I have been worried about my youngest dd talking. She only says about 15 words but does not put 2 or 3 together...until today, she seen her cup on the counter and said I wanna drink. I couldn't believe it, It is like she grew up overnight..using the potty and now talking. I guess she was just taking her time. All I can say is WOW, I am so proud of her.

By Palmbchprincess on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 02:17 am:

Very cool! I actually had DS evaluated for speech delay because he was not using more than maybe 20 words by 2... and probably not even that many. Around the time of the evaluation he blossomed in his speech. He's still a bit behind, but I know just how you feel right now... want to jump up and down with joy! Big congrats!

By Happynerdmom on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 09:14 am:

It's amazing how different the kids can be! I remember my dd at her 2nd birthday party walking around having full-out conversations with the guests. On my ds's 2nd birthday, he wasn't much beyond "mama" and "dada." Of course, once he started talking he NEVER STOPPED...LOL!

By Pixie on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:44 pm:

She is the second child right?? In alot of cases the second child doesn't speak as soon because older the sibling is speaking for them, and they kind of have a language between them where she doesn't HAVE to say things. I was initially concerned about my second dd for the very same reasons, I addressed my concerns with her PT therapist (she does thing all around) and she evaluated her speech and said she was actually way ahead. I guess I was just comparing to my oldest child because what else are we supposed to go on!!!

By Dawnk777 on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 03:41 pm:

My kids were the opposite. Sarah talked slower, and Emily was a chatterbox by two! Sarah had lots of ear infections and we wonder if that is why she was pokier. Emily was born when she was 2 years and almost 8 months. AFter Emily was born, she just started talking like crazy!

By Kaleighsmommy on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 06:32 pm:

Kaleigh had a lot of ear infections last winter and wasn't saying anything really. Then in March of this year, we got tubes in her ears and almost instantly she started saying words and now, she's a chatterbox. She just turned 2 on Dec. 10 and she can say quite a bit and pronounciates really well. Of course her favorite words include "NO!," "MINE!," and "WHY?"--but I guess that's true for most toddlers!!!

By Emdee on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 06:54 pm:

I have always worried about my dd's speech. She is 20 months and you can tell she is very intelligent. But her speech is not much. She can say words, although they are only clear to us (for example, "titi" means thank you and "dada" means all done). Everything is a repetitive sound. She still doesn't put words together, but she does sign language so we know how to communicate with her. I don't think that has hindered her speech b/c she now says words with her signs (they just aren't clear). I guess they do all start talking at their own rate. Way to go to your dd!! That is great.

By Karen~moderator on Friday, December 31, 2004 - 05:24 am:

Just a little input RE: what Dawn said about ear infections.... Madison was speaking very early then suddenly stopped. She had been getting frequent ear infections. They were developing scar tissue and were blocked, she didn't respond often when you spoke to her, then she had tubes put in, and everything changed.

Jules had the same problem at around age 6 - her ears were so bad, she wasn't hearing, and even at that age, it affected her speech.

By My2cuties on Friday, December 31, 2004 - 10:16 am:

That was my worry too...Hailey has a few ear infections and had tubes put in her ears and when they put the tubes in they said she had some scar tissue. Every time we go for a check-up they say the tubes look good, and I can tell her to come here from across the room and she hears me, so I am beginning to be a little more relieved. The past couple of days she has picked up on so much..I say 1 and she says 2 and I say 3 and she says 4, and we go to 6 She has been saying Thank you more clearly now. Things are looking up.

By Imamommyx4 on Friday, December 31, 2004 - 07:49 pm:

I have seen both in my family and others that in many cases younger siblings will not do some things for themselves because older siblings do it for them. Youngest ds couldn't do a lot of things for himself bc every time older ds saw younger ds struggle with something, he would proudly do it for him thinking he was helping. The younger one was also very quiet by nature anyway, but older ds made it worse by always answering for him.

By Imamommyx4 on Friday, December 31, 2004 - 07:50 pm:

BTW, both are very smart then and now. The older still does this kind of stuff but not near as bad.