Vocab for 14 month olds or so? What should they be saying?

What does everyone's 14 month old or so say? How many words?

Do they yell/scream alot?

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Would vocab be different if the baby was born close to 37 weeks?

PS-I am very concerned about my cousin's son, my cousin in law has been lying to her dr about his vocab and keeps saying since he was born at 36-37 weeks, he's a premie and is a couple months behind.

But isn't that considered full term?

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Before 37 weeks is considered preemie, I believe. They use the original EDD to measure when milestones should be achieved for preemies. However, she should not be lying to her pediatrician...it doesn't help her child in any way.

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I think at age 14 months boys only say about 4-5 words and that is considered normal. Its different for girls they have a stronger vocabulary than boys usually. Bryan is 18 months and says a bunch of words maybe 20-30 but he uses maybe 6-8 consistently. But he understands everything.

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I think at that age Jake was saying about 30-40 words. His vocabulary was aways very good.

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36+ weeks is considered a full-term baby but that does not mean he was "fully developed". She is right that he could still be considered born a month premature depending on what was developed or not.

For example, my son was born at 34 weeks. He was considered 6 weeks premature. He had no cartilidge in his ears, no wrinkles on his feet, no sucking ability, difficulty keeping his body temperature. However his neonatologist told me weight & length (6lbs 7oz, 21 inches - no GD in the pregnancy) were above average and that he may have been "cooking faster" since a 34 weeker often has a lot more problems.

As for vocabulary, there is a huge range for the words of a 14 month old. One of my kids had well over 50 words (my mother actually counted) that he could say clearly & understood what they meant...I'm not talking about ball, lasagna, Aunt Kat, ladder. My other child was saying about 20 words but not clearly. As long as your cousin's son is babbling, I'd say he's fine.

When you say yell a lot, does he do it in modulated tones? Is he trying to communicate? Yelling & tantrums come at this age because they can't communicate. (BTW, not a speech therapist at all)

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My son was probably lucky to be saying 5 words at that point - more like 1-2 if that. He did babble, started to hum, and other sounds. He was gesturing and pointing. He was starting to understand a lot too.

At my 18 month visit my dr said as long as you see continued improvement and other communication skills are there - not to worry. By 18 months, my son's understanding and following directions skills were very high and is another part of communication development. Even at that visit my dr only asked for 5 words on a regular basis. They told me they hate to generalize but they see this so often esp in boys and they don't worry too much about speech until 2 esp when all else is fine. My son is almost 2 and I am a little concerned but not overly. But he is improving everyday and is up about 30 words (was probably at 10 at 18 months) that he uses regularly. Still a llittle behind for his age but he is ahead or average on all other aspects.

My son was also born at 37 weeks - which is considered full term but I always wondered if that effected his development..esp early on - when he was younger he seemed to meet most milestones slightly later than some. But as he got older I found it all evened out and he was ahead on some and behind on others.

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It totally depends on the child.... my son at 14 months was saying very very little.. but eventually caught up... my daughters vocabulary at the same age was unbelievable.... I'm sure it's fine.. 14 months is a little early to worry yet I think

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my son is 14 months and can say mama, dada and no. he was born at 35 weeks but with my 8 year old being on the autism spectrum----i am scared!

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Genevieve says lot of things - Mama, Dada, Lila (for my dog Delilah), Micka (for Mickey Mouse), Who's That?, Whats That?, No, lots other little things.

She basically just talks and screams in gibberish though! But I think she thinks she is saying something, b/c I hear a lot of the same things over and over again!

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I've been very quiet around here lately, but i have to speak up on this one.
This is your cousin's child? And you're basically calling them out about what could be nothing, but could very well be something on a public forum? I'd be devastated if a family member posted this about my son. How do you know that they lied to their ped.? How do you know that they're not devastated over their childs lack of progress but dont want to discuss it with relatives yet? What does posting this do to help your cousins child?
I'm sorry, but this is such an issue with me.

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Being a mom of two and having a boy and a girl...who are even close in age. You really cannot compare a girl to a girl, much less a boy to a girl. Boys tend to physically develop before girls and girls tend to mentally develop before boys. Even at that, it varies SO much form child to child even when they are siblings. Gabriella did a million things before Gianni and Gianni did a million things before Gabriella. Gianni doesn't speak much, but he understands a lot. He also screams a lot (he just turned 14 months) out of pleasure, frustration, and to annoy his big sister. Gabriella had a much larger vocab at 14 months. Do I think he's developing fine? Yes. He has no interest in speaking because he spends most of his day finding trouble and seeing what object he can scale and get to the top of. Gabriella always played contently and Gianni is ALWAYS in to something. He could care less about most toys...he just wants to explore.

One other thing to note, because I was told that my daughter didn't speak by people who didn't see her all the time. Unless you are seeing them a lot, you really cannot judged by a large scale how many words they do and don't say. Also, as parents who are with their kids all the time, you happen to learn to understand the not so understandable.

My point is, that he seems fine from what you say. That's IMHO.

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I agree with Nancy. My son is 14 months old and he doesn't sit still to play with toys. He is always on the go, exploring, climbing, etc and I don't think that there's anything wrong with him... I just think that babies are different and not all of them are interested in the same activities.

As far as talking, Nicholas doesn't say many words. He says mama, dada, bye, ball and has expressions like uh oh, wow and imitates the sound of a duck... but he understands a lot and follow lots of commands (get down, give a kiss, a hug, come here, bring the ball, etc). Once again, I don't think that he is behind or there's something wrong.... That plus the fact that I speak to him in Spanish and DH speaks to him in English and I've read that bilingual babies take more time to talk.

Just when you are with a baby all the time you know if he is developing fine and maybe your perception about your cousin's baby is different but for what you said he seems fine... although that is just my opinion because I'm a mom and not a Doctor

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Okay, I only asked cause I do not have a child that is that old yet, and was just wondering what the range was.
I figured since moms here have BTDT or have kids around that age would know best.

Colesmom-I am not calling them out they don't even know i am on this website neither of us live on LI. She has discussed this many times with family already so i am stating when i have been told and not hearsay.

In my heart i know he is fine, i just get this irking feeling sometimes, especially when she flat out tells me that she told her dr he says more words then he really does. I know if this were my child, i wouldn't be lying to the dr, and if i had an irking feeling something was wrong isn't it better to get them evaluated earlier the better, so god forbid if there is something wrong developmentally he can get the treatment/learning he needs?

My brother had a speech problem when he was younger, he didn't talk at all, I am only 2 years old than he and i did all the talking for him. He went to Boces for speech development for 2 years then went through school at a normal pace,started kindergarden right on time and we both graduated at the top of our classes including college.

My point being, i am just concerned for my cousin's, he's a great kid, and i just wanted some feedback as to what other kids are saying around 13-15 months old.

I am not calling him out, or wishing something on this great kid. I just want feedback, and isn't that okay?

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As someone who has an austic nephew I will say that when in doubt, get your child tested. We all knew something was wrong with my nephew. He barely used any words and only very early development sounds. He made very little eye contact with people. My brother's Ped kept saying that he is just being himself and all was fine and to give him time. Well a whole family of people could see that things were not right so IMO the Ped should have at least looked into it more.

Again, I feel that often a mother knows. If she is asking people and discussing it then she probably is worried and should go to a new ped and require some testing. He could have a hearing issue that is easily solved or my need some basic speech help to teach him to use words instead of say, pointing.

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I have been crazy about Jacob talking since he only says a few words at 16 months. He says 3 o r4 words tops. However he understands everything I say to him. My ped says this is normal and to relax.. If at 18 months this is still happening then we will discuss it..

From my friends, I do know that even if they get an evaluation they won't look at you at 14 months even at 15 months..

I think sometimes in these forums and with having friends the same age you want to push your child to do what every one else is doing... I try to sit back and remember he is a toddler and will do things when he is ready... Every child is different and will develop at ther own pace..

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Thanks for explaining. This thread hits way way too close to home for me becuase your cousins son is exactly the way my son was at 14 months old. He was also born 5 weeks early. At 15 months I voiced my concern to our pediatrician and it has been a tremendously emotional roller coaster ever since. We were told everything from epilepsy to brain tumor to autism to deafness and my poor little boy went through more testing (some pretty invasive) than I can bear to recall. Please just know that your cousins will need 100% support and will probably be as emotional and supersensitive as i have been to this thread. The guilt as a parent of a special needs child is so overwhelming without feeling like you're being judged by family as well.
Best of Luck to your cousins. Sorry if I overreacted.

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At 15 months my nephew isn't saying much. He says dada, mami and papi...and maybe 2 or 3 other words in spanish but his vocabulary is not that large either. He was born a preemie so i'm not sure if that has anything to do with it...

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