Is there anyone on here who has a child around 21 months. My ds will be 2 in December. I was just wondering what and how much he or she says. I just remember my dd talking a lot by this point but I do remember my other ds not talking much at this point. Do boys talk later? He says a lot of words--ball, cat, dog, mommy, daddy, choo-choo, juice, shoe, sock, car, tree, moon, star, etc... I just wonder if he should be saying more.

Have any of you heard the saying--you spend the first 2 years of your child's life trying to get them to walk and talk and the next 16 trying to get them to sit down and be quiet! :lol:

My DS will be 2 in January. My DS is very verbal he can identify many types of animals and machinery and can do some colors and letters. But the little fellow I watch who is 2 weeks older than my son says very few words. I think they both fall within normal limits. DS walked 6 months later than the little guy I watch so they both obviously have their talents in different areas.

My AAP book says that boys do generally develop language skills more slowly hat girls.

My son is 27 months now, but at 21 months he could say 25 words or so...didn't really talk much at all until about two months ago...just never really had much to say! Like his dad! Doc said it's totally normal!

"Generally speaking" girls are more verbal at a younger age. Boys often will not say much until after 2. I had one who just didn't say more than a handful of words til he was closer to 2 (?) then you couldn't shut him up hehe It's like he was storing it all up until he had it perfected in his head. Weird child that one anyway LOL ;)

I could see a big difference in my only girl. She had 3 brothers preceeding her. Each of them were a bit slower in their verbal skills. Each talking a bit sooner than the previous, but man oh man, this girl was 'talking up a storm' sooner than the boys were. She's 2.5 (3 in Dec) and has been saying a LOT for quite a while now.

Anywho...sounds to me like your little guy is doing alright. He has some words built up there. Just keep talking to him :) He'll start verbalizing more as he 'gets' it. He may just be holding it in too hehe

Sounds like your son is about where my 25 month old daughter was about a month ago! I know she understands, though, so I'm no terribly concerned. The doc said that if this persists, she might need speech therapy later on, and if she turns 3 and is still saying so little, then I might agree.

But, I'm not overly concerned, because she was walking at 9 months. From what I understand, when they develop one thing (gross motor skills) so early, it means that they'll develop other skills later on. I, too, was an early walker (7 months)/late talker(2-1/2 before I was saying more than a few words and consistently), and I like to think I'm normal.

Also, since her doc's appointment, she seems to say something new on a daily basis. So, it's coming. I was actually thinking of getting her a t-shirt that says, "Einstein was a late talker". Apparently, he was around 3 or 4 before he talked very well, and if they're making a shirt like that, then we can't be the only people with late talkers. I think it'll come, and eventually we'll be wishing they'd just be quiet for awhile, lol!

It sounds perfectly normal to me. My son was probably at a similar stage at 21 months. Now he is turning into a real chatterbox now at almost 2 1/2. He didn't really start joining words together properly until after he turned 2. However, once he started he really progressed very fast with his language. Like Tara's son it seemed that he didn't want to say too much until he had it all worked out in his head (my MIL says that hubby was like this as a toddler - so it is probably a personality thing). I love listening to see what he will come out with next.

Sounds like he is doing fine. My will be 2 in December too and he is saying around the same amount as your son. I think girls do talk more, we ladies do too! He's probably soaking it all up and will just start talking like crazy before you know it!

I was always told to look for more talking by the time a child turns 2 1/2.

when we took Bri for his last check up, I questioned on the same thing, b/c Gabe started talking and being quite verbal around nine or ten months, (he's always been advanced, walking, talking, mostly everything) so I didn't know why Bri only had a few words he'd say, and she told us that by one, they should have about ten to twelve words and for each additional month two to three more "new" words, but not to expect him to say them all in one day.
he has about fifteen words and uses about five on average, LOL. But remember, women talk, men listen, that's how the world works, it just does. HTH

Our oldest dd who will be 4 in February talks beyond belief and never stops :shock: Our dd who will be 2 in Nov jabbers like you would not believe :D Her favorite word is NO and she knows it very well. She can say her sisters name which is Madyson but we can her Mady sometimes it sounds like momma but I know what she is saying. Momma is another word she says really well. Emma the youngest loves to with their toy phones and is always saying hello. I did expect her to talk off the wall like big sis but that just hasn't happened. She will get there eventually but for now just alot of jibberish