When did your toddler have their language explosion?

[RachA]

Daniel's was gradual. He didn't have any words at 18 months but between 18 months and 24 months he just added a word or two each day.
Esther's not had an explosion either. She does have a speech and language delay though.

 

[aimee-lou]

Earl was about 16-18m when he really took off. By 2 he was pretty much talking like an adult lol. He has always been very communicative though and copied from about 10m when we made noises, animal sounds, his name for example.

Edward is 19m and can repeat names and noises well if not particularly accurately, he understands pretty much everything you say to him, and will happily follow basic requests to do things but most of what he says is babble...... although he is picking up more intricate words now and trying to say things and communicate (i.e. he gets frustrated when you don't understand what his grunts and gestures mean lol). He still wont say Mummy though.....Earl didn't say it til 20m. He could say 'Helicopter' before he said Mummy and now Eddy is just downright refusing to even copy it. He'll say everyone else's name (sort of lol) but not Mummy. 9 times out of 10 it comes out as Bob! lol

 

[seaweed eater]

I don't know if we've hit it or not really. Micah's got a lot of words for his age, I'd guess over 100 and gains more every day. So maybe this IS the language explosion? Then again it's been a pretty steady gain for months now, so I don't have one of those 'one day he had 10 words, the next day 100' stories to tell. He puts words together as concepts but not really sentences, he asks for "more XYZ" or "mummy duddle?" (cuddle) and says things like "baa baa, yes yes" for baa baa black sheep and "omnomnom apple, omnomnom pears" when 'reading' the hungry caterpillar!

Ditto, could have written this myself.

 

[Emz1982_in_uk]

Kai was 15 months, he had loads of words and he spoke in full sentences just after he turned 2. River on the other hand says about 4 clear words and few other sounds that are almost proper words. She signs everything though. Kai also did baby signing so I know that doesn't delay speech. If we didn't do signing I think River would be frustrated.

 

[sequeena]

I'm waiting... and waiting... and waiting... he's 29 months and the amount of words he can say I can count on one hand.

 

[kittylady]

Her first words mama dadda, cat and nanny were at 10 months, by which I mean she new exactly who she was referring to. Then at 12 months she could say mummy daddy, nanny, bubble, doggy, furby (don't ask lol) plus about 10 other words. There hasn't really been an explosion just a gradual build up. I have lost count I think definitely over 50, possibly closer to 70 now. She's been saying two word sentences such as daddy bye-bye, daddy hat, and she even said a three word sentence, daddy mummy boobie this morning when she wanted daddy to take her to mummy for morning BF.

However myself and my husband talk so much that I would be surprised if she didn't speak much. I shouldn't worry anyway it'll all will come in their own time

 

[Citycroft]

Just this past few weeks we've gone from about 50 words to so many I can't count, 3-4 word sentences like "daddy made Rowan toast" and attempting almost every word we ask.
I know she's understood most things for many months and it's only now she's able to verbalise it. It's just fantastic to hear.

 

[Jemma0717]

I guess I don't know exactly what you mean by "language explosion" but Lily's first word was "Lexi" (our dog) right around 12 months. She's 16 months now and has about a 20word vocabulary and actually knows what they mean. She says:

Mama
Dada
Landon (brother)
Lexi
"nom nom"
Hi
Bye bye
puppy
Kitty
Charlee (moms cat)
grandma (sounds more like mama...she calls me mommy)
no
minnie (as in minne mouse)
baba (sippy cup)
poop
Joe (her dads name...this is her new thing lol)
blankie
"nookie" (nuk)
hot (and she will blow on her food)
cute
please
thank you
here you go

 

[greenbeans12]

My son is 16 months old and has really started talking these past 2 weeks.

He can say Mom, drink, juice, more, goodbye, hi, hello, I want more, feed me, stop, not nice, go away (learned this from his sister, LOL), that is mine, be nice, please, thank you, I made a mess, I want to go outside, car, ball, doggy, water, bath, and much more. He also knows a small amount of German but only uses it when he is upset.

Your LO's time will come. My DD did not start talking until she was over 2.

 

[Wilsey]

Thanks Jemma - she sounds like she's doing really well!!

I think the language explosion is where they start learning multiple words a day and can speak in 2+ word sentences. But then again, sounds like not all kids do that and just gradually learn them. Others find that their children suddenly start talking a whole lot more.

 

[bananaz]

My daughter's "language explosion" started at around 14 months, which is when she had a vocabulary of ~50 words and was making 2-word sentences. Then it really picked up pace at around 16/17 months and hasn't slowed down since. I've heard that 50 words is often the tipping point, for whatever reason.

 

[SarahBear]

Interesting how the poll shows most were either early or late, without much in between. Violet is only 14 months and her 10 words feel like a mini-explosion, but I know it's just a tiny blip compared to what is to come! She went through a phase of adamantly pointing at things and exclaiming "dat!" until we told her what it was or talked about it. I feel like there's an explosion brewing, but we shall see when it really happens. She has backed off with the "dat-ing," so we shall see.

 

[bumpbear]

n said her first proper used regularly and in context words at 9 months 'night night' and 'mama'.

She has built slowly and steadily since then, with no great explosion.

Now at 21 months she talks in 3 or 4 word sentences. I've not really ever counted how many words she knows apart from the first words. She can basically communicate most things through words and has a reasonably wide vocabulary. She seems to be able to follow basic conversations and tries to tell us about her day/things that have happened/things she finds interesting.

I find she learns quite a lot through song. She can count to 10 and recite the alphabet which I haven't actively taught her so I can only assume she picked it up from all the kiddie music she listens to, whether it be music class, CDs or Sesame Street.

I should add that while a lot that she says is as clear as day to everyone, some of the things she says are only understood by me, her dad or her babysitter so I do wonder if they even count as strangers to her might not have a clue what she us saying! F

 

[dgirllamius]

Still waiting "/

She says "what's that" and points but that's about it. Its still all babble at the moment.

 

[MrsKyliePaton]

My lo is 20 months old and this past week I've noticed she's saying a lot more, it used to be just mama dada and cat she said, but now she has started saying mamas here, dada gone work, no, yes, upstairs, outside, doggy, baby, bye bye, juice, dummy, toys, crying, oopsy, poopy, love you etc it's not word perfect but we know what she means lol

 

[Jemma0717]

Thanks Jemma - she sounds like she's doing really well!!

I think the language explosion is where they start learning multiple words a day and can speak in 2+ word sentences. But then again, sounds like not all kids do that and just gradually learn them. Others find that their children suddenly start talking a whole lot more.

I always say that she was more focused on talking than walking. She didn't start walking till 15 months and her doctor was shocked that she was saying about 7 words at 13 months old. Every child is very different and that's what makes them unique

 

[XJessicaX]

DD1 was 14 months when she suddenly started talking. By 18 months she had a huge vocab and then by about 20 months she's been talking in 8+ word sentences and now at 2.5 will just have adult conversations.

DD2 started talking at 9 months. She has maybe 15 words now and its steadily growing daily so I think she will be conversational by 18 months.

 

[Kate&Lucas]

Lucas had a good few words up until about 18 months when he said his first sentence (he looked out if the window and shouted, "ooh look, it's raining!"), then he started to talk pretty well so I'd say 18 months.

 

[morri]

oh it is interesting to see. I wonder how lo is going to be she is 13.5 m old and she says 'boo' when playing peekaboo . and maybe boo for boob. bye bye but not in context , and a lot of babble without context or distinguishable meaning (it is super cute though)

 

[SillyMoo1983]

My DD is 2 yrs 5 months and just this last couple of weeks has started copying lots of things I say. Before that it was single words. She was assessed at pre school in December and they put her in the language range of 8-20 months (bit of variation!). But she doesn't have much one to one at pre school so they don't hear her. I know she's behind her friends but she's definitely trying to catch up now. She just talks less when there are lots of people around and things going on. I used to be worried but she's getting there at her own pace now. I would say her language explosion is happening now, at 29 months. I'm hoping as her vocabulary grows her understanding will also grow and she may start talking to other children. At the momemt they can't understand her but she keeps trying bless her