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Does Your 2yr Old Speak 40-50 Words?

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My two year old says over a few hundred words idk how many, too much to count 🧎🏾‍♀️

Mine says maybe 15. He will be 2 years old on the 13th.

Too many to count.

About 30 in sign language and verbal total

My son says very little actual words but understands all. He's getting more vocal now

yeah my two year old talk but like gibberish I understand him

Yep, that's my boy too. We get 'cat' and 'dog' consistently now, and 'Da', 'Mama', 'What that' or 'What this' occasionally. We swear we hear other words at times but it's hard to tell as he doesn't repeat them. For the rest he just babbles. I spoke to his health visitor (we're in the UK) a few months back and he has his 2-year review soon, and she said not to worry too much. They each develop in their own time and boys in particular will generally focus on motor skills first rather than their verbal skills. My boy does so in particular after having hip dysplasia corrected which had his legs restricted for over 3 months as a baby. She said for now him understanding words, questions, instructions, recognising people and things etc is plenty for his age.

I’m a boy mom and my oldest did the same thing by 24 months he was talking clearly

My daughter is only saying a few words and some Sign language. She is now in speech therapy !

My April 7 boy only says about 10-15 words. We went for a speech evaluation. The SLP suggested 2 30min sessions a week, just waiting on insurance approval.

off topic but aw ours have the same birthday 🥹

My April 19th boy pretty much never stops talking. He knows more words than I keep track of.

Mines at full sentences but each kid develops differently!

Not yet

mines as well, I’ve noticed new words since he’s been seeing one.

My daughter only says a handful of words we started speech therapy for her

how’s things going so far?

Mine talks in full sentences already at 2, but a nephew didn’t talk much until 3.

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Why?

I am sick of my family telling me there’s something wrong with my baby.

She is almost 10 weeks old. She was born just under 1 month early.

She is my second child, my first born was a chilled baby. She is quite grumpy a lot of the time she does smile daily however. But she’s quite whiny and she has recently been really unsettled / fussy and been having some days where she has really bad crying episodes where she screams. For instance today she’s been fussy all day on her bottle, she did a poo mid way through one - so I stopped and placed her on her mat and noticed it had gone through the top of her nappy on to her sleep suit so I had to undress her and she literally screamed like I’ve never heard before to the point I wanted to cry! I proceeded to try and change her after picking her up to soothe her and again she screamed the place down and started sobbing. She’s quite a gassy baby she is always passing wind and has hiccups all the time also. But I am so sick of my family members telling me “she needs to be checked!” Or my mother saying “what’s wrong with her?” When she comes over and she cries. They said she’s more unsettled than settled always. And I can’t help but think why??? Is it something I’m doing? They are making me question everything and it’s making me feel like I’m heading in to a downward spiral. They make me question myself and my life. I’m just fed up.

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