My child just turned 12 months . He says only 1 word "baba" or "ababa". He is supposed to say 3 -5 words?

Hey! Baba Is my name! Your kid is intelligent! Way to go mom!

Let your child have a childhood insted of going to classes and what not. Some kids develop later then others. Same as how different girls hit puberty later or some younger. Relax.

Well, I am 15 years old but dont worry, wait for some months and if he continue saying things like that, go to a hospital and send him to school in about 4 - 5 years old. Edit: My aunty, once a nurse, says that some child speaks early and some speaks at about 1 half or 2 years old. Good luck.

let ur child develop...at its own pace...:) xxxxx some children talk really early..other dont..some dont talk to be difficult believe it or not....x

my daughter is 17 months and she says about the same maybe not even as much (she'll point at things and go uh uh uh uh sometimes she wil say get but thats it) but she knows and understands all im sayin (like if i say get ur bottle for mummy she will bring it me or get ur blanket its bed time give kissed she will do it all) so im not worried, children will develope at there own pace! hope thats eased ur mind abit :)

don't worry some children start to speak late my brother started to speak 4-5 words about 15-16 months now he is 20 months and speaks better

Before you go to a speech pathologist, get his hearing checked by an audiologist. It's a pain to test a toddler, but it can be done. Our daughter had more than three years of speech therapy before we dicovered she was hard of hearing. It took us a while to figure it out, sort of like a kid who needs glasses. It's not obvious, and I used to be a teacher. I know all about selective hearing! Her hearing aids were WONDERFUL. Good luck!

I wouldn't worry about that. 12 months is very early to begin speech therapy. I'm a teacher and one of my co-workers was telling me a story about one of her children. She would speak a word here and a word there. When she was two she suddenly started speaking in complete sentences. It varies from child to child. Children often misrepresent sounds even into early elementary school. I would keep an eye on him up until the age of 18-24 months before consulting a speech pathologist.

My son had no words at 12 months. 12 months is the average time babies say their first word ... but by the very definition of average some speak their first word sooner and some later. Most kids will say their first word between 9 and 14 months. Some perfectly normal kids speak their first word a little later than 14 months --- but my son's pediatrician said if there are no words at 15 months he suggests a hearing test. He is 14 months now and has said 10 words --- but only has about 3 constant words in his vocabulary (dog, no, mine). Our pediatrician says he is on track. I think having a baby go to a speech language pathologist at 12 months for only saying 1 word is very premature. The most important thing is if your child understands you. There are TWO components to language --- receptive and expressive (speech is part of expressive). If a child is having problems understanding (receptive) there is more of a chance there is something amiss. Furthermore, a word is any consistent noise your baby uses to refer to the same object. It doesn't have to be the equivalent of the english word.