How often should a toddler acquire a new word?

My 16 month old only says a few words. Dog, bath, Daddy, GoGo, and Truck. Those are the same words he could say a month ago. He's not adding words to his repertoire. How many words does your 16 month old have and how often does he/she add in a new word?How often should a toddler acquire a new word?
My daughter is 19 months old, and goes through phases. Sometimes she'll add a new word or two daily. Other times she goes a few weeks with the same words. I wouldn't be worried at all.
Between 16 months and 24 months the doctors want your kid to be up to 50 words. Your child may keep the same 5 words till 20 months and then start learning 2 words a week.... or your child may suddenly start learning 2 words a week now and have a huge vocabulary by age 2.



Read lots of books and speak to your child all day. Mommy is putting the cup on the table. Mommy is changing your diaper, look, there is pee in it. Now I will use a wipe on you. Ok, all clean. Oh look, the books are a mess. Do you want to help mommy clean? You may feel silly but if you repeat your actions daily your child will pick up on those words real quick. It may still not be for a couple months, but when the language explosion comes it will be amazing.How often should a toddler acquire a new word?
At 16 months our son didn't say much of anything besides "NO!" and "uh-oh" and answering some "What does a [insert animal] say?" type questions. He did parrot words that we said, but he didn't really use them or seem to really be "acquiring them."



Since about 19 months he seems to be acquiring one new word a day. Meaning, he'll repeat it after me when I say it and then use it unprompted. Today's word is "Arm." Yesterday's word was "Eyes"

and the day before was "Happy." However, we do lose words from time to time as well. There was a lot of fuss over a few words last month that seem to have disappeared...
When he hits about (I stress about) a year and a half to two years he'll start saying a ton of words. Seriously, you'll feel like he's a genius. The voicebox drops at approximately that age making it much easier for him to speak. Also, he probably knows a ton of words now but he can't say them yet because his voicebox isn't in the right place yet. Really, this is a long winded way of saying that your son is normal and that you shouldn't worry.How often should a toddler acquire a new word?
Dear Mother In need of advice



At the ripe old age of 16 months you should be introducing your child to the dictionary. Start on the letter A and everyday have your baby read from it. If your baby is unable to read then pronounce the word very slowly over and over again eventually your baby will learn a new word! Now when your child reaches the age of two you should have knocked out the letters A-G this will keep you on track with Einstein.



Good Luck and God Speed on your educational journey!

-Blackmage
That is way better than what my son was saying at 16 months. He called everything "Dat" until he was about 20 months old. He started picking up words out of nowhere after that. He'll be two in a couple of weeks and he learns so many new word everyday I've lost track. Also, he repeats everything I say now- including telling the dog to sit ALL THE TIME...lol.
Babies develop at different rates. The baby might be in a listening stage. He might know more words than he uses. Later, he might start using lots of words that he never used before.
my son didnt say anything untill about 18 month and only knew 8-12 words by his 2nd birthday in the past week he has learnt about 5 i am amazed
I really don;t think theres a set time for that, kids learn by watching and listening to others.
He's fine when he gets closer to 2 he could start adding as many as 10 words a day to his vocabulary. It;s normal. :-)
at that age my son had maybe 5 words but once he hit 18 months his vocabulary exploded to about 20 words, and at 19 months he had way more then 50.... each child will speak at their own pace so i wouldn't worry..