Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Is my little girl an early talker?

I receive weekly email updates from Babycentre on the development phases of my toddler and according to the update, a 14th month and 3 weeks old is suppose to master a couple of favourite words, read on..

"Ball, dog and bye may be your child's favorite — and only — words at this point, though some early talkers may have as many as 20 words in their vocabulary. Maybe she uses the words at the right time for the right things, or maybe she says "dog" when she sees other furry animals with tails. Don't be discouraged — that's an indication that she's learning to group things together. Just say the correct word in a matter-of-fact tone ("That's a horse, honey; horses are bigger than dogs"), and she'll soon pick it up."

From 14 months old my little one can say about 15-20 words. Hmm...let me think. The obvious ones which she pronounced perfectly are: bear, dog, cat, car, ball, bird, shoe, clap, nose, jump, keys

The 'not so accurate' ones are: hour (flower), atee (aunty), ark (duck), ish (fish), nana (banana), aks go (let's go)

And of course she has her all time favourites such as papa, mama, mum mum (food), gai gai (go out), popo (grandma), ceh ceh (sister), kor kor (brother).

Is that an indication that she's an early talker? :-)

2 comments:

Penny said...

I bet she is! :) Are you enjoying all her funny words? Wait till she starts chattering and saying more funny stuff. You'll just love it!

Kiasu Mom said...

Oh yes, so cute..:-)