How chatty is your little BOY?

Is he an only child, or around other children?

My daughter only has a handful of actual words but can sign a few things and understands what I’m saying

It’s def not your fault mama! Every kid is different and starts doing things at different times. My April 23 baby just started exploding with his vocabulary the last 2 weeks. I would just make sure you’re talking everything to him that you see. Like point out things you read in books and see outside and body parts. That’s helped a lot with my son.

Do u read books to him? If not maybe try that and see if he gets interested in them but also every child learns differently and at their own pace

My boy def says more than 50 words. A mixture of Spanish and English. I do a lot of repetition and make him repeat after me often to ask for things. He understands a lot which they said that includes as language too.

@Juliet wow! 50 words?? Does he do sentences?

My son says about 10 words and can understand what Im saying. I try to read to him but he doesn’t pay attention. Everyone tells me he will speak at his own pace. He’s very soft spoken too so I don’t know. I guess I would say it’s normal?

@Makayla he does minimal sentences like, "Oh, no robot!" "Hi, mama, hi dada,etc." He is able to repeat like if I say "Quiero Uno, please." Or, he will say "Uno, please" on his own. Small sentences like that.

My little guy just started to really pick up on words and 2 word sentences. Up until he was around 19 months, he barely had any words.

being bilingual is a huge factor. it can take a while to click bc their brain is trying to process two languages at once

Honestly this tod doesn't pay attention if I read to him nor does he look at the mouth when someone speaks. I try having him repeat words like juice or hungry. He signs couple things and understands what I'm mostly saying tho

My son speaks a lot saying things probably more than 50 words. And also counts. He just repeats a lot of what I say. He’s also a second child which makes a HUGE difference. But honestly just a few months ago he was doing the gobble Google…gibberish. To practice you can go over vocabulary with first word books and ask choice questions about playing, food, etc. if your child is able to understand questions and phrases-like put your hat away, or point to images when you say the words you are probably good. Their language explodes at some point and there’s a big range for that.

My little girl knows over 50+ words and is saying sentences …”night night love you” “I want one or I want it” “that’s not nice” “watch me mommy watch me” etc. but she’s also not in a bilingual home and has always been around her cousins and has been talked to and read to since she was a baby and I never rlly baby talked to her just talked normally to her ( I do believe baby talking can cause issues after they get a little older my niece was baby talked to by her mother till 2 and she still wasn’t talking much then)

Does he have interest in songs and music? You could try some interactive songs that have motions with the words and then pause for a moment to encourage him to sing the word with you. Example: patty cake patty [pause...] cake, bakers man. Bake me a cake as fast as you [pause..] can". With lots of encouragement when he starts to try to say the words. My daughter finds this very exciting and has been such a great tool for us since she was so quiet. She's able to sing full long songs now and speaks in pretty good sentences. We did Early Intervention speech therapy though so if you'd like some little tips to try feel free to message!

Did a lot of repetition of words and sounds and sign language with my son(22 months). By now I think he speaks and signs about 50-60 words, honestly lost track of all he knows.. he says and signs both please and thank you, and tries to speak sentences.. I think within the next couple months he will be speaking small sentence and on his way to numbers and the ABC’s. I will be homeschooling both him and his sister (2weeks) starting as soon as possible

I appreciate the tips! He's the 2nd baby. I can't help but think maybe me smoking weed had something to do with it. I had bad morning sickness for 5.5 months while pregnant then stopped smoking. I started again 2 weeks before he turned 9m (I was breastfeeding) cause I broke my ankle. Then I needed surgery so I stopped completely.

My baby boy doesn’t speak much at all. He understands and follows directions more than he actually speaks words. I have been told by numerous people that ms Rachel helps. I have definitely seen a little bit of improvement from my son so I would maybe try if you are comfortable with screen time. But everyone always says that every baby is different. But you aren’t alone!

I smoked weed while pregnant with both my kiddos, there have been no negative outcomes to smoking while pregnant with them. If anything I feel like my son is more advanced than a couple of his little friends who are just barely older than him.

My son just started early intervention. Maybe you can discuss it with his doctor if you are concerned. Message me if anything

We have an only child. He goes to daycare. He’s mostly using 2-5 word ‘sentences’. I noticed early he would stare at my mouth when I said new words. So I would repeat a few times with exaggerated mouth movements and give him the opportunity to repeat. Definitely not your fault! So many opportunities for growth!