Words

Re: Words

• BC&LM member

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  I picked option #2.  LO babbles dada (his current favorite), mama, nana, baba, and other random sounds.  Sometimes I think he knows what dada means, but other times I feel like everything is dada to him. I don't think he knows the meaning of any of the other words though.

  
  

  He does understand a lot of the things we say to him, though, like "come here," "say hi/bye," "no," etc.

  ETA: LO is 12.5 months

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• Cricket81 member

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  LO babbles all the time. There are lots of mamas and some dadas. I still can't tell if he means them for sure. We also thought he was saying book for a while, but that seems to have vanished. He's 11 months.
  
  Eta: he understands quite a few words, though. Up, down, head, foot, walk, book, open, shut, jump, bounce, bang.

  

  

  
  

  
  

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• musicalsilver member

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  LO just started saying his first word with meaning a few days before his first birthday - ball.

  
  

  He babbles mama and dada (and all sorts of other sounds) all the time, and seems to babble mama more often when he's upset and probably wants mama, but since it still gets lost in the babbling, I don't really count it yet.

  
  

  ETA: daycare is convinced that LO is speaking some kind foreign language because he "talks" ALL.THE.TIME with them.  He has all kinds of back and forth "conversations", you just can't understand his end of them ;-)

  
  DS born 6/2013
  

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• Murphie82 member

  June 2014

  B said his first word with meaning yesterday, "cat", while pointing to a picture of a cat. (It sounds more like a cough with an "at" at the end of it, but he's consistent about it.). Then today he said his second word with meaning, "up", while pointing to the sky. He doesn't say mama or dada with any meaning yet, but I'm happy to know he has warm, fuzzy feelings for the cat even if they aren't reciprocated.

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• Western Diva member

  June 2014

  He says "hi". I love it! He was saying it to everyone he saw at the doctors office today.
  
  He also babbles all the time.

   

  

  

   

   

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• mamainVA2013 member

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  She babbles and squeals ALL the time, but says only three words with meaning. Dada, mama, and dog. All four-legged creatures are dogs, although I'm trying to teach her cat since we have two (it is super confusing to her because my ILs have a dog who is the same size as our cats).

  
  

  ETA: She is 12.5 months old.

  
  

  

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• AlsGal01 member

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  one word - Dog. he knows the meanings of other words - like clap, wave, nose, eye, belly - but he won't say them. 

  
  

  ETA he's 1 year 1 week.

  

  

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• kmkaull2 member

  June 2014

  Dd is very chatty.  Total opposite of her brother, who spent over a year in speech therapy.  (He won't shut up now!)
  
  She has about 20-30 real words including: mama, dada, "da" (Quinn), Ellie (our dog), hi, bye, hot dog (Mickey Mouse), apple, cheese, banana, wa-wa (water), yo-yo (yogurt), ni-ni (nighty night), all done, ball, baby, duh (duck), uh-oh, out (outside).
  
  She's started to repeat some things back to us like Happy Birthday, I'm ready, and Hi Ladies (daycare workers at the gym), but I don't think she attaches meaning to those phrases.
  

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• cafecreme member

  June 2014

  I put 4, but then I thought about it and she says 5. She says Hi, Daddy, Mama, Baba and Cat/Kitty Cat. 

  
  

   
  

  
  

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• LaBellaVida member

  June 2014

  Owen knows mama and dada. He for sure knows the meaning.
  Last night my husband woke me up after he was watching Owen for a bit and he asked me " babe, can Owen talk? " uhhh.... No! " I swore he said bye bye, but it didn't sound like I would say it. It was Def. A baby bye bye." Mmk, babe. " whatever. He can talk!"
  
  I'm not sure that's 'talking', but OK.
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• equestrianmom member

  June 2014

  Mama, Dada, Yay, More, and Rawr (animals are "rawrs").
  
  and he'll bark and meow and hiss.
  
  And he understands a ton too.
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

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• MorganWP member

  June 2014

  @WesternDiva‌ @heelibrarian‌ This is us too. DD says "Hi" to everyone. Us, other family members, animals, people on the street, kids on the playground. And she'll repeat it until she gets an answer.
  
  She mostly babbles but says No (and shakes her head) and refers to us as Mameh and Da, even though we refer to SO as Papa so we dont know where 'Da' came from. She kind of hums 'uhoh'. She also makes a "woof" sound whenever she sees any type of animal.
  
  She understands Hello, goodbye, arms up (when taking off a shirt), "can momma/papa have that?", and no (but usually doesnt obey).
  
  She'll be one on the 25th.

  
  

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• lioness13 member

  June 2014

  Can we count "yay" as a word? Well, I did. KJ says yay while clapping at the end of every song, hi while waving and dada. She says bye but it sounds like dye. She also says yeah and yes. Sometimes with meaning and sometimes not. She understands a lot of words and commands.

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• bumpuser7846882 member

  June 2014

  Boom is his favorite. When he drops something or falls or runs into something he always says boom. Usually very matter-of-factly.
  He also says dada and always means his dad.
  He has a few signs, too. Milk has adopted a more general hungry/tired meaning. He also signs daddy. Can you tell who the favorite parent is? He's hit or miss on signing more. A lot of the time he'll just sign milk again if he wants more if whatever he's eating.
  
  Today is his 1st birthday!

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• TheTamedShrew member

  June 2014

  I just counted and she knows 12 so far (she just started saying a few of them this past week):

  
  

  Mama

  Dada

  Ball

  Ga=dog

  kitty

  bite
  

  nigh-nigh=night night

  bye

  butta=belly button

  hi

  kiss

  yay

  
  

  Today is her birthday!

  
  
         
  

  
  

  
  

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• Maelara member

  June 2014

  N knows a lot of words but doesn't talk much. She only says mama and dada but she knows what they mean. She does babble like crazy though!

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• megaroo64 member

  June 2014

  One year and some change- knows/says with meaning about 6 words: 

  
  

  Cat

  Dog

  Mama

  Dada

  come (when he used to yell at the dog to come inside)

  wow

  
  

  Oh and he knows how to say "GOOOAALL" in honor of the World Cup - but only says it if we say it first and I am sure he has no idea what it means. 

   

  Bennett Andrew- 6/4/13      Nora Elizabeth - 10/3/14

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• DiaMT member

  June 2014

  Three words here.

  
  

  Mama

  Dada

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  She uses mama when she's sad or angry. Dada when she's happy. And more for everything else.....in context when she's eating or pointing at something she wants. She babbles in her sleep but not so much when awake.

   

  

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