GTKY first words

[sabrinaml]

What was everyone's 1st word? Was it the typical 'mama or dada' or something unique?
Also, if LO has said their 1st word already, what was it?

[sabrinaml]

My 1st word was kitty (I believe I was around 10 months when I said it).
C still hasn't said anything and is perfectly happy with his dinosaur noises. When I try to get him to say dada or mama or even hi he just laughs at me.

[musicfrk2002]

I'll have to ask my mom, since I don't remember what my first word was.

J is getting pretty good at saying "MA MA MA mom mom mom", which some days makes me wish he said dada first. He has said "up" and says "bababa" a lot as well.

This is how I feel lately:

[sabrinaml]

musicfrk2002 when I was younger I loved looking through my baby book. That's the only reason I know it. Oh and I think it was a trivia question at my baby shower.

[erbear]

Lo is all about dada and she also says "hi"/"hey".

I've asked my mom what my first word was before and she's always like, "agoo!" Wtf is that, mom?

[mgrandy]

My first word was Dada. DD has been babbling and says Dada, baba, nana And we now get Hiiiiiiii when we're waving at her and she waves back. I'm a little sad that mama isn't in the mix yet, but she hasn't associated any words (besides hi) so I'm holding out some hope that it may happen soon!

[sugarkissed]

I have no idea what my first word was. LO says mama, dada, and what I think is "more" but DH thinks that I'm crazy. Haha.

[bookninja]

I have no idea on mine... But now I'm curious... I'll have to ask Mom.
J says mamamamama, dadada, ba ba, and what really sounds like d'oh. I've yet to figure out if she's associating these with anything or just babbling. Mama tends to be more when she's mad, though .
Also, I think she said "iik" twice when Mickey comes on the screen (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is serious business around here!), but I might have imagined it...

[Bluedaisy]

Mine was "what dat?". LO's was Dadda. He also says mamma and "what dat". He said "hi" to the photographer the other day but hasn't since so I think that was a fluke.

[jillywilly]

I'm not really sure what my first word was... I think "mama" or something equally normal/traditional.
musicfrk2002, I hear you on the "mama" - DS says it constantly. His cries now also tend to sound like "MOOOOOOOOOM" which DH thinks is hilarious. He'll sometimes say dada, but otherwise, while his babbling vocabulary is fairly impressive, there's not much else we can pick out he consistently says. I think we're working towards "baba" meaning "bottle," but I'm not sold on that one yet.

[beersandweirs]

I'm not sure what my first word was, probably mama or dada

Baby's first word was mama, and now she is starting to say dada, too. She also makes other babbling noises, most prominently baba, and vava, but I don't think those mean anything.

[tiffbot]

I'm not sure what mine was.

DD's was mama and was on a tear using it for awhile but she doesn't really say it anymore. She very clearly and exclusively calls H 'Bob' which cracks me up-she'll make bah noises to get other people's attention but to H she very clearly sits smiling repeating Bob over and over again like she knows it's funny. She will also say hi or bye when she's waving or talking on a toy phone.

DS was a man of very little words until he turned 2, but I've always been really proud of the fact that of the handful of words he did pick up, he was saying "Canada" or "Nada" when he'd see the flag by the time he was 1. I just thought it was really cool and I had some national pride moments over that

[tiffbot]

Mar 29, 2016 9:59:36 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Ds1 said dada first and so did ds2!

This reminds me of my grandma's theory of if they say 'mama' first the next baby will be a girl, or 'dada' a boy. Lol! It's obviously an old wives tale but after DD was born she was like 'do you remember I said that after DS said mama?!' So when she found out DD was using mama first she was like 'keep that in mind!!' Haha, so we'll see

[mirage86]

I've never heard any stories about my first word, so I assume it was a pretty traditional one.
E's first word was backpack (ba-bap) while I was putting him in his carrier. He also says ma ma ma and da da da, but usually only when he is around that person. He has a lot of other baby babbles, but nothing that is particularly tied to anything.

[sugarkissed]

Mar 29, 2016 10:42:30 GMT -5 tiffbot said:

Mar 29, 2016 9:59:36 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Ds1 said dada first and so did ds2!

This reminds me of my grandma's theory of if they say 'mama' first the next baby will be a girl, or 'dada' a boy. Lol! It's obviously an old wives tale but after DD was born she was like 'do you remember I said that after DS said mama?!' So when she found out DD was using mama first she was like 'keep that in mind!!' Haha, so we'll see

I've never heard that! DD1 did say mama first, and DD2 said dada, so we shall see.  

[musicfrk2002]

Mar 29, 2016 8:41:09 GMT -5 sabrinaml said:

musicfrk2002 when I was younger I loved looking through my baby book. That's the only reason I know it. Oh and I think it was a trivia question at my baby shower.

Mine is probably in my baby book as well, but I don't feel like trying to dig it out. I get too distracted by everything else my mom saved, and then six hours later I just have a big mess of papers.

[Deleted]

I don't know. I'll have to ask my mom.

LO says 'ma ma ma as her cry when she is sad and calling for me.
She has said Dada a few times but more random not when looking at daddy.

[purple]

My parents insist that my first word was "lada-lada-ladl".

L babbles "ma-ma-ma" and "ba-ba-ba" and has recently started experimenting with other consonants and vowels. She added "da-da-da" about a week ago. Sometimes she tries to repeat words we say, which is very sweet.

H is convinced that she started saying "Daddy" and "Mam-mam" with meaning over the weekend, but I'm not sure yet.

[mrsdee1982]

No clue on what mine was.

C can say mama, mum mum, uh oh and baba

[mirage86]

Mar 29, 2016 10:42:30 GMT -5 tiffbot said:

Mar 29, 2016 9:59:36 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

Ds1 said dada first and so did ds2!

This reminds me of my grandma's theory of if they say 'mama' first the next baby will be a girl, or 'dada' a boy. Lol! It's obviously an old wives tale but after DD was born she was like 'do you remember I said that after DS said mama?!' So when she found out DD was using mama first she was like 'keep that in mind!!' Haha, so we'll see

I was so intrigued by this that I polled a sister and two friends. It was true for all of them!

[wegrowsheep]

DADADADAD!!

Don't know mine. But pretty sure he'll be saying "poop" and "fart" soon if DS1 has anything to do with it...

[billyhorrible]

I don't know my first word, but LBB's was "more."

BH doesn't connect sounds with meaning yet. So he'll say mamamamamama or dadadadadada, but not with reference to DH or I. I do feel like "buhbuhbuhbuhbuh" might have some connection to brother, since he says it the most in the car, but that's really a stretch.

[holliberry28]

M only makes reduplicated syllable sounds: mamama, bababa, gagaga, etc. He said "baba" clearly while MIL was holding him (baba is grandma in russian) but I don't think he was actually using it to refer to her. Not yet anyway.

My first word in English was "oh shit." Apparently it's my dad's favorite curse word. Parents don't remember if/when I said anything in Russian before that.

[periwinkledaydreams]

No idea what mine was, but its definitely in a book somewhere. I do know (or so the story goes) that I barely talked until a few months after one and then all of a sudden busted out an entire nursery rhyme word for word.

LO has been babbling dada the most for months, lots of other babbles including guagua, baba, and what sounds like "poop oop oop" when I say we have to go change a poop haha! She says "Yea" and "YAY!" a lot, and just started saying "up" when she crawls onto my lap whining to be picked up. I swear to god the woman says "play" (pay) when I ask her in the morning "are you ready to go play?" Chatty Cathy over here.
ETA Im not saying she knows what any of this shit means, obvs.. she's just repeating me. Excpet maybe "up".. that one she does all on her own at very appropriate times.

[blueskiessmiling]

My first word was Dada. I was a real daddy's girl growing up. DD said Dada first, then Mama. She also says hi, all other consanent babbling (nana, baba, fafa). She seems to say "Ama" more distinctly when she is upset and looking for me, and has gotten right up in H's face and yelled "DAD!". This girl literally does not stop talking. Even if no one is around.

[dmoney]

No idea what mine was, but my brother and I both needed to go to speech therapy when we were three. We spoke to each other (we are twins) in our own language but didn't actually speak English.

DD has Said:
Dada
Daddy
Hi
By

She just started going mmm mmm mmmm and we think she is starting to say Boh which is our dogs name.

[heartofglass]

A is babbling all kind of nonsense: dadada, huhduh, si, tata. But he hasn't (that we can tell) associated any meaning to any "words".

ETA: No idea what my first word was.

[veggiemo]

My mom always told me my first word was "birdie" at 9 months old. I was an early talker and very verbal child. I'm still very chatty and I talk really really fast. It's something I'm always working on.

DS1 was speech delayed. I can't even really say what his first word was because it was such a slow progression. He did say "dah" for milk for a really long time, so I would say that was his first "word". It was the first decipherable thing he would say where I knew what it was he wanted.

LO can say "hi" and "uh oh" but always when prompted, so I don't consider them words yet.

[wegrowsheep]

This just brought to mind my first niece's early vocab. She has a very squeaky voice and would call flowers "dowies" and rabbits were "dabbits." Remains one of my fave memories!

[stinybean]

I had to text my mom for my first word. It was dada. I'm boring, as I've said many times.

I thought J's first word was mama, but now she really says mama all day long to everything. And babbles mamamama. It used to seem like she's associate it with me, but not anymore, I just pretend she does now & respond if I'm near her to make myself feel better. DH claims she says Hey sometimes, and he says that was her first word. I've not heard it, but he is with her more. For awhile he even said when I walked in from work she'd say Hey mama. But, again I've never heard it.