January 2011 Moms
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Words?
RedZee
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Have all the Jan 11 babies said their first word? (I'm not saying this to make you worry. It's still not necessarily a problem.)
What was your LO's first word?
DD1: born 1/19/11. DD2: born 10/10/13
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Re: Words?
Joshua has three that he is using consistently and correctly:
MaMa - says it when he sees me - does not call either grandmother by this name so I feel that he really identifies it with me
DaDa- same with DH - deos not direct it to grandfather or uncles
Bye-Bye - He says bye-bye consistently when we are leaving or when he wants to go somewhere
There are several things I think he is trying to say but I am not positive he is saying them. I think he is trying to say kitty and brother.
She says 'hi' really well, and she'll call H 'da', and when he walks in a room she'll say, HI DA! I get just plain HI! I find that really confusing, because stringing words is only supposed to come way after she has more than 2 words. Though I guess that's all you need in sequence? She makes no sense.
I think she also says 'see', but it's new as of this weekend.
I agree, Whitney is definitley saying "Hi Dadda" I don't get it.
Kitty- he's done it once to a cat on tv as well, so I'm fairly sure he understands
DaDa- for daddy
BaBy- for his brother, but it takes prompting
And he says Muah! when giving or blowing kisses.
Now, none of this is frequent except for the kisses, but I count it since he uses them correctly.
Isnt that funny when they say things and you are like WTF are they saying? For months now, Whitney has mumbled something that sounds like "I do it" on a daily basis too. I find that I do say "I'll do it!" to her, when she is trying to get into something. So I have no idea if she is mimmicking me, or if it just totally SOUNDS like she is saying "I do it" I in no way think she can say things like that yet, but maybe I am not giving her enough credit. I have no idea. lol. I think I will just choose to believe she is saying it, and she is a baby genius. lol
Re: multiple word utterances
They usually start between 18 and 22 months. I think that 'hi daddy' doesn't completely count as a 2-word utterance. Or at least, I think it's good but I wouldn't get as excited about that as if they said "more cheese" or something. For things like "I did it", "thank you", "what's that?" at this age it's often stored as one "word". So, they might say, "I did it" but would ever say "Daddy did it". Ya know?
Sweet - I think your LO is saying "baby". It doesn't have to sound exactly right. DD says "bu" for 'book'. It clearly refers to a book even if she doesn't have the final consonant (they won't get the final consonant of many words for a while).
DD's first word was "tickle tickle". She says tons of words now. But then again, we play speech pathologist all day long because I just can't help naming things and doing activities. She doesn't really have a name for me. "Mama" is her general complaint. Her newest word is "no". Our conversations today sounded like this:
DH: Can I have a huge sweetie?
DD: no!
me: Do you want cheerios?
DD: no!
me: Do you want a drink?
DD: no!
me: Where did you get those scissors? How did you reach them? Give me the scissors!
DD: no!
Em says:
Ni Ni - for goodnight and will say "Ni Ni, Da Da" to DH but not to me
Da Da
Mommy- She used to yell "MA!!!" at me but DS started calling me Mommy and she picked up on it and does the same now.
Hi
Bye Bye
Baby
Mine - This one just started this week and I am so sick of it already
DS didn't start MINE-ing things until almost 24 months. But Emily is bossy...
My sisters kids didnt speak until about 19 months, and it was slow from there. Now at 3, their vocab is amazing. I bet Cooper will just explode one day.
This and no one else on this board had a kid walking at 9 months. Cooper reminds me of Aiden. He was way more focused on physical activity at this age than talking. I wouldn't worry about it.
I agree with ffejs - some kids are just way more motor and then switch gears. Did he babble (e.g., ba ba ba ba) around 8 months? Does he articulate now even if you can't make out words?