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18-24 months

‘By the end of this stage, when at this age is that she drops the
your baby is 24 months, she last sound of her words,’ says
should be saying around 50 words Annie. ‘She might say “no” for
consistently,’ says Annie. ‘She’ll nose or “bar” for bath. This means
also be using them to start forming that not everybody will understand
two-word sentences such as, her at this stage but, as a rough
“Mummy, NO!”. And she’ll be rule of thumb, you can expect
able to understand around 200 to to understand about half of what
500 words.’ That doesn’t mean she says.’ Here’s what you can do
that she’ll always follow instructions to build her language skills…
though, even if she understands
them. A toddler’s drive to explore
and to assert her own autonomy
is usually stronger than her desire
to obey the word, ‘No!’
‘The other thing that you might
notice about your toddler’s speech

‘I bought
Kally some flashcards
for Christmas when she was
20 moths old. We started using
the cards for her to tell me the words
she knew and then I started introducing
questios about sounds and colours.
“What colour is the horse?” “What
noise does he make?” The cards helped
extend her vocabulary in a fun way.’
Kira Phillips, 29, from
Hastings, is mum
to Kally, two

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