Toddler Moms....do you keep lists of your DC's words?

My mom acted like I was nuts yesterday for not knowing how many words Christopher has....so she was babysitting and made a list and left it for me

Should I be doing this?

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when she was a young toddler and was only saying a few words (id say under 15) I did have a list ..but not since then - waaay too many to keep track of LOL

Message edited 1/17/2009 9:01:17 PM.

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Just before she turned 15 months, my mother mentioned to me that she thought Lily should have more words by that point....so I freaked out and started writing them down. (she had plenty, my mother is just crazy)
Since I realized she was fine, I stopped writing her words down. And at this point, I don't think I could write them all down if I wanted to! And she adds new words everyday (today was "eyebrow").

As long as you don't have concerns about his speech development....I wouldn't bother!

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Definitely not! DD says a new word everyday it seems, that I don't even KNOW all the words she knows!

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Yes, I keep a list As a former ei person, I am always just a little too nutty that way!

Also, my Ped asks me when we go for check ups!

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I wrote the first few words in his baby book but I don't have a formal list.

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i try to, but its hard to keep up with it as DS also says new words everyday.

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DS is 17 months and has about 500 words at this point. I don't have a list but we have a couple of 100 first word type books and he can say the words in those books and more.

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thanks other people comment to us how verbal DS is. His favorite words at the moment are hexagon and chandalear. No joke. It is really cute to hear him talk though.

As for what I do, b/c that is usually the net question we get...there are these books by a company called bright baby something like 100 first words and abcs and numbers - I read them to DS every day. We read about 10 books a day. When he was a little younger I would walk around the house pointing things out to him and tellinhg him the names of things. Just as a word of encouragement - DS did not say mama until he was 12 months old. He acually had very few words until he was about 13 months old - perhaps 5-8 words.

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no because he says a news words all the time

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I wrote it down once around her 15 or 18mth appt just to see, but stopped then just bc i cant keep up with it, each day there are more and more words and now sentences! im not ready for my baby to be such a big girl!

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no, never did

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I did when she first started talking a lot, but not anymore.

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Just the 1st few i always swore I was going to keep track of EVERYTHING, until she was born. Then I realized I was insane for thinking that, lol.

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When DS first started to talk, my MIL (it is always the MIL, isn't it ) made us nervous that he was talking "so late". DH and I counted his words and he had over 100 words. When the ped asked us how many words he had, and we told him over 100, he said that was absolutely fine. She hasn't bothered us since

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i did b/c he wasn't talking much but stopped at about 17+ months when he had over 125 words b/c i couldn't keep up.

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Posted by InShock

Definitely not! DD says a new word everyday it seems, that I don't even KNOW all the words she knows!

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No! I am a working mother! I wouldn't have time to collate all that information!

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in the beginning I did- but now it's ridiculous b/c she talks in full sentences like a mini adult....

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I already told you they're silly but no...I don't...there are way too many to keep track of and there's a new one every day....I wrote down her 1st words though in her baby book...after that....nothing

Message edited 1/18/2009 11:11:01 AM.

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I do (but I'm a speech therapist so I NEED to!!)

I don't write it down every single day or anything... just when I think about it, or if she says something totally out of the blue and adorable!!

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Nope, never did. And this is coming from a mom to a child with a big speech delay.

My list would have been quite easy to maintain at 18 months...he had about 2 words i think, lol...

Now he has a ton. Not sure how many, but he says everything.

It's just not my character to keep lists like that unless its asked of me by a professional...but thats me!