https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:38:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550269 Tue, 17 May 2016 10:19:32 +0000 winniebee 2550269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: those seem like normal mispronounciations to me, even for an older toddler! but i guess R hasn't really been speaking too long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550267 Tue, 17 May 2016 10:18:29 +0000 snowjewelz 2550267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are some things K can't really pronounce either, like -</p> <p>Cookie - Key<br /> Ipad - Pad<br /> Bunny - Nunny (no matter how many times we say bunny she just says nunny)<br /> Grapes/strawberries/blueberries - They are all "biz"?! No idea how she came up with that<br /> Sleep - seep<br /> There- dere<br /> This - dis<br /> Banana - nana</p> <p>I should have named her pacifier something else, b/c paci = binky and her lovey is blankie so they kinda both sound the same haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550264 Tue, 17 May 2016 10:16:45 +0000 runnerd 2550264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 22 month still does this a lot (truck = uck, thank you = tha you, juice = ju), and I am assuming it's ok going with what others said about consistency and meaning something to him. He just has a big mix of words he says completely and words he says the beginning or end only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550259 Tue, 17 May 2016 10:14:33 +0000 rachiecakes 2550259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son totally had his own language for a while. </p> <p>Muffin was "mmmff"<br /> Yo Gabba Gabba was "dum dum" lol<br /> Angry Birds were "GGs"<br /> hockey was "gung gung"<br /> It was weird! </p> <p>He was a fast talker, too.. but total gibberish with a few understandable words mixed in until he was almost 2.5. Then all of a sudden he was speaking correct words, full sentences, etc.<br /> I had a few people ask me if he was in EI that summer before the language really popped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550248 Tue, 17 May 2016 10:10:16 +0000 Adira 2550248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds right to me! Logan's words are similar:</p> <p>Mama<br /> Dada<br /> Ba (Ball)<br /> Nana<br /> Buh-buh (Bubble/Bubbles)<br /> Gees (Cheers)<br /> Uh-oh<br /> Row row row<br /> Heh (Head)<br /> Eyes</p> <p>And here's my list for Xander at 18 months:</p> <p>Mama<br /> Dada<br /> Uh-Oh<br /> Crah (Cracker)<br /> Doggy<br /> Ducky<br /> Na-Na (Night Night - Blanket?)<br /> No<br /> Dees (Trees)<br /> Gees (Cheers)<br /> Hi<br /> La-Na (Lawn Mower)<br /> Doe (Stroller)<br /> Out-ti (Outside)<br /> Tees (Teeth)<br /> Yeah<br /> Ah-da (All done)<br /> Eyes<br /> Yay<br /> Tah-dow (Touch down)<br /> Waffle<br /> See (ceiling)<br /> Knee </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550238 Tue, 17 May 2016 10:02:04 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2550238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that's totally normal! C is the same way, but she's really starting to progress in the past month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550207 Tue, 17 May 2016 09:37:08 +0000 mfa_lady 2550207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Our pediatrician said it didn't matter what the word sounded like--we should count it as long as it was consistent. So, if she said "KAH" or something else random for dog, and said it every time she saw our dog, it meant something to her and we could count it. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550199 Tue, 17 May 2016 09:32:07 +0000 winniebee 2550199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: intresting, thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550198 Tue, 17 May 2016 09:32:06 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2550198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: At 21 months he still uses a lot of one syllable words but his list has expanded from this a lot. I think it just takes time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550194 Tue, 17 May 2016 09:31:02 +0000 winniebee 2550194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I definitely count them, but I'm wondering if it's an issue that he is only saying a syllable? Like every time the school bus goes by he shouts "ba!" so I know that's *his* word for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550192 Tue, 17 May 2016 09:30:31 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2550192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 18 months this is what we reviewed with our pediatrician who was fine with it (in addition to plenty of pointing, waiving, stacking blocks, etc). </p> <p>DS 18 months<br /> Word/Sound List</p> <p>1. Mama</p> <p>2. Dada</p> <p>3. Uh-Oh</p> <p>4. Bye Bye</p> <p>5. Open (Oh-en)</p> <p>6. Color (Ol-er)</p> <p>7. Flower (Ow-er)</p> <p>8. Hat (At)</p> <p>9. Ball (all)</p> <p>10. Balloon (A-ooh)</p> <p>11. Book (Ook)</p> <p>12. Truck (Uck)</p> <p>13. Dinosaur (Ca Ca?)</p> <p>Other Sounds<br /> 14. Vroom</p> <p>15. Quack</p> <p>16. Moo</p> <p>17. Neigh</p> <p>Sign Language<br /> 18. More</p> <p>19. Please</p> <p>20. All Done</p> <p>21. Eat</p> <p>22. Drink</p> <p>23. Hat</p> <p>24. Bird</p> <p>25. Baby </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550189 Tue, 17 May 2016 09:29:25 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2550189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ended up counting them because he was saying them consistently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-words-arent-real-words#post-2550182 Tue, 17 May 2016 09:25:26 +0000 winniebee 2550182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 17 months old and just really starting to have some words. He says mama, dada, ball, bubble, bye bye, binki, up, that, car, bus, dog, balloon, uh oh, water and a few others. But a lot of his words I only know what they mean. Like bus he says "ba" or binki he says "bay" and up he says "uh" and dog is "da." He also calls a truck a bus "ba." It's like he says the first syllables of a lot of words but that's it. It's hard for me to remember DS1's language at this point, but I feel like his words were more like real words at this point? Maybe not? Is this normal for first words? I'll ask at 18 month appt but I'm wondering if this is something to be concerned about. </p>