"talking"

lhgd1989

So the 16 week post from the Bump says to start looking out for our LOs to say da-da and ma-ma. My son babbles and loves to make lots of noises but I feel like he is not yet close to saying those words. Anyones LO doing this yet at 16 weeks or when did your LO start? Can't wait for him to say ma-ma one day!

jeffsjayme

Way too early in my opinion!  My LO is starting to talk more and more and he's 23 weeks, but there's nothing discernible about his 'words' at all.

erichesin

Me and my husband both hear LO say "mama" but there is no way he is doing it on purpose.

thatoneredhead

I can get LO to mimic "oh yeah" pretty well-but only because he says similar sounds already.

mkflower3000

TB is kind of weird with some of the things that they expect - LOs DEFINITELY don't start to put together real words at this age. It might be a coincidence, but nothing to really mean 'mom' or 'dad' yet.

But yes, I also can't wait  

Zimger

Our LO is nearing 7 months and he is not "talking" he is babbling. he makes the mamama dadada and yeah sounds but not in a direct way.

elevenlove

My dh is military & away for training, we skype every few days and about a week ago our ds saw his face and screamed DAAAAADEEEEEEEEEE over an over. We both looked at eachother like....did that really just happen?! I figured it was just a one time thing, but when he came home a week or so later and snuck in to get ds from his nap he again started smiling and screaming DAAAAAAADEEEEEE so much that drool was flying everywhere and he was huffing to catch his breath haha

KristinKWashington

My little one likes to imitate. At 3 months I started to say "rrrrr" like a pirate and she'll imitate that sound. I've been working on "oh", but she's not shaping her mouth right.

Sometimes I'll just repeat sounds, like ma or da. She seems entertained.

theboki

mkflower3000:

TB is kind of weird with some of the things that they expect - LOs DEFINITELY don't start to put together real words at this age. It might be a coincidence, but nothing to really mean 'mom' or 'dad' yet.

Is The Bump just trying to freak us all out or what?  Were their advertisers trying to sell a product to help with speech development?  Color me cynical.