How well does your 22 month old speak?

My son talks and understands SO much. I feel like it’s scary and I don’t see a lot of other babies his age with such a developed language or emotional ability. He’s able to recognize your emotion and ask you if your sad or he’ll make a joke (usually poking fun at someone) and then ask if it’s funny or if you poke fun at him he’ll ask if you think you’re funny. He asks to speak and hang out with people he wants to talk to (uncles, aunts, grandparents.) When we go to someone house he will tell you “grandmas house” etc. He doesn’t have much kid friends. Just mostly my friends. But hell “read” books because he’s memorized the words on each page. So for example if you open a book he’s read multiple times to a random page he’ll tell you (not fully correct. Or he’ll pick up a book and it sounds like he’s reading it. But he’s just saying the words on the page. So it’s not like a photographic memory) But for the most part by the picture he knows what words have been said from that page. If you ask him what he did today he will tell you, if he feels like it. And it’s true things he actually did. He will remember if you said we can go outside after lunch. Even if you say that in the morning and hours later after lunch, he will ask to go outside now. And a good amount of his speech is clear where people who aren’t so close are always surprised they fully understand him. On the cdc milestones he’s fully completed up to 30 months and about half or more the items in both 3 and 4 And I feel like it’s so much other random things that continue to surprise me. My mom said I was like this when I was his age. But his dad’s parents who had a daycare says he’s very advanced. And I hate talking about it because I know a lot of parents who are worried because their child only signs or says just a few words. But I don’t wanna downplay his ability if something is there and then not get resources for continuing to support him.

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My almost 2 year old speaks as much or more than my 3 year old.

I’ve been running into this with my daughter as this didn’t happen with my son, and at her 18 month appointment doctor says she has the speech of a 3 year old as she’s been speaking 3-4 word sentences starting then

To clarify my son was ahead verbally but he wasn’t as advances speech wise like my daughter is. He’s five now and excels with reading and math. I think my daughter picked up on it from him, as she is always with him when he’s not at school. Some kiddos have a bigger speech ability than others and that’s still normal too! Just keep encouraging

My daughter is like this! My doctor said she also speaks like a 3 year old at 18 months. We read to her a lot (since infancy) and talk to her all the time so I think that’s been key. She also is very good with math and numbers and can add and subtract…however, she’s still your typical toddler with tantrums and learning not to bite and pull hair. Each kiddo is different. I have a friend that has a daughter that isn’t quite as advanced with speaking and numbers but she’s already potty trained and so patient!

Okay that’s good to hear. I’m still going to work on continuing to develop his language but almost every kid I know even in his swimming and gymnastics have less cognitive and verbal ability than him. Do you all feel like your toddlers have good engagement with other kids. I think he talks so much since everyone I’m friends with are childless young adults lol or his grandparents and he’s the first so he gets a lot of conversations from adults reads a lot etc. but I’m hesitant to put him in daycare because I remember daycare for me where I kind of just did my own thing and helped out with other kids because the other kids needed more attention. I haven’t looked into daycare but do you all think that helps or hinders your child’s language development and what age did you start/ plan to start.

I think daycare even excelled my daughter more. She came home and told me what an oval and diamond are which she learned at school. We send her to a really good school so it all depends on the school. She also really loves her friends

Advanced, but within the range of normal/expected development

Yes my 2 year old is very verbal and chatty. He looks like he’s reading his books but I think he’s just memorised the words from us reading them. He sings songs like baby shark or intsy wincy spider, he recites nursery rhymes and counts to himself in the car. He tells us about his day and remembers things like your boy does. We don’t think he’s gifted, there is such a vast range of what’s normal for kids at this age. And it’s a bit young to tell. My older brother was a gifted child who grew into a mildly aspergic adult and he is the genius type, he has a pHD and all that. Incredibly intelligent and academic. The advice back in the day was to give them musical instruments/ computers to build hardware or software / advanced books / science activities like those ones where you set up an electrical circuit. When my brother was very very little he was mastering the recorder and keyboard.

This is also my son, I also have no daycare and his grandparents watch him. His grandma was a 3rd grade teacher and his grandfather a social worker. They read a lot and do lots of activities. I think that is what has helped him with understanding the alphabet and numbers, he is spelling his name, he knows the colors and has a fascination with cars and vehicles ( he could tell you the difference between a cement mixer and another construction truck or a race car and a classic car ) I think the best think you can do is just encourage it - he liked books we got him books and read about 15 before going to bed, he likes cars we got him a bunch of cars and explained what each one does and he got in two days. A lot of this stuff is just time investment.

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