as long as they are babbling, the words will eventually come...sooner than we may think.