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When would a child start talking words?

Tags : When would a child start talking words?

August 03, 2009 12:36
Category : Babies (0-12 months)
1 answers

puja

karma: 121

My son is 10 months old. He blabbers something but no concrete words like even 'mama', 'amma'. When will he start talking words?

1 answers so far. What are your thoughts?

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shini

karma: 84

It depends on the child. People say that younger sibling or a girl child will start talking earlier, but not sure.

one of my boy started speaking at 8 month itself, while other boy understood everything we say, but started talking only at 2. Even the words like 'amma' he said only when he was 1.5 yrs.

i understand you are eagerly waiting for your child to speak out... but it depends on the child.

Start talking to him more, he might start answering you sooner.

One more thing a nurse adviced me was to do things only when the child ask for it. For eg: if you child wants water, bring him water only when he says some word be it 'nee' for water. You and your child alone will know these unique words and their meenings. But wait for him to ask, instead of pointing at the jar of water ! This will help the child speek sooner.

over 2 years ago

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8 months ago

Greetings Doctor,

Trust this finds u in best of health.

I am a mother of 2 kids. daughter age 6 and son 22 months. my concern is my son. its been a couple of months now, he blabbers alot. there are a few words i can understand but most of the time he blabbers or talks baby talk to himself or to us. he can say mamma, dadda, come, more (if he wants more to eat) numnum for food, the word no, his sister's name very recently. he loves to sing rhymes. but he cant prenounce the words perfectly but say he is 4 out of 10. the melody is perfect. it was all very adorable but sometimes its very worrying to hear him blabber. i wonder if it is normal. i am quite anxious to know cause i did not experience this with my daughter. infact she started talking really well by this time. please advise. Thanks for reading.

Best regards

natalia

Hi Natalia,

No 2 kids are same so u cannot compare him with your daughter, From what you have written, doesn’t looks like there is a problem, some kids start speaking late, so if his understanding of things and hearing is all right,don’t worry, just continue talking to him, reading to him and otherwise stimulating him and just relax and enjoy your babies!