LO Responding to his/her name?

[redhorizon343]

Ok, I swear DD was responding to her name today. DH and I were testing it out. One of us would call her name, the other would say something random in the same tone, and she seemed to look to the person who was saying her name. (Maybe I'm seeing what I want to see. Whatever, let me have this.) Just curious about everyone else....

[ayannapc]

She has actually been responding to her name for quite sometime now. Our last doc visit ( with the nurse practitioner who met her for the first time) called her name when she entered the room and she spun around to look at her. she said they actually don't look for that until 6 months.

[Chrisse]

Yup, she will look directly at you if you call her name. Could be great timing, but hey, I'll take it.

[mfsunshine]

Jan 31, 2015 20:39:55 GMT -5 RedBean84 said:

Mine responds sometimes, so I can't be sure if she is responding to my voice or her name. I really need to work on calling her Camille. I call her Toots half the time.

LOL "toots" is our #1 nickname for DS too! But we also call him Bastian Seabass Seb and Sebastian (rarely). So of course he doesn't know his name! #badmom

[mislogis]

V definitely knows her name. You call it she gives you the "what?" look already.

[eena1242]

We call our little guy Buddy all the time. He's never going to learn his name!

[laur110]

DD responds to her name, she will turn and look, unless she's petting the dog. Don't interrupt her when it's time to pet the dog!

[puffandstuff]

She responds to Muffin and her name.

[jules1614]

My LO sometimes responds and not others so in not convinced he actually knows it. Plus I call him bubbas and baby and stinker a lot so there's that...

[DVMmomma]

DH and I just realize this is milestone and then we also realized we should probably stop calling her "baby". She responds to that...but not her name. Oops!

[sosayweall]

My DS responds to both his name and Lovey(because I call him that).

[prairiegirl]

My little guy has really started responding to his name lately. I love it

[peggygarbe]

We call our LO two different names (a nickname and her actual name)... She responds to both, but more so to the nickname

[withsilverwings]

Sometimes - he actually responds better to a whistle but I have no idea why

[mrsnorris]

I think LO responds to her name, at least when she feels like it, but it could just be a fluke. At one point DD1 was insisting that she responded to her name and then I called to her "Pastrami!" from across the room and she responded to that as well as Juliette. We've since attempted to repeat the experiment and she seems to favor her name now. But she still won't look at you if she doesn't feel like it, no matter what you say or do. Also, we call her "pony" (long story) and "munchkin" as well as sweetie/love/darling, etc at least as often as we call her by her name. So if she doesn't respond to her name it's our fault for not calling her that enough or even sticking to a specific nickname.

[skylark002]

I read that around this time they start to understand a little bit. I try to ask him where our dog is a couple of times per day to see if he looks at her. Not yet. He does respond to his name about 70 percent of the time. Who knows.

[weeklyplanner]

LO looks at me all day. So, it's hard to say if he's looking because I called his name vs. his normal "Hey! There's my mom!" stares.

Also, I should probably stop calling him pumpkin head 90% of the time.

[islandlover]

Yeah I don't think DD recognizes her name as much as she's just nosey and has to listen to what everyone is saying. She'll just about break her neck trying to turn around and look.

I tell DH all of the time that she's not going to know her actual middle name bc we say her name then a rhyming name after it that is no where near her actual middle name.

[yogini kiki]

DS responds to Baby and Dude....not so much to his real name.

momfail and dadfail

[Courtniko]

I "think" she responds to her name sometimes. I actually asked this at daycare just last week and they said if she is not overly interested in whatever she is doing she will respond to her name.

[bobloblaw]

Oh yes but I feel like DC has been the single best thing for this. They sing a song in the morning to welcome them all and LO KNOWS- he smiles right before they sing his name and doesn't do that with anyone else. It's the cutest thing.

[those3words]

It depends on who is calling him. DS responds when DH calls his name, but not me . DH suggested using a lower register and then he will respond...but I'm not sure if he is just responding because I sound different or because he recognizes his name.