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When do you call it a word?

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Topic: When do you call it a word?
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: When do you call it a word?
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 10:57am
Elle is a fantastic talker and has a few words she uses regularly. However, when do you class something they say as being a word they know? She seems to copy a lot e.g. this morning I heard her saying "Faith" a few times after me (that's the cats name) and she's started saying something the sounds a lot like "hello Daddy" (it sounds like he ho da-dy) which she says almost everytime she sees Andrew.

Is it a word when they use it several times spontaneously? Is the "hello daddy" sufficient to be classed as a 2 word sentence?

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Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley



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Posted By: karen
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 11:12am
We had an interview with a speech therapist and she told us that a word is a word when it communicates something.
Even if she can't say it properly, its still a word because you understood what she was telling you.


Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 12:21pm

I agree with Karen.
We see PAFT once a month and they also have said if they are communicating and we can understand what they are saying....they are talking.

Way to go Elle!



Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 12:38pm
Yea, like if they try to say drink because they have, or want, a drink, then that is a word - because the association is there.
Hello Daddy is a two-word sentence but I wouldn't start saying that she's saying two word sentences until there were a couple of them.

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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 1:34pm
oh wow - i would def say she can say a two word sentence - who cares how many 2 word sentences she can say.

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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 2:33pm
I'd go with the two word sentence - sounds impressive

I mean babies don't recognise the difference between one word or two, they copy sounds that they associate with meanings. So anyway, I'd still run with it!


Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 6:56pm
Originally posted by busymum busymum wrote:

Yea, like if they try to say drink because they have, or want, a drink, then that is a word - because the association is there.
Hello Daddy is a two-word sentence but I wouldn't start saying that she's saying two word sentences until there were a couple of them.


How many more is enough?!?!?

One 2-word sentance is talking in a sentance with comprehension (we also do PAFT), this is definitely talking! YAY ELLE!

You won't be able to stop her now

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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 8:11pm
I had 10 words and was saying several 2 word sentences by 12 months so she progressing along the same lines. I didn't walk until 14mths though but she's almost there...has starting cruising the furnature and is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much happier! The last 2 days have been great! (also been drugging her up on chammomile)

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Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley


Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 8:16pm
Wow that is fantastic news for your little Elle!

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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 9:02pm
Well done Elle! Very clever

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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 07 July 2007 at 10:22pm
Man addison isnt talking at all. I wonder if I should be worried.


Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 08 July 2007 at 5:21pm
Great news about Elle's talking AND walking! As soon as she gets the nerve to let go she'll be off and you'll wonder what hit you then! LOL

Originally posted by my2angels my2angels wrote:

Man addison isnt talking at all. I wonder if I should be worried.


I think this age is too young to worry. My Godson has only just started talking at 18months but we reckon it was because he couldn't get a word in with his big brother

But if it would help then you could get her ears checked.

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