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I wouldn’t worry. My son is doing the exact same.. super smart and understands everything I say/ can find things for me.. but he’s only saying mama and dada. And other babble.. I asked about it at his 15 month checkup and our ped said it’s not uncommon for some babies to be almost 2 before they start saying real words. Every kid is different. She also said boys take a little longer as opposed to girls who will hit their milestones a little earlier. We were told to just keep reading to him and to say the word to him when he grabs something or points at something. So if my son points at the book he wants to read I’ll say “book? Can you grab me that book?” They’ll get it eventually!
Talking and understanding?
So my kid apparently only talks at school. When he’s with me he will say mama dada ok oh no and tada “which means everything from Hi, bye, and here you go- when he hands me something” but when I ask him to show me where his eyes mouth nose are he points to them. And I’ll tell him to clap and he will. And he knows his snacks are in his book bag- he will drag the bag to me when he’s hungry or thirsty. He just won’t say any other words to me. And I say the words out loud whenever I give him something to try to have him repeat me. His school told me he doesn’t talk much because he knows he he can get away with the minimal with me but at school he has to work for it. Is anyone else dealing with this? I’m worried for his 18 month apt. Every other milestone he’s hitting and he’s even starting to pull at his diapers when they need to be changed.
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My daughter is 16 months and has caught on with words extremely fast. I read to her ALOT and I’ve always said everything I’m doing out loud. She says mommy and daddy instead of mama and dada now and can call everyone in our family by their name. She’s also at the point where she says two words in a sentence like “bye bye teddy” every night. I don’t know if this helps but she’s growing up with an older cousin which I’ve felt has helped her speech a lot
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