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Normal Speech Development in Children

You may be wondering what should your child be saying for their age and if they are developing normally. Your speech therapist should be able to give you an vocabulary age approximation. Such as when Josie was three her speech was that of a fifteen month old.

normal speech development, apraxia

  • At three months an infant can make vowel sounds

  • At six to eight months, a baby can make consonant sounds and may begin to babble "bababa" or "dadada" (which often causes dads to get excited that they are saying "dad", however infants are too young to identify individuals)

  • At one year, a child can say "mama" or "dada" to the right person, they may have a few other words, such as "baba" for bottle or "nuk"

  • At fifteen months, a child should be experiencing a large amount of babbling, and may say as many as 10 different words.

  • At eightteen months, a child can say nouns (ball, cup), names of people and maybe a few phrases. Should say 10 - 15 different words.

  • At two years of age, a child can use two to three word sentences and say 50+ words.

  • At three years of age, the child uses three to five word sentences and you need to be careful what you say because they repeat everything!

  • At four years of age, strangers should be able to understand 85% of the child's spoken language, they speak in full sentences and speak and understand 1000+ words.

    If you notice your child is behind the average in speech, discuss it with your child's doctor.

    Reference: Speech Development in the Infant and Toddler by Debra Reese


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