Anyone else's 13 month old on the quiet side? My son does not talk a lot. He does say the normal mama, dada, nana, hi and now M. and daddy but he is usually pretty content quietly playing or should I say pulling, carrying or pushing his water table, cooler or something oversized around, lol. He does point and say ehh when he wants something, he also waves and claps all the time. He is just pretty quiet. I hear other kids his age babbling all the time. Just wondering if I should be concerned..
He's already saying way more than my 2 said at that age!
He is doing great. He has quite the vocabulary at 13 months! Sounds like he might be a bit of an introvert compared to the kids you've observed. Or not. He might show you his social side later.
There's so much learning and exploring going on right now. Sounds like he's a very happy kid. That counts for a lot!
My son is nearly 3 and doesn't talk much. Oh, he can speak. He knows all the "Thomas" trains on sight and will tell you their names. He also knows his alphabet letters and will say the sounds they make. He can even identify his numbers, shapes and body parts. We're working on colors. He's just not big into conversations.
Our sons talking didn't really take off till he was just over 2 yrs old.
Your child sounds pretty normal to me!
Don't worry until 18 mos, sounds normal!
i had one talker and one quiet observer.
don't buy trouble, hon. he sounds just fine.
khairete
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My daughter didn't say a single word until she was 15 months -- not even mama/dada. Now she's 3 and she won't stop talking! I wouldn't be concerned.
Mine didn't talk until 16 months. No mama, dada, hi or anything else. He was too busy walking, running, building, dragging things around, and so on. We knew that he could hear us so if that's not a concern for you, I wouldn't worry about it. He's doing other things and growing/developing in other ways.
At 16 months, he was still grunting and pointing, and I finally said "Whatever you want in that cabinet you're pointing to, you may have - just say the word so I know what you want." Clear as a bell, out came the word "COOKIE!" After that, he never stopped talking!
Try not to anticipate his every need, but don't turn nit into a battle either. He's kind of in charge of this! If he's hitting all his other milestones, and saying a few words, I'm sure he's on track. Don't look at the other kids - they are pushing water tables or other oversized objects around - maybe your kid is going to be like mine, who loved building and creating so much that he's not a civil engineer!
You say one year old, but how many months is he? 13 months? 23 months? There's a vast difference in a child just turned one and a child almost two.
His personality plays a big part in this, as does if you always give him what he wants without him having to try to tell you what he wants.
If he's close to two, you should ask your ped for a referral to a speech therapist and have him evaluated. Your insurance will pay for the evaluation.
My son said almost nothing until he was almost three. At 2 he was barely saying any words. Then one day around three he spewed forth complex sentences and now he's 7 with an excellent knack for words. I think he'll be writer. We have a massive extended family and most boys talked later than girls. Many way after age two. I think those one year milestones are way off personally. Kids are so different. My oldest daughter on the other hand was talking frighteningly early. People were always taken aback by the strange little complex sentences bursting out of her. My youngest daughter was a late talker -though not as late as her brother...
I think you're fine.
Give it time. Look for more signs around 18-24 mos.
I'd give it a few more months. My nephew was a very quiet toddler but turns out he knew the words, he's just a man of few of them. He's a normal preschooler now.
I have worked in a daycare for over 2 years with the toddlers. In my experience I have noticed that in general it takes a little bit longer for the boys to start graduating through the mile stones than girls. such as being potty trained, walking, crawling and talking. Nothing to be concerned about.
at that age it's not a big deal to not talk, but by 15 months he should be saying more words and using words more often, or at least sounds more often - without actually hearing how he says the words he does say it's hard to say whether he's ok or not, most kids babble a lot by this age, use inflection... but others will only talk rarely but do it very clearly - either is ok... but others will do either with the sound coming from a wrong part of their mouth or not really talk at all...
