When was your LO's first word?

bride711

Hi Ladies,

Our DS is 16 months old. He is babbling up a storm but no formed words. I was just wondering if any of you ladies DS/DD's are doing the same.

I know every baby does things on their time/when they are ready.We are not concerned as we know developmentally he is doing great. However, we are excitedly awaiting to hear the sound of his little voice!

lindylogana

DD says "uh oh" and "dog" and "no" and the rest are all babbled nonsense for now.

Wantastickybaby

One LO has said 4 words, kitty, baby, dada, and quack-quack.  Our other LO is up to maybe 15 words.  It's so much fun to hear their voices!  (They just turned 16 months.)

kristin7701

We're still waiting too. I am sure DS2 is fine but after DS1 said his first word at 9 months, it's hard not to wonder. Anyway, DS2 has been trying to say "cat" but it comes out as "GAH!"

amt1586

DD can say uh-oh and deer and the rest is babbles. She does call out just "MA MA" when she gets really upset! Does that count?

lovelylinz

kristin7701:

We're still waiting too. I am sure DS2 is fine but after DS1 said his first word at 9 months, it's hard not to wonder. Anyway, DS2 has been trying to say "cat" but it comes out as "GAH!"

In the speech world, we count it as a word even if it isn't exactly how an adult would say it.  If it sounds similar whenever LO is pointing out a cat, then it counts as a word.

Also, kids should be saying at least a word or two by the time they are 1, even if it doesn't sound like the adult version.  The big red flag is if LO hits 2 and has fewer than 50 words and isn't combining words together.

sunflowergrl

Just this week, DD has started saying "up" when she wants to be picked up of get on the couch.  She also says "gat" whenever she sees a dog.  It sounds more like cat, but it's pretty consistent with when she sees a dog, so I'm thinking maybe tha'ts word #2? 

Kingston54

I am 100% convinced that my DS's first true word was tree (pronounced "tee") shortly after Thanksgiving (11.5 months).  He would walk by the Christmas tree and say "tee" for weeks!

Before that he'd babble mamamamama and dadadadada since about 10 months.

Now he just says "hi" and "na na na na" (as he shakes his finger = no no no no)

SFAug07

Her first word was around 10 months and very clearly NEIN (no in German which we are speaking with her) when we tried to feed her something she didn't like. She has many words now but I still remember the first NEIN, we were laughing about that, as it was also accompanied by vigorous shaking of her head.

browneyes_326

First, *kingston* your DS is frigin adorable!

So our DS, 13 months tomorrow and says 'edna' consistently  ... we're still decoding ... I did a little sign language with him for awhile and "All Done" was used everyday. We think that 'edna' may be 'all done' since he WAS using it only while in his highchair ... but now it's at random times.Go figure!  

The only other possibility is "It's Good", we say 'mmm, it's good' when we feed him and he has started babbling 'thh gu, thh gu, thh gu' & sometimes says 'gud, gud, gud' if he wants more.

I bet your LO is 'saying' something in that babble! So cute