Speech Development 18-30 Months
What to Expect
Speech Development 18-30 months: Your child uses
speech and language that will continue to surprise you everyday.
At this age your child has learned a T-O-N of words and
phrases from you...
...now they
will say more.
When my daughter was 21 months
old my wife and I couldn't believe how much she started picking up from us.
One day my daughter and I went to get the mail. After we had picked up the mail.
She turned around, held up her arms, and
pointed to the left and right sides of the street.
She then shook her head left and right (like she was saying "no") and said...
..."no ca-s"
(no cars).
I had been trying to teach her to "Look both ways" for cars for 2-3 months, and then she
said it completely on her own. It was one of my proudest moments as a dad.
Of all the stages of speech development 18-30 months is my
favorite.
Notice
that
some
of
them can
happen after 30
months too.
Speech
- Same consonants used in early babbling
- Most words have just a consonant + vowel = ba,
da, ma, go, boo
- Words selected or avoided based on favorite
sounds
- Echolalia begins, disappears by 30
months (when child repeats all or part of
what someone says)
- Jargon peaks at 18 months (when child
tries to talk as fast as parents and it comes
out as jibber-jabber, very expressive but not understandable)
Feeding
- Eats more chewable food
- Rotary chewing develops
- Gets food/non-food objects on own because they
can walk
Speech
- Says ALL VOWELS (24-30 months)
- 50% intelligible = non-parent understands half
of what the child says
- 14 different consonants in 10 minutes
- Consonant sounds are said in the correct spots
in words 70% of the time
- Jargon (when child
tries to talk as fast as parents and it comes
out as jibber-jabber, very expressive but not understandable)
is replaced by meaningful phrases
- Sentences begin as simple declarations or
descriptions of events. Child can't tell a story/narrative yet (24-36
months)
- Words now contain consonant + vowel + consonant
Examples:"dog"
instead of "da"
"ball" instead of "ba"
Example: "toothbrush"
intsead of just "brush"
Feeding
- Can totally self-feed
- Eats
tougher solids
- Mature (adult-like)
chewing
- Uses fork and open cup (non-sippy)
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