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Behaviour/development

first words

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MrsCodswallop · 09/03/2004 13:10

ds3 (11months and 2 weeks!) has pronounced the official wallop first word..."Edgar" (our cat). he pointed and said "Edgar there" just now!

other unusual first words plese (excluding mama dada)

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mrsclooney · 09/03/2004 20:15

think either 1. my ds is remarkably slow

or 2. he has been speaking french for hte last 2 months and I havent realsised.

God Imust have been ignoring him!

mrsclooney · 09/03/2004 20:15

(alias coddy)

Evita · 09/03/2004 20:21

'dice' meaning dog. Said in high excited little voice while pointing at a dog. We don't have one. There was also 'bogbah' for Grandma.

mrsclooney · 09/03/2004 20:22

lol

fisil · 09/03/2004 20:30

Gak (quack) was ds' first word. We didn't believe it at first, as it was not a word we had been pushing (unlike, for example, Mummy). I agree, not an overused word for adults (except those in close proximity to ds). It is still his favourite word (now 14 months). It means any bird, fish, water or outdoors.

throckenholt · 10/03/2004 07:56

ds1 - tractor at about 12 months

ds2 & 3 - hello - whilst waving !, again at about 12 months

mama dada didn't come as words with meaning until about 20 months with ds1 (no sign with ds2 & ds 3 at 14 months)

slug · 10/03/2004 09:44

Nothing interesting for her first word.."Dat!" (that), but she could say 'Brie' before 'Mummy' and her first sentence was "Daddy gin gone!"

wobblyknicks · 10/03/2004 10:05

Can I just ask, when a baby says its first word, is it really recognisable or do you have to interpret the sounds? What I mean is, I'm starting to watch out for dd (nearly 9 months) saying her first word and all she does atm is make sounds. They're not even ga-ga, ba-ba etc, they are definitely just sounds, like aaah and oooh. Is she just not making word sounds yet or am I expecting too much and the sounds are supposed to be words?

Evita · 10/03/2004 11:40

Dd's first recogniseable words are finally coming out now, 17 months. Before we had word approximations that only we really understood (apart from names like mamma, dadda, laa laa (Teletubbies fan), Dodo (her doll), teddy) like the ones I mentioned here 'dice' for dog etc. The approximations started around 12 months old.e

mrsclooney · 10/03/2004 11:40

I am feeling that perhaps he has been saying more now you lot have shamed me into listaneing!

think hello too

celandine · 10/03/2004 20:40

Wobblyknicks, my ds is 7 1/2 months and makes loads of non-consonant noises like aaaah and ehhhh, and I'm also wondering when he's going to start 'proper' words. Most of his peers from postnatal group are going dadadada etc...

I do talk to ds a lot and try to copy whatever sounds he makes so he knows he's communicating to me. Apparently this is meant to encourage them more than trying to make them repeat words you say.

My friend's baby is 9 months and just had his developmental check. He isn't making any proper consonant sounds either but the hv says it's completely normal for a baby not to babble or attempt to form words up to 13 months, so no need for you to worry for ages.

popsycal · 10/03/2004 20:57

evita!!! how is your dd's talking coming on then!?!? we need a catch up session!

throckenholt · 11/03/2004 08:13

True words were very recognisable - tractor was very clear with DS1, and hullo is with DS 2&3. All 3 of mine say/said dadadada and mumumumumum from about 10 months but I am sure they are not dad and mum. 13 month olds currently say mumumum when they are not happy about something, and gurgle dadadada when they are happy. Hmm - not sure what that means !

DS1 did not say daddy in context until he was about 18 months, and did not say mummy until nearer 2. In fact he had what I called mummy blindness - he would name everyone in a photo if he could, or point at them if he knew them but couldn't say their name, but if asked about me he wouldn't answer and didn't appear to recognise me in the photo - wierd, and funny, but it made me feel a bit odd. It seem to wear off by about 2 and now he is a typical 2 year old saying mummy mummy constantly !

Davros · 11/03/2004 13:27

I'm with MrsClooney on this one. Are you all serious that your babies are saying clear words at 7 months plus? Mine is 1 year old tomorrow and makes babbly sounds but not words and nor do any of the other babies I see (Crechendo, Mother/Baby group). This is a new experience for me as my first is autistic so am I missing something?..... Soooo worried now need to go and read the latest Heat and have a lunchtime nosh

polly28 · 11/03/2004 13:43

I know a little boy who proudly shouts his first word everywhere....Beaver!

apparently they have a collection of beavers at home ( the animals)

cas1968 · 11/03/2004 21:12

dd (12 months) said "oba der" for over there the other day when I was asking her older brother where she'd put ther socks. She was right too!

Also, if you sing "Who let the dogs out?" she'll say "Ooh, ooh" in all the right places.

aloha · 11/03/2004 21:48

Ds had at least 30 words before one. He's a talker though, not an action man. I think kids do better with body language than speech when young.

Evita · 12/03/2004 09:54

Davros, don't think anyone's saying their kids said clear words at 7 months! My dd is 17 months and is saying her first clear words now and since around 15 months. At 7 months we had pure babbly mamma dadda yayyaa sort of stuff. We got the first approximate words only at around 13 months.

throkenholt, that's interesting what you said about 'mummy blindness'. Dd doesn't have that but she has blindness to her closest cuddly toy who we've named 'wolfy'. She names ALL her toys except for him! He just gets pointed at and cuddled etc., so maybe when something's VERY close to them they don't bother to name it because they think of it as a kind of extension of them?

aloha · 12/03/2004 10:30

My ds said 'Moo' at 8months. He can barely negotiate steps at 2 1/2 though!

Evita · 12/03/2004 10:35

Wow, aloha, 30 words before 1!! Dd hasn't quite got 30 words yet at 17 months.

Davros · 12/03/2004 10:48

Thanks Evita, I was beginning to wonder! All very interesting though.

Emmalou · 12/03/2004 13:46

Wait for it .... choc-late ..... followed by
get down!

I have to say that a lot of these entries made me laugh so much I nearly wet myself ....

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RexandBen · 14/03/2004 22:31

LOL 'choc-late' was ds2 2nd word! 1st was 'boo-boo' (he was a breast-feeding addict!)

cazzybabs · 14/03/2004 23:10

at for cat

She was a late talker.

Now all she seems to say is Marma for Marmite, daddy for eerything especally her teddy, no and bye bye and then whatever it is is leavning.

Evita · 15/03/2004 20:30

cazzybabs, what's a late talker? I mean when would you describe it as late?

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