ah, first words :)

Yay! Riley said something clearly today! I asked her if she wanted to eat, she smiled so I sat her down next to me to put my boppy around me. Riley got upset and I guess thought I wasn't feeding her fast enough so she raised her hands to my breasts and yelled, "boo boos!" lol She also went on to then say dada later on... what a daddy's girl. Anyway, her first word was pretty much boobies... thats my girl. I was so proud and excited... I had to tell everyone.

 

YAY RILEY! Just wait, soon, she won't shut up!


This is getting scary, Eryn. Our daughters are really similar....Moire's on the fast track to talking as well. I swear, last weekend, she said Hi to a baby that was walking through the park we were in. And today, she said something strangely similar to "Hi Momma!"

 

Oh yeah, and this is completely unrelated but I thought I would let you know...

Even though the DVD you sent me didn't work, when I went to LLL, a leader helped me figure out the wrap and it's been such a god-send ever since!

 

That's amazing! How exciting and cute! Congrats, mama's.

 

Holly- good... I'm so glad you finally get to use that wrap! Its amazing isn't it? I loooovvveee mine. So easy to BF in public too and be discreet. Riley wants to be big sooo bad, she runs after croix and noah in a walker when I cook in the morning. Its the funniest thing. Our girls so much alike its funny. I even think they look similar, maybe its the baby thing but who knows.

Honeyhannah- thank you!

 

oh yey! Congrats!
i think that Leane is starting to really talk now. She does communicate well, regardless of talking, like handing you something that you would like her to give you, etc....But yeah, all of her dadas and mamas were so scattered, I figured she was just experimenting with sounds. But one thing is for sure; her first word was Ben, the dogs name. well, it sounded more like "Beh" but close enough, lol. Now everything is "ah dat," as in "what's that!?" while she points at EVERYTHING, lol
sorry to ramble on.....mama thing I guess, lol
congrats again to riley!!!!!!!!!!

 

tha'ts so cute!

 

Adorable. I know, having a lot of kids, too, that the baby books tend to get less and less written in with each baby, (poor Sage, I think all she has in hers is her birth date, her weight and an old Grateful Dead ticket I found on the floor, while I was sleeping on the air mattress with her, while I was recovering from the C sec. stuck between the pages) Write that one down. Her first word is Boo Boos! Tell her they are Boo Boos every time she nurses, so she'll remember she said it. How adorable.

Why do they say "Da Da" or Pa Pa first? I always said it was because I was always there, that Pa Pa was kinda like, just appearing once in a while, so he was exciting.

 

Aww way to go Riley, that is so sweet

Yeah that is odd; maybe it's just an easier sound for them to make and to play around with. Nothing personal

 

yeah, i have heard the reason why they say dada first all the time is not actually because they're saying dada, but just playing around with sounds, the same as cooing like they were doing earlier. its easier for them to make that "da" sound than anything else.

 

exactly! A baby who is under six months can not talk. they can make noises because that's the first stage in acquiring language. Just because your baby can make more sounds than other babies does not make your baby smart. I actually believe a child's EQ is more important in her/his intellectual growth. Emotions are way more important than IQ. Language is a natural thing, like eatting and sleeping. Now learning grammar is a whole different thing. I'd suggest reading up on Noam Chomsky's stand on language. I'm not a mama yet, but I'm an education major. I'm doing a research project on the language development of a 24 month old. I'm excited about this.

To the OP, I bet it feels amazing to watch your baby progress!

 

I think babies are more intelligent than what you've learned gives them credit for, Bumble.

I've known a fair share of babies, my own included, that can talk. They just don't have the control of their mouths to get it out yet.

As with Riley asking for "boo boo" and obviously pointing at her mother's "boobies", so have other babies said "dada" while obviously looking at "daddy". It's not a coincidence that these babies only say these things while looking at those specific objects.

 

Aww thats awesome !! Congrates!!

 

exactly what I was going to say. Riley comes from a family of earlier than usual talkers. Her aunt could say everyones names clearly by age 5 months (shes two now... and I mean saying names like chris and amanda). My other kids also did this stuff so I have full confidence that she knows what she means.

 

what I'm saying is that language at that age is not an indicator of intelligence. Babies can always lose language inbetween the ages of 3 and 5. Autism is an example of this. This is why they can only give IQ tests after the child hits 5.

 

Proof that words are not learned until the age of two. Everything before that are sounds and utterences. Babies label sounds with things. "dada," meaning his or her father, but as we all know "dada" is not a word.I didn't mean to offend anyone. Sorry if I did.
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/ling001.html

 

babies are extremely communicative, it's ridiculous to think that they're not. i dont need any stinking 'study' to tell me that. i'm a mother, i learned first hand.

 

Yeah, and I'm sorry, but my god-daughter's "sounds" sounded an awful lot like works, actually, EXACTLY like words....when she was a YEAR OLD!

 

Whenever a pigeon lands on our balcony, I point to it and say "Bird!". Last night our family ate at a mexican restaurant. Jimmy turned all the way around in his high chair and pointed to a fake parrot in a cage and said emphatically "Buh!" He knew EXACTLY what he was saying! Also, he has a picture of a smiling baby pasted up for him to see (because he LOVES babies). I just have to ask him where his baby is and to go kiss it and he will say "Buh bah" and run and kiss it. He also says "Whassat?" (well, more like "whathat" he has a bit of a lisp!) ALL the time WHILE pointing at something with a questioning look on his face. Babies are learning language from birth!

 

Here is a list of Jimmy's words to date:
Dada
Mama
Mommy
Bird
Baby
Hot
Cool
Nana
Whassat?
Pool