Anyone else’s baby not talk much?

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Feel like my daughter is behind...

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If you are concerned get her tested. Every state is required to give free speech evaluations till a certain age. But I wouldn’t really be concerned till 18 months. But follow your mommy gut. People would always say just wait to me about my first, but now I wish I followed my gut to get him tested. We are now in speech at 3 and it’s amazing how much that has helped.

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At this point there usually isn't a whole lot of spoken words. All of my kids were very "quiet" until right before 2 years old, then the talking exploded!

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My son doesn’t have many real words (really just mama) but he does make lots of noises and sounds as if he’s talking.

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My 2 year old didn't say a single word until 20 months. He now at 26 months has multiple entire doctor Sue's books memorized. He can count up to 20, he knows his ABC's. He is a smart kid 😊
So my 1 year old not speaking yet isn't worrying me. Sometimes they are focused on perfecting other skills. 😊 Just keep talking to her. She'll soak it all in and be reading you books before you know it. My niece is 13 months and still isn't talking yet either. 💙

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Yes, in terms of actual words--she's pretty chatty but it's mostly syllables and noises that are like words but not. Our girl has always moved much faster in motor skills than verbal--she crawled early, and is walking now. We think she says Dada and Nana referring to us (meaning Mama, but she only gets the M like 10% of the time). She clearly understands us way more than we think though--she can follow simple directions (hand me the book, put your arm through the shirt, etc). But as far as actual words go, there's not a ton of intelligible ones yet. She has her 12 month appt in a couple weeks, I'll ask then--and I'm pretty confident they'll just say the milestones are guidelines/averages, our girl is going at her own pace. Ask your Dr. if it really concerns you though. :)

Anyone else’s baby not talk much?

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