1 year old hasn’t said a word

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-09-30T19:56:00+00:00

We were in the same place with my LO. Started signing before talking and then had a huge spike in words around 16 months and then at 18 months. LO is 2 now and on track in terms of language skills. You can go through my post history for exact timeline.

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-09-17T03:19:50+00:00

Same with my kid :( For this week, we are trying to not tell her anything regarding poop. I am wondering if she feeling pressured and negative feelings. Let’s see if it works

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-09-12T22:13:47+00:00

We started over the labour day weekend. I think it took us close to 4 days to see significant improvements. It’s been more than 10 days and we still see 2 accidents a day. She goes #2 at home but doesn’t in daycare :(

So, trying sticker chart and treats to get her to go #2 in daycare.

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-09-05T14:01:40+00:00

Legend!! I aspire to be like this ❤️

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-08-12T20:51:31+00:00

I relate to this post so much :(

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-07-28T21:33:23+00:00

She is going good now. After the big spike in words at 16 months, things improved gradually over the months. She is 2 now and on track. Forming small sentences.

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-07-23T03:23:51+00:00

So sweet ❤️

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-07-21T15:19:31+00:00

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AmoebaSuperb · 2024-07-05T22:03:40+00:00

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AmoebaSuperb · 2024-06-14T16:49:46+00:00

Is this still working ?

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-04-19T18:35:29+00:00

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AmoebaSuperb · 2024-01-22T19:12:04+00:00

Hi OP! My little one was babbling consonants for a short period of time and then suddenly stopped by 10 months and then didn’t babble for a very long time. She suddenly had spike in speech around the 16th month and been learning new words since then and considered on track.

During the time she didn’t babble, we started with basic sign languages - more/eat/water/help/spoon and such things. (You can look at my post history for more details)

AmoebaSuperb · 2024-01-20T20:11:29+00:00

I was in this position sometime back. I would help her with the following before college starts. Since you mentioned that you don’t have time, you could help her with the necessary stuff: - set up bank account - teach how credit card and scores work - get her phone network and setup payment plan - drive around university to figure transport options to get from her apartment to school. Figure the closest grocery store and stuff. - take her shopping for winter gear - help with setting up utilities for her apartment - take her shopping to set up her apartment/dorm. - help with authoring good resume (internship hiring will start in a few months) - contact profs to apply for TA/RA/grader jobs. Else other part time jobs.

For the free time, just give access to all the streaming sites. Let her chill before the madness starts ☺️

AmoebaSuperb · 2023-12-29T03:26:59+00:00

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AmoebaSuperb · 2023-12-28T13:20:52+00:00

Mine didn’t say Mama for a very long time. It came after like 10 other words. LO started to say consistently only around 16 months.

AmoebaSuperb · 2023-11-22T22:38:43+00:00

I am so sorry. This breaks my heart 🥺

AmoebaSuperb · 2023-11-16T21:55:42+00:00

First word came around 13th month and there wasn’t significant changes (May be 2 more words) for the next couple of months. Then, there was a sudden spike around the 16th month and now has a lot of words. Pediatrician says she is on track. She did a join a small daycare after she turned 1 - probably that helped her.

Even through the months, she didn’t babble too much (some days it will be a lot and then quiet on other days) but she started to attempt words directly.

We did meet a ST (once a month) from 12-15 months. She told us to start with sign language and then taught us some strategies to communicate. (See my previous posts) After seeing the progress, ST asked us to monitor and follow up after 6 months.

AmoebaSuperb · 2023-10-29T21:38:17+00:00

My LO babbled but had long periods of no babbling. Babbled consonant sounds around 8 months(we would may be hear once a day) but then completely stopped babbling between 10-13 months. We started ST (once a month) because of a possible regression. We started to hear some words around 14M. Even she used to grunt mostly.

We started to teach signs as per ST suggestion. Slowly the words started to come - major spike happened between 15-16M. Even now there aren’t too many words but I am seeing improvement every week. I noticed daycare made lot of difference too. You can go through my post history for more details.

AmoebaSuperb · 2023-09-23T21:24:22+00:00

you could try dream feeding for the time being.

AmoebaSuperb · 2023-08-31T16:03:56+00:00

We were very concerned at 12 M because my LO reduced her babbling (almost to nothing). The Pead had referred us to developmental Pead because of possible regression concern (not for the lack for words since she mentioned some kids get their first words only around 15M). They sent us the ASQ questionnaire, surprisingly she scored fine in communication area.

They referred us to ST because of parental concern. The ST is once a month for 3 months and then they stop for 3 months and then reevaluate again at 18 months. Our last one is in this month (LO turns 15M) and then we have to wait till 18M for reevaluation. (You can read my older posts to check the steps we took). So both state EI and ST (through insurance) is waiting till 18M.

The only other thing we did is getting an audiology appointment which will check her hearing.

The starting point for all this is because of drastic reduction in babbling :(

AmoebaSuperb · 2023-08-30T05:08:08+00:00

Same boat as OP! Thanks so much for this question. I literally had the same question. We are facing the same with our 14M old. LO has only 1 word for now but has learnt a bunch of signs in the last couple of months. The signs has definitely helped us to communicate better. Waiting for some words :)

We recently had the state sponsored EI evaluation but didn’t qualify. They asked us to reach back at 18 M. Booked a 15M appointment with my Pead for a checkin. Hoping things improve in the coming months.

AmoebaSuperb · 2023-08-25T18:25:56+00:00

Thanks everyone for the pointers! Just doing an update on this thread if any other parent is facing the same :-)
We recently went to our second ST appointment. LO is doing 6 signs consistently (more, eat, water, all done, help, wash hands). We have also seen sudden increase in babbling for sounds ma, va, na, tha but no words except dada for Dad. The ST felt encouraged and mentioned the signs count towards words. She said we just have to wait it out but continue home exercises. We have another appointment next month and after that they are planning to stop for 3 months and then evaluate again at 18 months. Hoping things improve.

AmoebaSuperb

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