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DS is 18 months old and as of last count has 50 "words". Most of the time they aren't the real words though, Ex- water= wawa. He mimics what we say in terms of syllable sounds recently but that's really just in the last few weeks. His receptive language is excellent though, he follows commands and seems to understand most of what we say to him. DS isn't around other kids at all really so I'm not sure if he's behind or ahead. I'm a stay at home mom and as of now we aren't in any playgroups so I feel like that might be slowing his progress a bit? He'll have a sibling soon so maybe our future children will talk more sooner with a big brother around to interact with?

ETA- At age one we only had maybe 10ish words (some being animal sounds)? I wasn't concerned though because his doctor wasn't (and still isn't).

My son's receptive language has always been great, at 18 months, we could tell him to toss something in the garbage in the kitchen in two languages and he would comply.

His actual speech, though, is delayed because of an oral motor issue. He has issues saying certain sounds, namely ones where he has to purse his lips. But that's being worked on with oral motor and speech therapy.

I know it's difficult not to compare, but it's honestly the best thing you can do. I wouldn't worry so much about the actual number of words, as that varies so widely, but I would focus more on the frequency in which they add new words. That was the key to the puzzle for us.

LO is 14 months and his first and only "word" has been "uh oh". i'm barely counting that. we're trying to work on asking him to do things to practice his receptive language (not that we sat there and thought hm we need to work on LO's receptive language--daycare told us that we should ask him to put things away). as to his spoken language, i'm not that worried--sure i'd like to hear a word or two, but i'm going to give it several more months before freaking out (which i am prone to do at the slightest thing).

Also wondering this. E says a few things (no, yeah, mama, dada), but i don't think she understands the context. She says "uh oh" whenever she drops stuff, but she says it so often, that I don't know that she really gets it yet. Just when i think she knows that "dada", is, indeed, DADA, she yells "dada" at the cat

I echo the advice to not compare your children to others. My son is 3, but I remember quite well that he had maybe 1 semi-identifiable word at 12 months and just a few for a while after that. I felt that his reception was good, so I waited it out and eventually he started speaking. He has a pretty sophisticated vocabulary now and excellent comprehension.

If you want some guidelines, I like this site: http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/one/language.html (This is the second time I've linked to it today...I swear I'm not a shill for PBS, I just like their site!) Remember when reading it that the general guidelines cover the entire year between the child's first and second birthdays.

Ds is 16 mths and while his receptive labguage is superb he's prolly on the slower end verbally. He's probably at 15 words or so mixed between korean and english words. He signs a lot of his verbal communication. He still doesnt say hi or bye even tho he waves appropriately

At 12 mths he was saying umma, dada, dog, mama (krn for food) no consistently. Following short commands, etc.

At 12 months my LO had maybe 10 words but her receptive vocab was quite big and could follow commands. At 17 months she has exploded in terms of talking but my nephew had about 3 words at that age. All kids are different and I've heard boys take a little longer.

Our older daughter doesn't count because she wasn't normal. Our second daughter was around 12 months, didn't really babble until 10 months. Didn't have more than five words for what seemed like forever. Two words together at 18-19 months and at two she's only now putting together three and four word sentences reliably. I am confident that she is completely normal. We understand more than half of what she says.

Receptive language definitely came first and our pediatrician never thought she needed a speech eval... But of course that's what I worried about.

Your LO's just turned one, plus they're twins so is actually not uncommon at all for you to see what you're seeing. Maybe Mrs. Train can give you more advice with her boys, but twins often are delayed in speaking like us because of their twin speak, from my understanding.

Ok so I just looked back on N's 1-year update since my memory fails me and this is what I wrote:
So far she can say – Apple, Socks, Up, Opposites, What’s that? (including the question mark tone), Hi, Bye, Doggy, Daddy, and Mommy.

Her receptive language was really good too. She's always been ahead compared to developmental charts in the language department, and said her first word at 8 months.

J is a different story! I'm glad you posted this because I wasn't sure when to be worried, but I know boys tend to be slower in the language department, and I'm kind of giving myself until the 18 month mark to really assess since I feel like there's a huge range of normal for language acquisition.

At 13 months, he just learned to say hi and bye (while waving), and daddy. He's been able to say mama for awhile now, but not consistently. So that's 4 real words at 13 months. At 12 months it was 1 word (mama). His receptive language seems to be pretty good though and he babbles a ton.

I worry too, but language does seem to change really quickly.

At 14 months, D says doggy, daddy (but they sound the same), he's said car a couple of times and turtle a couple of times.

He doesn't really mimic, but I think he tried to say outside the other day when I prompted him.

Receptive is good and getting better quickly. He will clap and shake on command and will give the doggy her toy when I tell him to (so he doesn't eat it). He seems to understand most basic common things I tell him.

He's started getting really frustrated when I don't understand his grunts and I've been really working to get him to say up, milk, all done etc but he doesn't make any attempt.

@Mrs. Blue: her receptive language has always been way more delayed compared to her expressive language, and it's usually the other way around with kids with speech delays.

even now i feel like her receptive is not on par with her expressive (she can speak in sentences up to 9 words), but she was recently tested and is not considered delayed. she can talk a lot but has difficulty understanding questions.

this is probably my biggest concern at the moment, as she has few words. mama, uh oh, bye bye and maybe some others here and there. she had none at 12 months (14.5 months now). but she does understand a lot and follows commands. her ped said between 1.5 and 2.5 years is really when their language explodes, so i'm not gonna worry (as much) about it until then.

How many words at one? none

How much receptive language did they have at one? dog, mama, dada, no and not for touching or not for LO

If LO was older than one when they really started saying words and showing they had receptive language, how old were they? saying words around 16 - 18 months. Receptive language always seemed higher like he understood what was going on around him. But we could definitely see it by 18 months.

If you were worried about delays, at what point did you/would you seek an early intervention consult? I would seek it around 18 months old so that they qualify as a 1 year old which is easier to qualify at. I knew at 18 months that he had a problem but I didn't push it because I thought I could be wrong. And the pediatrician still doesn't think he has any issues because his language (number of words) is high but his sentences and clarity isn't.