First Words..
By deedles88
@deedles88 (297)
Australia
February 10, 2007 6:16pm CST
As alot of you know, there is another mum across the road with a daughter who is 9 days older then mine. And lately we are constantly having the same debate with each other.
My daughter is nearly 11 months old, and has been saying a couple of words for a while now. She says mumma, dadda, bish (our dog) and she waves and says bye. Its the sweetest thing.
Now, the baby across the road has only been saying Mumma for the last couple weeks, and the Mum believes that 'Its not a real word, because she doesnt know what she is saying'.
Our daughter points to me then says Mumma, she points to her dad and says Dadda, she goes up to our sliding door and says Bish waiting for our dog to come. When she is in her cot, and doesnt want to sleep she starts yelling out 'Mum, Mum, Mum' waiting for me to go in. And when her dad is leaving for work, we wait out the front to say goodbye. She see's him get in the car and watches him reverse out the driveway and starts waving and says 'buh bye'.
I think she knows what she is saying, as she is associating it to all the right things. The other mum doesnt think so, she says they arent real words until they are 2yrs old.
What do you guys think? Are they real words? Did your children start saying simple things that early?
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9 responses
@serenae (161)
• United States
11 Feb 07
I have a 9 month old that says momma when she sees me. She also says papa when she sees my dad, and bubba when she sees her brothers. Yesterday she said naynay when she saw her sister Samantha (we call her naynay because her middle name is renee). All my kids starting saying simple things at a young age. That woman doesn't know what she is talking about. I say just ignore her because she is just jealous.
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@deedles88 (297)
• Australia
11 Feb 07
Thanks for your response. She also says Bubbee when she see's other kids. I do think she is jealous too, but I dont want to think the worst of people :(
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
11 Feb 07
My son is only 8 months old, and he's been saying "Mommy" and "Dad" and "hi" in ways that makes sense for months now. I think your neighbor is misinformed. Every child develops on their own timeline.
It sounds like your daughter definitely knows the meanings of the words she's using, so I wouldn't worry about what the other mom says. How could all of those examples just be coincidence?
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@chellicks (904)
• Philippines
11 Feb 07
how come she said its not real words? what does she think of your daughter. i have a baby too, he also started saying first words when he was also 11 months old. i don't think there's something wrong with that. its just that our child developed their mind early. my son is now 5 years old. he is schooling now and guess what, when he was in nursery he graduated as first honor. he was so smart! i hope you're child too but i'm not comparing though. i'm just sharing my experience. as to the other mom maybe she's a bit jealous or bitter because you said that her baby is 9 days older than yours and yet your daughter has been saying already couple of words. don't believe in her saying: "its not real words"!
@deedles88 (297)
• Australia
11 Feb 07
Thanks for your response. She thinks they arent real words because 'They dont know what they are saying'. She thinks that they dont make the link between the word Mumma, and the person i.e. Me. She likes my daughter, she think shes sweet. Maddison has been saying things for a long while, but she has only really started to say things more clearly in the past 2 months. Her daughter is way behind in development. Maddie, was smiling and laughing and talking gibberish since an early age, whereas Lacey has only just started to smile at people in the last 2 months. But she is ahead of Maddie in regards to pulling herself up, and standing without assistance. And she is ready to rub that in my face! Congrats about your son :)
@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
12 Feb 07
i've read a lot of question from you and you always start off comparing your baby to the one across the street or comparing mothering teckniques. i really think you should stop the comparisoms. all babies are different. as for this question. of course they are real words. most kids start talking at about age 1-1 1/2. this are her first simple words and she does know what she is saying if she says them while pointing to whatever it is she's pointing to. i think you should stop worrying about the lady across the street and start enjoying your life and your baby.
@zhisheng2005 (301)
• China
11 Feb 07
See the development of the landlord sunddenly recalled her mother,I wan my mother,and her mother together to celebrate the spring Festival this year,a feling if sadness
@zhisheng2005 (301)
• China
11 Feb 07
See the development of the landlord sunddenly recalled her mother,I wan my mother,and her mother together to celebrate the spring Festival this year,a feling if sadness
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
11 Feb 07
my sister and her friend went through the same thing, and yes they are real words because my neice was the same as your daughter only saying a few words but she knows what the words are for. and i think the lady is just a bit jealous because her child isnt saying as much as your daughter. this is what i found was wrong with my sister and her friend
@jolanda33 (720)
• Netherlands
11 Feb 07
my daughter is 9 months old and says ma ma but i don't think it is the word mama! ofcourse she will understand soon enough that mama is a real word!
i guess the other mom disagree with everything you say! why don't you just let her go, or just say you are right? if you say it at every discussion she will stop soon because it is not funny anymore! i think your daughter nows exactly what she is saying, i know my first one did the same!maybe she don't like it that your daughter is better with speaking!
@angelashupe (343)
• United States
11 Feb 07
It's very obvious that she knows what she is talking about. It's also obvious that you've worked with her on it, or else she would probably just say the words without meaning them. Each child grows at different rates. It sounds like your neighbor is either a) jealous or b) just showing her opposite opinion. 2 year olds speak without knowing the meaning of some words. It's no different than when a child starts to speak.
My daughter is 2, and has known what she was talking about on certain things for a long time now... then their are times where she is just randomly talking and nothing she says has any meaning. For example, she'll tell me their's a puppy across the road, and their's nothing but trees.
