Is this normal? Terrible pronunciation at 19 months

[BlingyGal]

My daughter is 19 months and her pronunciation of most words is pretty much unintelligible. Other than mama, dada and cheese, it's soooo difficult to understand her. She often uses the wrong starting syllable. So, pillow is Dillow; Charlie is Darlie; Lovey is Muvey etc.
Other errors include Down is Dow, I can barely understand when she says 'up'! She says tons of other things but I haven't been able to translate them yet.
Should I be concerned?

 

[SarahBear]

It's normal. As far as being concerned, just be glad she's saying a range of words you can decipher.

 

[Zephram]

No, you shouldn't be concerned. It's 100% normal. Absolutely, completely usual and ordinary! Basically all kids do this.

 

[Twag]

For 19 months she sounds like she is actually doing pretty well tbh

 

[Sarah Lou 80]

She sounds like she's doing really well. My 19 month old doesn't say as much as that and what she does say is not overly clear.

 

[AngelUK]

I agree with the others, she is doing really well! And yes it is normal!

 

[BlingyGal]

Thanks for the help, team!

I need to stop comparing to my friends' babies. One friend's daughter is younger than mine but she speaks much more clearly! Another friend, her son is six weeks younger, and supposedly knows all his alphabet and numbers - she can write them down and he will say what they are! Genius baby I guess.

 

[Button#]

Mine is the same. We have issues with the words truck, fork, frog and sock all sounding like a swear word beginning with f! Fine when we're at home, but we see a lot of trucks out in public...

My LOs pronunciation has improved a lot in the last week or so as well.

 

[misspriss]

Normal. Some things DD says sound perfect, others are so hard to understand. When she says "mommy" even it sounds more like "money" or "my knee"...

 

[Bevziibubble]

That sounds totally fine and it's great that she is even attempting to say those words. My daughter barely said a word at that age!

 

[JumpingIn]

My 19 month old has around 10 words total, and none of them are pronounced 'properly'

Buhbye
Muhmuh (dummy )
Gee (cheese)
Gup (get up)
Uh oh
Muh (more)
Babaaa (Mango. Yes, really)
Myah (cat)
Gigah (switch on/off)
Gookah (cooker)

 

[BlingyGal]

Thanks for the feedback, everyone.
I've figured out more words, she has quite a few. It just required having some time off at Christmas together so I could get a better sense of her style of communicating. I miss so much of it because she's at daycare during the week.

 

[sequeena]

It's totally normal. Certain sounds are not made/mastered until they reach certain ages. Some sounds take up to 8 years if I remember right. There is a wide range.

 

[rwhite]

She sounds like she's doing amazing, try not to worry

 

[kirstybumx3]

Thanks for the help, team!

I need to stop comparing to my friends' babies. One friend's daughter is younger than mine but she speaks much more clearly! Another friend, her son is six weeks younger, and supposedly knows all his alphabet and numbers - she can write them down and he will say what they are! Genius baby I guess.

Probably not genius baby. All children are different. Your little one sounds like she's doing just fine. Rio knew all of his alphabet and numbers and could say them all from photos at that age too BUT barely said anything else other than the basics. He didn't really string any sentences together til after age 2 so whilst he was doing 'genius' activities his speech wasn't all that good. Sounds like your LO is doing really well, actually. I wouldn't worry. It's really hard not to compare though. I always did as I have a niece that's 6 weeks younger than Rio and she spoke in sentences way earlier. They're pretty equal right now at 3.5. X