Why isn't my one-year-old talking yet?
At one year old, children may not yet speak actual words or may drop ending syllables and mix up sounds when trying to talk. This leaves parents constantly questioning whether they should be doing more to encourage speech or if they are accidentally overwhelming their child.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1comparing milestones with other children
- 2constantly talking, reading, counting, and naming things throughout the day
- 3using sign language like 'all done' during feeding
- 4watching educational videos like ms Rachel
- 5Using a rollercoaster voice technique to work through the word together
- 6Asking the child to close their mouth at the end of the word
- 7Ignoring the phase or avoiding making mention of it, as pointing it out can turn it into a game
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I just don’t know what more I can do to encourage talking.”source ↗
“Do I need to be doing more? Just give it time? Am I overwhelming him or something?”source ↗
“Ik we aren’t supposed to compare but I’m like why doesn’t he say ANY words at all.”source ↗
“Thank you lol I just freak myself out 😭”source ↗
“Toddler doesn’t say ending Syllables, “mom” = mah but they normally say “momma” but sometimes they’ll just ignore the ending even when we are taking a moment to teach them how to say “mo-mm” the right way and they’ll continue to repeat “ma” like they don’t even hear the mmm at the end when we say it”source ↗
“or sometimes they’ll switch them up, for example.. saying yes they say “ye” and when trying to work through the word together we say “YeESsss” like a rollercoaster (that works best) and then asking them to say it alone they say “Sssss- YE”, same with other words also.. is this usual? Anyone else child do this?”source ↗
Where this came up
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