https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 19:14:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639520 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:36:56 +0000 edelweiss 1639520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16 months here and if LO is actually saying something (besides just babbling) i can't figure out what it is. i can tell that in his mind he's talking about something specific, but he uses the same sounds for different things so i haven't been able to discern actual words. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639509 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:34:29 +0000 NurseMommy 1639509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"Ah-da!" for all done at 8.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639467 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:22:08 +0000 hilsy85 1639467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>bubbles at 11 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639166 Fri, 16 May 2014 08:57:54 +0000 swurlygurl 1639166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>'Uh oh' probably around... 11 months? 12 months? None too early. Then 'Book' was another month behind that one, and another month for 'Mama' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639120 Fri, 16 May 2014 08:50:30 +0000 sslm 1639120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She said dog, around 10 months we finally called it her first word even though she started it around 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639095 Fri, 16 May 2014 08:42:34 +0000 LuLu Mom 1639095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dada, followed by mama within days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639083 Fri, 16 May 2014 08:40:28 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1639083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ball for charlie at 11 months just before his first birthday if i remember correctly. sadly i don't remember olive's first word! maybe it was mama? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639063 Fri, 16 May 2014 08:36:07 +0000 Silva 1639063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have high standards for this one....we thought she might be saying things....but then at 10 months we realized whenever she wanted food she would say "mah" (like more). We tested it out, and gave her a small bit of something, and she'd say it. Then again. And she didn't say it in any other context.<br /> Right around this time she said dada, too, specifically for my husband (although with that she does still use "da da" as an exclamation, and seemed to go through a period where all adults were "da da").<br /> With dada she would say it when he walked in the door, and when we saw pictures of him. And she had it as a receptive word, so I could ask where he was and she'd look for him.</p> <p>I feel like, when it was actually a word it became really obvious, some people don't have such high standards, though. A woman in a playgroup I go to claimed her 6 month old was saying the dogs name because he kept saying baba. He also called everything else baba. So personally, I wouldn't count that. Some people might! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639055 Fri, 16 May 2014 08:33:41 +0000 MamaMoose 1639055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ball around 11 months and dog shortly after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639030 Fri, 16 May 2014 08:24:55 +0000 cmomma17 1639030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yummy! Kid loves to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1639025 Fri, 16 May 2014 08:24:03 +0000 babynumber1 1639025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dada was her only word for about a month. This little girl had a strong daddy preference for a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1638924 Fri, 16 May 2014 07:48:11 +0000 tinyperson 1638924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ball, not till 13.5 months. She'd say mama and dada before that, but not like she was calling for us or anything. Now, at 17 months, the words are coming fast!</p> <p>ETA: she signed well before this and waved as well. I think she's just a quiet kid, which makes sense because both DH and I are quiet people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1638883 Fri, 16 May 2014 07:26:32 +0000 Applesandbananas 1638883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Doggie around 9m I think! He'd say it whenever our dog came around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1638846 Fri, 16 May 2014 06:57:15 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1638846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi! Around nine months. Followed quickly by dada and slowly by mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1638789 Fri, 16 May 2014 06:26:05 +0000 Dandelion 1638789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D's first word was kitty, but I can't remember when. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1638744 Fri, 16 May 2014 05:21:40 +0000 Tidybee 1638744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Book and apple around 11 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1638729 Fri, 16 May 2014 04:25:54 +0000 illumina 1638729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been wondering the same thing. She's 8 months and says mama, dada, nana and then what sound like yeah and hi mostly always in the correct situation...but I just don't know when we'd be able to count it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1638692 Fri, 16 May 2014 00:30:58 +0000 BeachMama 1638692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think she was saying "hi" from a pretty early age because I'd always say it to her in the mornings. But her first real word was "duck" when we were out for a walk around a duck pond. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-word-2#post-1638605 Thu, 15 May 2014 22:21:23 +0000 lucy123 1638605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What was your baby's first word that you actually felt they understood what they were saying? DD is 9.5 months and I'm not convinced she knows what she is saying! </p>