how much can yout two year old say?

I keep a little girl a few days a week and she will be two in august. My daughter will be two in Oct. Its shocking how different they are! this little girl can say mama, dada... and of course, the all important No. other then that, she groans all day long! i mean like, zombie groans. is this normal?? i mean she isnt mine and i couldnt take her to the doc or anything but should i even bring it up to the parent? where were your kids at almost two?

Quoting Lilly and Linkin's Mommy:“ I keep a little girl a few days a week and she will be two in august. My daughter will be two in Oct. ... [snip!] ... and i couldnt take her to the doc or anything but should i even bring it up to the parent? where were your kids at almost two?”

my son had pretty much a full vocabulary, but he also had his older sister to help teach him

my son just turned two and I know that boys are sometimes a little slower than girls but he says anything I say.. repeats every word even tho some sound a little funny. He only grunts when he's in the car and he's about to fall asleep.

see this is what i thought... she should be saying more by now, it seems her vocab stopped around 8 or 9 months. she yused to get bad ear infections when she was a baby and i wonder if it didnt effect her hearing....

My twins were that way. My daughter had an awesome vocabulary and my son said like nothing just grunted or gestured what he wanted. I finally broke down and called Easter Seals and had a speech therapist evaluate him. He is still getting speech therapy and he is 4.5. You can not even tell he had a problem now.

I was very sensitive when anyone said anything about my son's speech because I was aware something was not right. I wonder if the mother has noticed that the child dosen't speak as much as yours.

Quoting SonyaJ390:“ My twins were that way. My daughter had an awesome vocabulary and my son said like nothing just grunted ... [snip!] ... because I was aware something was not right. I wonder if the mother has noticed that the child dosen't speak as much as yours.”

she has made comments to me before about how well Lilly talks and i never know quite what to say to her because i know if it were the other way around i would be worried.... i dont want to upset her but i think she does need to be checked. she functions fine otherwise just the speech thing is off.

Quoting Lilly and Linkin's Mommy:“ see this is what i thought... she should be saying more by now, it seems her vocab stopped around 8 or ... [snip!] ... around 8 or 9 months. she yused to get bad ear infections when she was a baby and i wonder if it didnt effect her hearing....”

My son's speech stopped when he started getting ear infections. We had his hearing tested and it was very disturbing to know he could not hardly hear anything. We finally got tubes and he has been ear infection free since 16 months when the problems started but I feel the damage had been done and he was already behind.

my son will be 2 in august and he doesn't say a whole lot. He says mama, dada, brobro (his brother) nana, nanana (banana) things like that but he will repeat what I say, it just doesn't come out right. He says a lot in his own words. Like tha nanana being a banana. He gets every sylable but not every consenant. I don't know if that is normal but no doctors have said anything about it. MY brother was very slow to start talking as was my brother in law so I wouldn't worry a whole lot about it. Maybe ask the parent if he says more at home?

my girls could talk fine. My son though, oh man, I thought he might have slight delays. Ok i though he would have huge delays. Then I realized that it wasn't that he couldn't talk he just didn't have to. My daughter that is 2 years older did all his talking for him. Maybe the mom and dad don't make her tell them what she wants and needs, maybe she's allowed to just point and she gets it.

My daughter isn't quite 2 yet. She is almost 21 mos and she only has a small vocabulary. She speaks in her own language half the time.

She can say Momma, Da da, Ama [Grandma], Owie [Cats name is Zoe], Hot, Sip, Up Up, No, No way, Come [Welcome], and Dat [Which I think is Thank you....]

She also only knows the number 2... I've been working with her with her numbers and letters but its a slow going process.

*edit I forgot about Nannna [Banana], Errroio {Cheerios], num num [bite of what we are eating, and Good Good

Quoting SonyaJ390:“ My son's speech stopped when he started getting ear infections. We had his hearing tested and it was ... [snip!] ... ear infection free since 16 months when the problems started but I feel the damage had been done and he was already behind.”

My son got tubes at 12 months. They fall out within 6 months to a year, usually. My son's didn't fall out, the one in his right ear went farther into his ear drum. His ENT kept putting off dealing with it. Finally after 3 weeks of a bleeding ear drum it was removed and he hasn't had any issues since.

Quoting CynthiaRenee:“ My son got tubes at 12 months. They fall out within 6 months to a year, usually. My son's didn't fall ... [snip!] ... putting off dealing with it. Finally after 3 weeks of a bleeding ear drum it was removed and he hasn't had any issues since.”

My sons are still in they have not fell out yet! We were supposed to have them removed in May but somethings came up and his Ped didn't see a problem with them being in.

Quoting wbaby:“ my son will be 2 in august and he doesn't say a whole lot. He says mama, dada, brobro (his brother) nana, ... [snip!] ... start talking as was my brother in law so I wouldn't worry a whole lot about it. Maybe ask the parent if he says more at home?”

it probablly wouldnt even crossed my mind, i know they all develop differently, but the constant moaning makes me think that may be what she is hearing. i guess i will try to bring it up to her today... if i can muster up the guts  

my stepdaughter is 18 months and will be 2 in dec she only says mama dada, manda (my name) puppy, no,....she ignores us usually when we try to get her to talk i think it frustrates her and the daycare that she goes to evaluates them all but i think the reason she isn't learning many words is because her mom isn't teaching her she pretty much just feeds her and puts her to bed when she gets off work

Quoting **HappilyMarrIed**:“ my stepdaughter is 18 months and will be 2 in dec she only says mama dada, manda (my name) puppy, no,....she ... [snip!] ... many words is because her mom isn't teaching her she pretty much just feeds her and puts her to bed when she gets off work”

thats what i was thinking too...you need to talk to your children to teach them to talk