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What was your/your LO's first word?

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mamaGool · 27/08/2011 14:36

DS says mama, dada & nana, but doesn't know what they mean yet, so I'm counting that as babbling. Apparently mine was "readitbook" (a request said as one word).

So, I'm being nosey - What was your first word?
What did your baby/ies say first & how old were they?

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alto2 · 04/09/2011 18:05

'row-row' at 8 months (a request for 'Row, row, row your boat')
'tank-oo' when I handed her a piece of apple at 10 months

But from about 5 - 6 months she said 'eemie' a lot and I realised it was her word for me. It was my nickname on here for a long time.

whereseveryonegone · 04/09/2011 18:07

Can't remember 1st words but youngest daughters 1st song at about 14 months was bugger repeated to the tune of twinkle twinkle little star, voice of an angel.

LynetteScavo · 04/09/2011 18:10

My 3DC all said "cat" at 9 months.

(Although DS1 said "teletubbies" once at 6 months, which was a bit embarrassing, as he was forward at everything, and he said it in front of our NCT group Blush)

They then learned to talk very differently.

DS1 leaned lots of single words (his 2nd word was Audi Hmm - he is still car obsessed) but didn't talk in sentences until he was nearly 2.

DS1 said "I like it" when he was 11 months, and didn't stop talking for several years after that.

DD could say "hello" on her first birthday, and didn't say much more for a couple of years, just lots of babbling.

working9while5 · 04/09/2011 18:14

I watched this like a hawk as am a speech and language therapist. There were words I could have counted if I weren't a speech and language therapists and being anal about it, but I needed the word to be used to describe something consistently in different contexts before I would "count" it.

It was assuredly "boo" (boob), beginning as a buh at 10-11 months and only truly becoming "boo" at about 12 months.

True words are rare in most typical children before 12 months.

LynetteScavo · 04/09/2011 18:42

Ha ha, show me a typical child!

I used to look after a very bright little boy (who has grown up to be a very, very bright big boy) who didn't say anything except "moon" until he was 2.5. He then leaned to talk, literally, over night. (He stayed up late one evening, recounting the events of the day, much to his parents shock and delight!)

Fontsnob · 04/09/2011 18:46

Dd's first word was clap, can't remember how many months. At 12 months (now) I'm pretty sure she gave us an audible no! :( dreading the terrible two's!!

suzikettles · 04/09/2011 18:46

Ds asked me this today and I can't remember Blush [badmother]

I've decided (and I told him) that it was "cheese" because the first time I can remember him using a word to ask for something was when he pulled himself up at the fridge door and said "cheese" because he wanted some.

Can't even remember what age it was, but guessing around 10 months? Possibly later. Ds wasn't much of a speaker until he was over two.

BamBam21 · 04/09/2011 18:50

Apart from "mummummum", my DS's first words were "up" when he wanted a cuddle, and "man-a-moon" while pointing at the moon!Grin He had a real fascination with the moon as a baby!Grin

PassTheTwiglets · 04/09/2011 18:53

DD's first was "ball" but her second was... ... pimp. It's really not as bad as it sounds, honest guv :)

rearfacingcarseats5timessafer · 04/09/2011 19:06

DS, started with dog at 9 months then moved on to Land Rover, and Muttley.
DD 1, Pretty and hello at 13 months.
DD 2, Dog at 9 months and she can woof, Meow, quack and barrrrrr at 13 months

lucykate · 04/09/2011 19:11

dd - cow
ds - mama. he's now progressed to being able to burp the alphabet.

Seepage · 04/09/2011 19:16

DD1 - Uh Oh (too much Telly tubbies)

DD2 - I WANT A CUDDLE.

No idea how old they were.

working9while5 · 04/09/2011 19:44

Lynette, I was trying to be a bit diplomatic Grin. I meant true words (as a linguist would define them) are rare in children who do not go on to be gifted (in the sense of having cognitive skills at or higher than the 97th centile on standardised tests) or differently abled (e.g. have Asperger's Syndrome/Hyperlexia etc).

fishandlilacs · 04/09/2011 19:52

9 months-in baby carrier backpack at the big chill festival- we came over the hill to see the crowd and the flags and the tents and she went "look Look Look"

and proceeded to say it all day!

CardyMow · 04/09/2011 20:15

working9while5 - I sort of agree - DS1 (who came out with a full sentence at 10mo, and hasn't stopped talking since, came out in the standardised test the school did when he had just turned 8yo as being between the 98th and 99th centile. Some sort of Verbal IQ test thingy (didn't pay too much attention to the paperwork tbh) that said his IQ was 132? Don't know how normal that is?

Wonder if DS3 will be the same? He REALLY does have mum, mik mik, bik, bubbles, bum, ojjj for orange blankie, and attempts to say his siblings names when he wants them. He uses them in context, and not otherwise, he has other sounds that may mean something, but that isn't yet clear to me. I know he is only 7mo, but you can't argue that he isn't saying mik mik to mean milk when he is pulling my boob out of my bra as he is saying it. Hmm. He's pulling himself up to standing too. . Earlier, he went for a nose dive - he'd pulled himself up to stand, felt happy with himself, so clapped his hands - and promptly fell over!

DontCallMeBaby · 04/09/2011 20:21

Hm, at 17 months apparently (oh, how I wanted to shoot everyone who told me late walkers were early talkers, cos DD was kinda late at both) DD had five words: ta, dada, tickle, all-gone, rou-rou (round round, as in round and round the garden, like a teddy bear ...) 'Dada' had different stresses depending on whether it meant any old random thing, or actually daddy.

First 'sentence' was "Daddy, NO!" How I chuckled. :o

Woodlands · 04/09/2011 20:25

Daddy, at about 11-12 months.

Now at 13 months we have the following:
Daddy
Mama
Cat
Hiya
Bye-bye

I can understand him even if no one else does!

busybee1983 · 04/09/2011 20:28

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FrameyMcFrame · 04/09/2011 20:34

DS Splash!!!!
DD There (pointing at object)

Both fairly late talkers but have both made up for lost time!!!

DUnno what my first words were as I was a fourth child so my Mum had stopped remembering things like that by then!

CocktailQueen · 04/09/2011 20:34

DD - 'cat' at 90m.
DS - 'car' at 10m

CocktailQueen · 04/09/2011 20:35

*9m! Not 90m!

yellowsubmarine41 · 04/09/2011 20:35

Both of mine's first word was 'hello', said by one at 8 months and the other at 9 months.

Meglet · 04/09/2011 20:37

DS - Balloon at 13 months.

DD - Duck at 12 months.

I have no idea when they said mummy.

MonsterBookOfTysons · 04/09/2011 20:37

Ds was about 12 months old and he said 'Hello' very clearly.
Dd was 10 months and said Baby :)

ballstoit · 04/09/2011 20:41

DS1 - nana (banana)
DD1 - bisdit (biscuit)
DD2 - lotlot (chocolate)

Think you can tell what we talk about most in our house...and how the healthy eating habits went down hill after PFB Blush