https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:16:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042242 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:44:05 +0000 Dandelion 1042242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah normal. Esp for twins. Ds and my niece were both closer to 2 when they became more fluent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042240 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:38:57 +0000 lamariniere 1042240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds totally normal to me. DS had a small handful of words at 15 months but didn't really start talking a lot until 18 months, that was his word explosion. I think if they are understanding everything they are probably fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042204 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:11:57 +0000 doodlepoodle 1042204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aunt pol: I totally understand being worried! DH and I literally had a conversation about his words yesterday so that's why I felt more at ease but we both were a little concerned until we started to remember he's a few months you ger than most of the LO's he's around. They'll all get there in their own time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042201 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:09:26 +0000 lemondrop 1042201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us, 18-19 months is when his talking is starting to take off. I can ask him questions and get small verbal responses (1-2 words). He has started imitating words we say and is getting much better recall (give him an animal toy and he can say what it is and the sound it makes). It has come on very suddenly. He has also started having long drawn out babbling nonsensical conversations with us lately- these are so much fun! So for us at least, 15 months would have been way, way early! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042197 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:07:24 +0000 aunt pol 1042197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks girls. Good to know mine aren't the only ones, and that I don't have to chatter at them non stop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042191 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:59:24 +0000 skibobrown 1042191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 16 months, and also doesn't use a lot of words yet. Her receptive language is fabulous, but she doesn't usually seem to feel the need to use her words to explain herself. I read a book about language development and one thing they said was to not talk all the time... let your child talk, and when they say a word or just talk nonsensically, give them positive feedback. A touch or a kiss lets them know that they are doing something good, and the positive reinforcement is supposed to encourage them to talk more. I've been trying some of this. Who knows if it's actually working, but she has started to use a few more words recently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042182 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:49:48 +0000 doodlepoodle 1042182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J and @HLK208 's E are the same age (to the day!) and we're in about the same place. Sometimes mama, usually dada, and the occasional 'hi!' But that's all we get. He does recognize words and respond with appropriate gestures so I figure he's fine :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042178 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:45:37 +0000 HLK208 1042178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E is nearly 15 months and although she understands quite a bit, she doesn't seem to be repeating words yet. I think 15 months is still quite early! With my oldest, we just continued to read and repeat words all day it seemed. By 20 months he really started talking and repeating almost everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-maximise-babys-spoken-words-v-quiet-15-month-olds#post-1042159 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:27:21 +0000 aunt pol 1042159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't sure which category to put this in but Education seems a good enough fit.<br /> My twin girls are 15 months old now and really, Mum and Dad and Hi are their only words. There's lots of babble, but I'm beginning to get worried. I know paeds here, for this age group, are more interested in baby's understanding of words - ie if they follow orders when you say Clap Hands, etc- but they like to see quite a lot of recognisable words by 24 months anyway.<br /> Anyone else have late talkers? I know statistically twins and multiples in general tend to be later talkers than single babies. </p> <p>What do you all do to encourage speech? I am talking to them all day, in a normal way, I'm just wondering if there are any specific things I could do that would help.<br /> Thanks! </p>