https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:36:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798557 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:08:48 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 798557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I bet she does know what they mean and I bet she actually knows what a lot more words mean, but just can't say them yet! I can see Liam's mind working sometimes when I talk - he knows what I'm saying, but just can't respond yet. For example, he points to the sky when he hears an airplane. If we say airplane, he points to the sky. He definitely knows what the word means, he just can't say it yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798548 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:10 +0000 banana 798548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: I tend to agree with you on this. My son is speech delayed but is quickly catching up. He also has advanced math &amp; literacy skills but I see that some of his friends are starting to catch up to him. So it's starting to all even out as time progresses. By the time they're all 5 or 6, I doubt we'll be able to tell who the late talkers/early readers were. I was a super early talker and my brother was a late talker (didn't really say much until he was 2.5). He's a computer engineer and definitely smarter than me. You just never know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798540 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:02 +0000 BelugaBean 798540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 10 months old so I don't know how much she understands but she says</p> <p>Dada - She says it a lot towards the end of the day before DH gets home so I think she does know<br /> Mama - She used to only say this when upset but now she looks at me sometimes and says it<br /> Hi - She understands this when we say it to her so I think she does get it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798524 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:58:32 +0000 BoogieBea 798524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 22 months. She knows too many to count at this point. She picks up a new word everyday. It's been a lot of fun since we didn't experience toddler talk with my son when he was her age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798523 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:58:28 +0000 mediagirl 798523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11.5 months.<br /> Dada<br /> Mama (only when upset)<br /> Bubu (bye)<br /> And the other night we got bubbb from her (bubble) :)</p> <p>Ps...I doubt she really knows what these words really mean but they are fun to hear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798522 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:58:26 +0000 Mrs. Twine 798522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Banana; Don't you love all the sweets that she can say? I forgot cookie. Proof that she really IS a second-born, I suppose (and that sister was in a sharing mood around Easter time). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798518 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:57:09 +0000 Mrs. Twine 798518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tictactoe; One cool thing I have learned and really believe is that words at this age is less indicative of intelligence and has more to do with learning style. Ellie is very smart and she had about one word at Lorelei's age (bup for up, which I should add to Lorelei's list, too, come to think of it) because that just wasn't what she was working on at the time. Lorelei will just repeat whatever we say and after once or twice she will have that word in her vocabulary. I know I used to feel so bad (and really jealous sometimes) of parents who had really precociously verbal little ones! It's just like motor skills, though, or early reading-- it will all even out before too long and you would never know that Lorelei was an "early" talker. I love that your son makes truck sounds-- that is too awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798506 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:53:13 +0000 banana 798506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: WOAH! That's a long list of words!! Awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798497 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:51:18 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 798497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: WOW!!!! That's an impressive list!</p> <p>Liam is almost 14 months and says:<br /> mama<br /> dada<br /> dog<br /> that (dat)<br /> bye bye<br /> night night<br /> hot<br /> hi</p> <p>he growls like a dog and rumbles like a truck<br /> he signs all done </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798473 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:41:09 +0000 Mrs. Twine 798473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lorelei will be 14 months on the 23rd. She says:<br /> kitty-kitty<br /> sock<br /> balloon<br /> frog<br /> shoe<br /> eye<br /> shirt<br /> pants<br /> hot<br /> no<br /> no way<br /> mama<br /> dada<br /> milk<br /> velcro<br /> light<br /> lamp<br /> ball<br /> hat<br /> hello<br /> bye-bye<br /> grandpa<br /> please<br /> pup (for dog)<br /> raccoon<br /> chick<br /> outside<br /> pool<br /> bee<br /> cricket<br /> row-row (for row row row your boat)<br /> dock (for her hickory dickory dock book)<br /> book<br /> eat<br /> tractor<br /> truck<br /> car<br /> go<br /> bird<br /> egg<br /> chocolate<br /> cake<br /> ice cream<br /> cupcake<br /> cheese<br /> swing<br /> slide<br /> bubble<br /> foot<br /> cup (usually she means my water bottle)<br /> Lots of animal sounds... I know I'm missing some words , and obviously they are not all perfectly clear to strangers (though most would be understood by a stranger at least). Ellie was pretty seriously speech delayed so it has been so strange to me to have such a talker this time. As strange as it sounds, I still worry sometimes about her language development, even though she is doing just fine. With Ellie I did signing and she did have quite a few words in her signed vocabulary at that age. With Lorelei she has seemed more interested in the words themselves, so we skipped signing almost entirely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798436 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:49 +0000 yoursilverlining 798436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 months and...</p> <p>mama<br /> dada<br /> dah (dog)<br /> ki-ki or cah (cat)<br /> ayup (yes - haha it sounds like she has a super thick new england accent when she says it)<br /> mmmmmm - food/drink or more food/drink</p> <p>She is also a big fan of pointing at exactly what she wants and babbles all day long. Those are the words I can pick out from her babbles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798431 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:42 +0000 Kiki 798431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Savvy is 12 months and says:</p> <p>Mommy<br /> Daddy<br /> Broder (brother)<br /> Da-Did (David)<br /> milk<br /> more<br /> bottle<br /> water<br /> done<br /> sit (she likes to say that to the cat...who never listens to her)<br /> nap<br /> eat<br /> phone<br /> talk<br /> no<br /> yes</p> <p>that is all I can think of off the top of my head </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798430 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:27 +0000 littlek 798430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: Dang, that is impressive.<br /> My LO "talks" a lot, I just have no idea what he's saying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798423 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:57 +0000 regberadaisy 798423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: haha I'm going to say M means it bc she's always looking at me or crawling towards me. I'm sticking to that story! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798410 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:21 +0000 travelingnanny 798410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>19 almost 20 months and nanny baby is super vocal. I have lost count how many words but well over 200. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798340 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:52:29 +0000 winniebee 798340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: same - my son doesn't shut up all day and is talking constantly, but we just don't understand any of it yet ; )</p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: super cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798336 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:11 +0000 winniebee 798336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: @mrsjazz: mammaam is only said when T is whining, upset, or wants something. he never says mama happily, which is why i say I'm not sure if he means it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798335 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:11 +0000 skibobrown 798335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. What advanced babies you all have! My daughter is 13.5 months. She talks *all* the time, but most of it is jargon babble (i.e. she sounds like she's talking in a made up language). Then again, maybe I'm just not paying close enough attention b/c a number of people have told me they think she has more words than I give her credit for. </p> <p>Words that I think she has down are:<br /> Die-ee (Hi and bye)<br /> Duck<br /> Dat (That, or what's that?)</p> <p>I also think she might know daddy and mama, but she doesn't necessarily use them correctly. She usually uses the words Daddyaddyaddyah and Daddyum around DH, so I think those might both mean dad to her. She'll cry mama when she's distressed too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798332 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:49:47 +0000 HLK208 798332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: cute! She says it in a tone like an adult :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798325 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:48:01 +0000 HLK208 798325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: really? I'm glad that she's learning words quickly because she's taking longer with gross motor skills (just learned how to crawl, no interest in walking). DS was the opposite! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798319 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:48 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 798319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 16 months (tomorrow) and hasn't been very interested in talking, but these are the words she regularly says. (notice that Mama and Dada are *still* not on this list....) </p> <p>Ball<br /> Baby<br /> Bubble<br /> Fishy<br /> Buh-bo (belly button)<br /> awwwt (hot)<br /> Hi<br /> Buh-bye<br /> No<br /> All done<br /> ous (outside)<br /> daaaa (dog)<br /> Hewoh (hello)<br /> and sometimes "deh do" (thank you)</p> <p>This is her saying "hello" when we were on vacation<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KGPv0dSwv4" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KGPv0dSwv4</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798311 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:30 +0000 MamaMoose 798311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: OMG I'm picturing her asking daddy how he's doing when he gets home and that is just the cutest thing ever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798303 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:36:56 +0000 irene 798303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost 16 months, only says mama :( But we are also bilingual, and he has been battling repeated ear infections. In fact, we just came back from the ENT today to discuss putting tubes in.... we'll discuss again after he's done with this round of antibiotics (20 days, for yet another ear infection)</p> <p>@Lozza: what you said made me feel better about my LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798298 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:36:05 +0000 SugarplumsMom 798298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 10.5 months old and she says 3 words, all meaning the same thing. Her favorite word is hej. She says it whenever she sees a stuffed animal or anything with a face for that matter. </p> <p>Hej (Swedish for hi)<br /> Hi<br /> Hello </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798283 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:32:13 +0000 banana 798283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: Dang! That's advanced!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798263 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:27:13 +0000 HLK208 798263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 months she says 8 words constistantly.</p> <p>Mama<br /> Dada<br /> Hello (comes out hellwo)<br /> Howu (how are you?) she always says this to DH when he comes home haha<br /> Nana<br /> Buh-bye<br /> Wawa (water)<br /> Up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798229 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:01 +0000 heffalump 798229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>22 months, and I have no idea. She repeats pretty much everything we say. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-798216 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:43 +0000 sarac 798216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>20 months, and she has about 300 words, maybe? She's all about adjectives and different verb tenses lately, which is so cool to see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-797934 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:09:04 +0000 mrsjazz 797934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Yeah, LO only says mama when she's crying and wants me but she says dada when DH walks through the door. She has a nanny share with a baby who's 4-months older so I know some of the words, like "ba" for ball come from being around her all day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-your-lo-and-how-many-words-do-they-know#post-797920 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:53 +0000 regberadaisy 797920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO only has about 3 and she is almost 13 months.. She consistently says dada and sometimes mama (only when she is pissed and wants me!) and baby</p> <p>@mrsjazz: wow! I am so impressed!!! </p>