Starting to talk

[mummynumnum]

Just wondering when did everyones little ones start talking and what were their first words.

[mummynumnum]

DD has really come on leaps and bounds just in a few days. She now says grandma (weird as she has a nana and a nanny), Daisy (guinea pig), Stacey (nursery minder), cot (Apricot) and sessue (her version of Nelson for our cockatoo). It is amazing how quickly they get it.

[pattilou]

I think mine were about a year. A friend of mine's 22-month-old isn't talking yet - but he understands everything and is great at pointing and making his meaning clear.

[LoveAngel]

p.s. his first wors were 'no!' (said while pointing his finger and shaking his head sternly...that taught me my first lesson about children being little mirrors that reflect your own behaviours right back at ya!), 'ladybird' and 'milk'!

[LoveAngel]

My DS could say quite a few words before he was a yr old, but it wasn't until he was around 20 months that he had a 'language explosion' and started talking in proper sentences. He is now 2 yrs 10 mths and I can't shut him up :-)

[wellieboot]

I don't know if you call this a proper word but my dd is 10 months and has been saying 'yum yum' for the last month at least when eating and on sight of food (going to the supermarket is amusing!) That is all she has ever said so far!

[christywhisty]

My DD's were shoes and sweets at about 11 months. She was obsessed with every bodies shoes !

My DS's about the same age was hot, i used to forget to cool his dinner down!

[bunnyhunny]

unisarah - I was round family's today and ds didn't finish his bottle. I left it on the side. Then 20 mins later he was signing milk at me! I felt so bad I forgot about it, and he had to remind me!!
can't wait til I get other signs now!!

[UniSarah]

bunny hunny- boy only bothered to sign for milk when I wasn't there for several hours (he was with his dad( also a BSL user)) I was still more of less demand feeding at the time. he only uses milk sign for breast feed, anything else is drink. I think tractor or maybe biscuit is his fav sign( and things) but it doesn;t always get results, nor does please/thanks which he uses very enthusisicly.

[milliec]

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[bunnyhunny]

Unisarah - ds was signing 'milk' at 8 months too. Even when it's not time for a feed. SO I try to fob him off with water

[Scootergrrrl]

DS is 18 months and can name the Teltubbies. I'm so proud

[PregnantGrrrl]

and banana, although he says 'nananananana'

[PregnantGrrrl]

DS started to say 'Dad' and 'Hiya' first, at around 7mths.

It's only recently that he equated words with the right things- he's 16mths and can say:

Dad/Daddy
Mam
Dog
Cat
Bye Bye
Shoes
Hiya
Baby
His childminders name
and he said 'cheese' last night

[gingernutlover]

dd now says "bye bye bubbles" when we pull the plug at bath time

and her latest new and shiny word is bitch courtesy of my mother although it is pronounced "Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch!" and she says "nanny beeeeeeetch" which pleases dh

[UniSarah]

1st sign at 7m/o - milk. more and waving hi/ bye followed fairly soon.

[skidaddle]

dd said
hiya at 10 months
then

woof woof
daddy
mummy
hello
at about 12 months

[BlueberryPancake]

It's funny, DS said a few words at 12 months (all related to food) and then he stopped talking for a few months. I though that it would be a constent progress, but it wasn't. Now he is almost 2 and can't stop babbling, most of it are recognisable words but they don't form sentences. He does say things like 'more cheese please mummy', but he can't say granma which we have been repeating to him forever. He can say Makka Pakka and Upsy Daisy, and Igle Piggle, which I think is very funny!

[bunnyhunny]

ds is 9 months old, and went up to the dog today and said 'dug dug dug'
I said NO, its a DOG!
silly baby!

[ceebeegeebies]

Lol Hunker - I guess that is why DS can say nana then as bananas are his favourite things in the whole world!

[hunkermunker]

DS1 said "ubble" for bubble at 10mo, then some other things as he got older [forgets]

DS2 said "apple", repeatedly, since about birth, it seems (although probably more like 12mo!). They're his very favourite things.

[mummynumnum]

Its been great hearing all the things your little ones said for their first words. DD likes to say purple. Very strange!!

[TwigorTreat]

ds was 10 months and sentences by 16 months

dd said nothing till 2 years and 2 months

[Troutpout]

ds was 8 months..
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dd was 10 months..
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[ArmadilloDaMan]

B4 18 months I think, he said 'mumma' 'brum' (for cars) adn 'duck'.

Couldn't say 'dada' for quite a while longer.

He didn't really take off till he was 2 and then it came in fits and starts (i.e. he was behind and then he'd come on suddenly repeatedly).

Now 3 he talks well for his age.

[Sunshinecursedmummy]

About 10m with things like mamma, dadda, hiya, ta, nana and ba (bath), but at 19m (now) he's really come on and is combining words, trying new things every day and knows things I didn't know he knew.