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Sounds like he is on track. If you are worried you could talk to your pediatrician (better to start him sooner than later if he needed speech therapy or something) but I think that's more than my DS did at 15 mos. Mine was signing but said very few words till he was 19 mos and then it exploded and he started repeating what we said. Another big explosion around 22 mos.

i think he sounds right on track, if not a little ahead.

lo (15 month) has 11 (not including animal sounds) words that he uses regularly but at his 15 month well visit the pediatrician seemed pretty impressed with that.

i honestly think the ability to comprehend and follow instructions is a lot more important at this age than how many words they actually have.

i wrote monthly updates so i can look back!

charlie had 7-8 words at 15 months, but his receptive language was also great. by 16 months he could say 20. 17 months 30. 18 months 40. 19 months 50. he had a big word explosion in his 19 month and could say 100 words. it just took off from there and he was speaking in sentences soon.

olive was a lot slower than him to talk.

sounds like your lo is right on track!

It sounds like he's doing great!!!

In speaking with 5-6 different speech-language pathologists, the range of 'normal' for expressive language is soooo broad at this age. Receptive language is a much bigger concern and it sounds like Tor is right on target. If you are the slightest bit concerned though, I highly suggest you pursue EI now. I put my son on the waitlist for EI at 16 months because the wait is ~6 months long and I wanted to have him assessed around age 2.

DS had about 5-7 words at 15 months. He understand so much though, and would do things we asked. He just started to have a word explosion at 19 months, but he still doesn't hAve tons.

He had around 5 at 15 months (and good receptive language) and at 19 months has about 40 words plus animal noises and a few signs and grearreceptive language. He has been in a language explosion for the past few weeks.

I would say your little guy is right on track.

@MrsMccarthy: no, we aren't. His pedi said he's doing great at his 18 month appointment and wasn't the slightest concerned. She said that because he's very receptive and will do what we ask, she's ok with it. And she said he seems like a 'typical boy' who would rather climb and play that learn his colors

ETA: he did just start stringing 2 and 3 words together at 19 months. He just does things at his own pace

T is MUCH farther than we were at 15 months!! Each month we noticed more and more progress, but didn't hit verbal explosion until just now between 22-23 months. I've finally lost count of how many words. I think you are doing a great job including signing too!

DS has 8 words, but like your son, his receptive language is great. If anything I think DS is a little on the slower verbal side for two major reasons: 1) we're a bilingual household, and 2) he's the baby who everyone coddles and who's needs tend to always be anticipated. {We need to stop that.}

@MrsMccarthy: that sounds like he knows a lot of words! My DD can say mama, dada, hi, uh oh, bubble, ball and kitty and she is 16 months this week. I noticed her understanding a lot more instructions and words in the past 2 weeks. She all of a sudden started pointing to head, nose, ears, toes, hair, belly, etc. I didn't vote in your poll since we have a girl

@MrsMccarthy: It definitely seems like T has always been really advanced on the physical milestones! Almost everyone I talk to says that most kids focus more on one or the other. I don't think you have anything to worry about with him

Ellie had less than that at 15 months and was also slow/delayed on physical milestones (other than fine-motor) and she was using the word, "languish," correctly in a sentence by age three. I definitely always recommend getting evaluated by EI if you have any concern-- mostly to allay your own worries and not because there is anything to be worried about. I think T is doing great. All kids are just so different and really do seem to have their own timetables for these things.

Jake is much like T, physically ahead of the curve but not verbally. J is now starting to talk a little more but still just uses 5-7 core words, we have to really work to get him to say more but he does understand what they mean so I try not to worry too much

Sounds right on track with my toddler boy who just turned 15 months last week, maybe even ahead. He has about 7 words (though a couple of them are SO off from what they should be, like Elmo = Bo), but his receptive language is also excellent.

We went through the full EI assessment at 13 months for delayed crawling and I can tell you they scored LO at 100% for communication skills because of his receptive language and his eye contact with adults. (I was shocked because I thought he was behind because he wasn't saying much at all at that point.) I asked them when they look for the "word explosion" and she said somewhere around 19-21 months. So if you're really worried, you could definitely call, but at least in NJ, it's very unlikely he would qualify for any services at this point. Nor do I think he sounds like he needs any - sounds like a typical boy:)

@MrsMccarthy: I think I should clarify at least that next week he will be 16 months. And from other people's comments, and previous experience, it does seem to come in bursts! Also there are some words he will learn and use and then not use them for weeks. Bug for example he used this summer a lot then suddenly, I haven't heard it in like a month. I guess we don't get outside enough !