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First Word? Clicky Poll
Nicole0012
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This past week, while giving Miles a bath, DH kept repeating "dada" over and over again. After awhile, at the beginning of a new set of babbling, Miles said "dada." He went on to do it another 3 times. DH wants to count it as his first words. While I think it's completely possible that maybe Miles was mimicking DH, I don't believe he knew was he was saying, therefore I don't think it should be counted as his first words.
Soooo, my question to you is, would you count this as his first word? Or do you think it needs to have its meaning accompany the word? Is a "first word" only counted if there is intention behind it?
(P.S. My husband told me to ask you. Haha! He begged me to post a poll)
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Re: First Word? Clicky Poll
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
I'm sort of torn on this subject because about a week ago my LO started saying mama. Actually it was more like mamamama but I really was excited and wanted to write it in the baby book as her first word.
Since then we have moved on to babababa, dadadadada, and now wawawawawa soooo I now realize she is testing her voice and learning sounds. I won't be counting any of these as her first word at least until she can associate an object or person to the word. However if her first word is not mama but dada instead I may change my mind on this.
And if you really want to get all philosophical, what counts as a word?
For instance, when Charlie is upset and wants to be picked up he makes a wawawawa noise. Every single time. Technically, he's communicating with us in a consistent, but wawawawa isn't anything related to "pick me up" in English. So, he's "talking," just not anything that's considered a word.
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
I think the first word should be one done with intention or "knowing" what it means.
DS1's first real word was Bye-Bye! Complete with waving! He only really babbled mama and dada for a long time. He still mixes us up sometimes and says "mommy daddy mommy daddy" to both of us!
it doesnt count until there is meaning attached and that doesnt usually start to happen until 8 months or later. the rest is just vocal play.
now hurry up and practice mama with him so he'll have it down pat in a couple months!
A little surprised at the responses. I always wrote down either mama or dada in my kids baby books when they first started saying it (maybe wait a couple weeks to see if he keeps saying it). I know they were just testing out sounds and didn't know that I was mama or that DH was dada. However, I still counted it as their first word. It's exciting to hear something recognizable coming out of their mouths. Isaac is now saying dada - I'm giving it a week or 2 and then I'll be writing it down. It'll definitely be a couple more months until our babies says something and know what it means.
I completely agree with this. How surprising, lol.