How much does your 1.5 year old talk?

amother

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:19 pm

I'm wondering what the average 1.5 year old can say? Basically looking to settle a debate between dh and I whether our 1.5 year old speech is normal or above average.

1. What words or sentences has your 1.5 year old said?
2. How clear is the pronunciation?
3. What number child in the family (I think this makes a big difference in their speech).

Thanks.

amother

Gold

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:22 pm

Do you also think it matters if they are kept home vs daycare?

amother

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:24 pm

amother [ Gold ] wrote:

Do you also think it matters if they are kept home vs daycare?

Ummm not sure.
I guess - no.

amother

Linen

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:34 pm

She's an only child right now.

Has about 30 words total, about a dozen are used in a daily basis. Occasionally but rarely puts two together. When she's in a good mood uses words a lot, cranky uses none.

amother

Saddlebrown

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:36 pm

My DS said avg 20 words at 20 months got some speech therapy at age 3 and speaks 3 languages now. My dd spoke in full sentences at 15 months, was at a 3 year old level. I know some 1.5 year olds who don’t say a word and a few who say brilliant things don’t know avg but what I know for sure is the more u read to your kids starting when they’re babies -the more well spoken they are no matter how smart one is

amother

Magenta

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:38 pm

Hey hey! EI speech therapist here!
An 18 month old should have around 15 words. No sentences yet, but if they already have then great!
She/he should be 50% intelligible to the primary caretaker, less so to everyone else.
Birth order doesn’t seem to have a major role, however people do say that their second child spoke earlier than their first child. Gender makes a bigger difference than birth order.
Any questions?

amother

Fuchsia

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:43 pm

My baby - child #3
1.5 yrs
Girl (I find that makes a diff. )
I havent counted her words. She sometimes- hardly put words together. So here goes.

She says
Mommy
Totty
One siblings name
Baby
Bye bye
Yummy (for food)
Wee wee (swing- parks etc)
Vein- crying
Papa - pamper
Uchhh
Nuch- for more
Woo woo- for animals/dogs
Booboo
Bike (biiiii)
Ball (baaaa) lol
Up
Down
Shoes
Oy oy yoy
Yes
No
Bobby
Zeidy
Hello
Sit
Sheinn (for pretty)
Hot
Drink (rinkkk)

I think it's great for her age.
Curious to see what others say

amother

Saddlebrown

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:50 pm

Lol love the shein
Makes sense my ds was a second child but a boy. I find girls talk much more earlier. Playgroup didn’t make a difference but I was building up their language at home so it wld benefit those who are not into educating at home

amother

Bronze

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 4:56 pm

My older one probably had 30-40 words at 18 months. By 20 months, he was saying 6-word sentences. My younger one followed a similar pattern.

amother

cornflower

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 5:06 pm

Mine didn't he's almost 2 now and has a few approximation but no real words yet

amother

Jade

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 5:16 pm

My 15 month old has been speaking since 10 months old. Now he says around 40 words and loves to copy DH and I and tries to say whatever we say. A lot of his words are clear but not everything- we know what he is saying. Example- Buh is book. Or water is wawa.
He’s our first.

amother

Wine

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 5:39 pm

We live in a non English speaking country, I speak English to my daughter, my husband speaks the language of the country. She just started daycare.
She is 18 months, she says
More
Shoes
This
Taty
Fu Fu (for hot)
Ba/Bo ( bottle)
Not much else

amother

Lemon

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 5:46 pm

By 12 months mine had 24 words and by 18 months had over 70. I guess thats not so normal...

amother

Teal

Wed, Oct 21 2020, 8:30 pm

19 month old boy, #4, goes to daycare
3 words that are more symbolic than actual words
kid #1 spoke a ton by 12 months
#2 and #3 were slightly delayed and I started therapy pretty early with them

amother

Thu, Oct 22 2020, 2:07 am

Wow. Fascinating.
Totally different range here and it all seems normal.
Thanks everyone for your input.

To be honest, she's not even 18 months yet. She's 4th kh and just started playgroup this week.
She probably says 30-40 words (or more). More than 50% intelligible. And some sentences like: 'I want dis' or 'I wana come' (copying older siblings, but she understands the meaning).
I guess my husband was right...

Edited to change amount of words after I counted with dh.

amother

Thu, Oct 22 2020, 2:37 am

blessedjmom wrote:

What was your husband's opinion?

That she's above average. But to me she was regular.
I was comparing her to the daughter before her. Older dd's speech was much clearer and more words but I guess she was extremely above average kh.

amother

Sienna

Thu, Oct 22 2020, 8:48 am

Now I'm feeling really anxious about mine. She's 18mo and she doesn't talk. No words. I opened this thread thinking it would be someone posting the same thing, and now I'm feeling like she's way behind. She's number 3 if that makes any difference.

amother

Thu, Oct 22 2020, 9:07 am

amother [ Sienna ] wrote:

No words whatsoever? Even mama, dada, baba etc?
If so I would get it checked out. Maybe a hearing problem?

Like a speech therapist above said 15 words.
I know in Israel at child's 18 month check up they expect 10 words. So if your child says 10 words maybe wait a bit longer.

Hatzlacha.