How much does your baby talk??

My son is 11 months old and honestly doesn't say anything... Should I be worried??
He definitely babbles and SCREAMS but won't say mama, dada, baba, nothing. My older son was saying mama, dada, baba, ball and other things by 9 months.

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No ones babies talk???

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Your baby is still so little! I think my pediatrician looked for only 5-7 words on my DDs 18mo mark and babbling my 1 yr.

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I don't think my dd really talked till after 12 months. Also I heard second child isn't always on the early side f for things

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By a year peds really want to hear babbling. All kids are different. At 1 my oldest dd said mama,dada and baba. At 1 my youngest dd had 50-100 words. You really can't compare. As long as your baby is babbling that is really the milestone you need to look for.

How much does your baby talk??

I would definitely not worry. That's normal for that age.

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My girls didn't have any real words until about 14/15 mo. At 12 mo they just babbled.

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My son will be 1 on Wednesday and he babble talks a lot. He has been saying mama, dada, and baba for months. Now he's starting to mimic other words he hears. He doesn't say many other words consistently but he has repeated a few things like no, yea, yuck, doc (we were watching Doc McStuffins), and a few other easy words.

Within the past few weeks he's started to try out all new sounds when he babbles. He's putting new sounds together and you can tell he is trying to "talk" to you. He will "say" something and wait for a response and he will sometimes get frustrated if you don't give him a response or understand what he is "saying".

But obviously at this age it's mostly all babble when he "talks" except for a few words here and there. He does understand everything you say to him and he tries really hard to "talk" but that will come in time, he's still young.

My DD was a very early talker, I am curious to see if he will be too.

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How much does your baby talk??

My Ped wanted 1 word by a year. My ds didn't have any. He is 2 not and will not stop talking for even a sec.

at 11 months I would not be worried.....its amazign how one day you will wake up and they will be talking.

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at dds 1 yr appt (last month) i told the pediatrician my same concern. she does say mama, dada and we are working on book. but the pediatrician didnt seem concerned at this point.
you can check out this site that gives you an idea on when to expect things...but it seems its by age two they should have more words

http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/chart/

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At dd's 15 month appt they said 6-7 words are normal. She was saying mama dada before 12 months, but I think they say it's normal for a wide range of ages. Just like walking is. I wouldn't worry yet.

How much does your baby talk??

Just check that he understands what you're saying, and see if he can imitate your babble. Enjoy the baby babble! It's so cute... Especially before the word "no" shows up

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At 11 months DS said mama, dada, up, baby, hi and uh oh. Two months later, those are still basically the only words DS says, also mommy and daddy. Our ped says that is a lot of words for that age, though, so I wouldn't be concerned.

How much does your baby talk??

My 10.5 month old says mama, dada and is occasionally saying no. She is a nonstop babbler though and right now gaga is her favorite sound.

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every baby is different. My DS is very very verbal but had maybe 2 "words" if anything at 12-13 months. He had a word explosion at 14 months and suddenly had a ton of words and long phrases. I was worried too because a lot of my friends kids were saying a handful of words by 12 mo (doggie, mama, dada, up, hi, etc) and my DS wasnt at all but he has more than caught up. I think peds want to see 8 words by 18 months. I know its hard not to worry but its so early still

Fwiw, my DS who I was worried about not talking at 12-13 mo surprised me at 17 mo with this whopper: "mama take off clothes and get in bathtub with [DS name], please!" give it time

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Yeah, I wouldn't worry...all kids are different. My son will be 10 months next week and the other day out of nowhere he started babbling. I think the babbles are adorable...

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Hailey is 13m and all she does is babble. SHe doesnt have any words at all

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I would NOT worry at all. Every baby goes at their own pace and also remember they concentrate on one milestone at a time. If your LO isn't "talking," but they are crawling, sitting up, or even pulling themselves up then they are fine. DS1 was a late talker, but he did have some delays. DS2 said "up" and "down" around 10 months, BUT he wasn't crawling yet. He crawled a couple of weeks later and was a late walker (around 18 months), but stopped talking a bit when he was working on those milestones.
Once he was walking he started to talk again and had a new word pretty much everyday from about 18-19 months till a little after 2. Now at 2.5 he doesn't stop talking.