How Fast Should My Daughter Talk?
My daughter Mika is turning 1 at the end of this month (December) and she still hasn't talked yet! She occasionally (and I mean, rarely) says "mama" but it comes out "mamamamamamama" every time. And she hasn't said ANYTHING else yet.
My first born daughter, Kira, started talking at 5/months old (she said mama, dada, nana (for my mom), doggie, kitty, birdy, fishie, etc) and she associated them WELL to what they were. By 10/months she could say double that + the sounds all the animals made "piggie goes oink"/etc and by 1-year she was piecing short sentences together "i love you", "come here mama", "i want dada", "i want apple", "please" and "thank you" at the appropriate times.
Its scary how different they are right now and I looked it up on the web & Mika has NO signs of autism (she is very happy all the time and very outgoing with strangers) so i just don't know what to think!
help!
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My older one talked at 8 mo in FULL sentences. My baby....not so much. He turned 1 in November. He says mama, dada, go, uh oh...and that's it....if you are concerned, as I was, have your LO evaluated by early intervention in your county. They will come for free to evaluate to see if your concerns are warrented. I had mine LO evaluated, not just for the speech, but bc his eyes were both going out. Turns out he needed eye surgery to correct his exotropia, but they said his development was right on target for everything else.
I would venture to guess that part of it is because this is the second child. When the older on is a good talker the younger one often lets the older do the talking for her. If your concerned do as the previous answer says and contact either early intervention in your county or the local public school system and they can have her evaluated. Having said that she's only a year old, and I would say it is a little early to start worrying.
Oh, yes, def. a second child syndrome...they don't HAVE to talk. I find myself not encouraging him to talk, I just do it for him. We struggle bc he has developed quite a temper now, and I actually started to hurry up and hustle to QUICKLY give him what he wants to avoid an outburst.
I caught myself and was like, "WHOA!!!!!!! I wouldn't let my OLDER one do that!!!" So now we are pumping the breaks! LOL!!
My daughter just turned one last week and is the same as your little one. She babbles constantly, but she's taking her time in actually forming words. I wouldn't worry too much though... I read a great article about child development that basically said, as long as your child is developing (let it be gross or fine motor skills, speech, etc), then don't worry about the standard milestones. Often, they are just moving at their own pace.
In other words... don't stress!! Just enjoy the babble while it lasts.
I wouldn't worry yet either. Maybe encourage your older one to let the younger one speak for herself sometimes. Siblings usually are night and day
In a lot of ways!!!! I agree with the other mom....enjoy the "babble" while it lasts. They grow up way too fast!