Charlotte's Language Milestones - Toddlerhood

By karaizme
  • Mostly unintelligible speech, except for a few words (12 months)

    Mostly unintelligible speech, except for a few words (12 months)

    Charlotte tells her mom that she wants more milk: "blah daba mo milk."
  • Speaks first true word (12 months)

    Speaks first true word (12 months)

    Charlotte accurately and consistently refers to her stuffed dog as "doggy."
  • Uses referential gestures (12 months)

    Uses referential gestures (12 months)

    Charlotte waves at her mom and says, "bye-bye."
  • 50% of utterances consist of single nouns (12 months)

    50% of utterances consist of single nouns (12 months)

    Charlotte is asked to describe an apple and she replies with "geen."
  • Uses between 3 and 20 words (16 months)

    Uses between 3 and 20 words (16 months)

  • Uses negotiation (16 months)

    Uses negotiation (16 months)

    Charlotte is asked to go to bed, but she does not want to, so she says "no pees."
  • Uses verbal turn-taking (16 months)

    Uses verbal turn-taking (16 months)

    Charlotte and her mother take turns using building blocks to make a tower, and each time Charlotte places a block, she tells her mom that it's her turn.
  • Processes spoken words incrementally (20 months)

    Processes spoken words incrementally (20 months)

    Charlotte's mom says, "Look at the doggie!" Charlotte shifts her gaze toward the dog before her mom finishes the whole sentence.
  • Uses gesture-word combinations (20 months)

    Uses gesture-word combinations (20 months)

    Charlotte lifts her cup toward her mother and says, "More" when she wants more juice.
  • Begins to use grammatical morphemes (20 months)

    Begins to use grammatical morphemes (20 months)

    Charlotte's mom is reading a book with her, and they turn to a page that has multiple cats on it. Charlotte exclaims, "Cats!"
  • Uses some verbs and adjectives (20 months)

    Uses some verbs and adjectives (20 months)

    Charlotte expresses that her drink is "cold."
  • Asks questions with rising intonation (24 months)

    Asks questions with rising intonation (24 months)

    Charlotte sees her dad leaving the house and asks, "where's daddy going?"
  • Produces about 200 words (24 months)

    Produces about 200 words (24 months)

  • Begins using prepositions and plural/possessive morphemes (24 months)

    Begins using prepositions and plural/possessive morphemes (24 months)

    Charlotte and her mom are reading a book with a picture of people in a house, and her mom asks, "Where are they?" Charlotte responds, "They're in the house."
  • Begins to use imaginative, heuristic, and informative language (24 months)

    Begins to use imaginative, heuristic, and informative language (24 months)

    Charlotte points at a ladybug outside the window and asks, "What's that?"
  • Uses present progressive -ing with mastery (28 months)

    Uses present progressive -ing with mastery (28 months)

    Charlotte and her parents are playing pretend, and Charlotte walks away. Her mother asks, "Where are you going?" Charlotte replies, "Going to the store."
  • Demonstrates phonological processes (28 months)

    Demonstrates phonological processes (28 months)

    Charlotte exclaims to her mother, "I taw a birgy outside!" Her mother responds with "You saw a birdy outside? That's a pretty bird!"
  • Overgeneralizes about 1/3 of all new words (28 months)

    Overgeneralizes about 1/3 of all new words (28 months)

    Charlotte calls any stuffed animal "doggy."
  • Introduces and changes discussion topics (28 months)

    Introduces and changes discussion topics (28 months)

    Mom: "What are you playing with?"
    Charlotte: "My doggy!"
    Mom: "That's right! What color is the doggy?"
    Charlotte: "White. My doggy runs fast on the table."
  • Suppresses most common phonological processes (34 months)

    Suppresses most common phonological processes (34 months)

    Charlotte can now say "birdy" instead of "birgy."
  • Uses some contractions (34 months)

    Uses some contractions (34 months)

    Charlotte and her mother are playing with a piano, and Charlotte says, "I don't like that sound."
  • 25% of utterances consist of single nouns, and 25% consist of single words (34 months)

    25% of utterances consist of single nouns, and 25% consist of single words (34 months)

    Charlotte tries to convince her mother to give her a cookie before dinner by saying, "Cookie please?"
  • Asks simple questions (34 months)

    Asks simple questions (34 months)

    Charlotte asks, "Park?" several times per day because she loves going to the park.
  • Clarifies and requests clarification during conversation (34 months)

    Clarifies and requests clarification during conversation (34 months)

    Mom: "Can you pick up your blocks, please?"
    Charlotte: "What?"
    Mom: "Can you please pick up your blocks?"
    Charlotte: "Yeah."