I keep seeing posts on 6-9 about kids saying their first words. I had no idea that babies said words so early. I thought it was closer to a year for some reason.
What age did your LO say their first word? And by first word, I mean in context, like calling you/DW "Mama" or DH "Dada", etc.
Re: I had no idea...
Kitty was Eve's first word. I think it was around 9 months. I remember telling the dr at her 9 month appt that she could say kitty.. but that was her only word at that point.
Eve hardly babbled, and she didn't use mama and dada in context until much later.
m/c 1/2/08 and 3/12/08
Eve Amelia- Born 2/24/09. 6lb 9.9oz
Natalie Ruth - Born 6/13/11 7lb 6.6oz
Evan said "mama" around 8 or 9 months. Sometimes it was in context, other times it wasn't.
He said dada around 11 months, and it's always in context. Now that he can say dada, I never hear mama... everything is dada this dada that... the phone rings- dada? the dog barks so he thinks DH is home- dada?
At seven months she said, "Dada". She said mama and hey before about a month before that. I would say "Dada" is her first word that she uses in context. She says it whenever she hears her dad. The first time she said it I called him up and she said it over and over to him. She says it when she hears his voice or sees his face. She will still say it if she is playing or in highchair, but never as much as when she hears him or sees him. In the morning she looks at him and says it over and over it so cute!!