https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 18:12:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1898035 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:26:29 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1898035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: like others have said- it counts as a word once it's predictable/consistent! K says 'mo-mo' for more, but it counts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897958 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:20:07 +0000 Foodnerd81 1897958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: lol at google. This generation will definitely grow up with a different vocabulary than we did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897907 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:30:08 +0000 Cherrybee 1897907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been wondering this very thing! E doesn't have any made-up words yet (that I've noticed) but she has a whole host of words that she has only said a few times...... At what point do you class it as part of her vocabulary. She said Google today! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897780 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:06:28 +0000 Adira 1897780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I count anything he uses consistently to mean something, even if it's totally wrong! Xander says "doe" for "stroller", but he says it consistently and I know what he's saying, so I count it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897740 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:18:15 +0000 hilsy85 1897740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: it is SO fun. And it's so fun hearing how they make up words--for some reason LO says reflection as "fockadee". No idea why but it cracks me up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897736 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:16:58 +0000 Foodnerd81 1897736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: @Applesandbananas: @hilsy85: nice, thanks for chiming in! This is a pretty awesome stage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897719 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:37:55 +0000 hilsy85 1897719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I woudl count that. For a long time, LO said thank you as "guh duh". But it was consistent which is what counts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897712 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:28:21 +0000 Applesandbananas 1897712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>EI counts anything he consistently uses. </p> <p>Some are obvious: mama, dada, duh (dog), bah (ball), muh (more), melmo (Elmo), tee (tree) and some not so much: duh-dah? (What's that?), geh-geh (thank you), ick (Mickey Mouse), duhhh (duck). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897704 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:14:55 +0000 travellingbee 1897704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Doctor said anything they say consistently to mean something. If I didn't count ba for ball he'd have no words. He drops the end off of all of his words and he must have close to a hundred now and is starting to make sentences. Most kids don't annunciate well until well after 2. (Some do of course.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897693 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 09:08:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 1897693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SugarplumsMom: haha pretty sure C would mean booby if she said booby. She loves her milk. :)</p> <p>@illumina: good idea. We never say Ta for thank you, but I've heard it. I was trying to teach her the sign for it when she started responding with this new "word". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897653 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:20:53 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1897653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD says booby for balloon. I count it :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897649 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:12:24 +0000 illumina 1897649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: awww, what a cutie :heart:</p> <p>I count them when they sound more or less like the proper pronunciation...e.g. she says "Ba" for Ball and Balloon, but I don't really count those yet. We taught S "Ta" for Thank you--do you guys in the U.S. say that? She says it all the time now :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897634 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:49:53 +0000 Foodnerd81 1897634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ps: such a proud mama that her 3rd word was dog (we LOVE dogs) and 4th sound/word is thank you- what a polite little babe! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-count-as-words#post-1897633 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 07:48:57 +0000 Foodnerd81 1897633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When do you personally start counting something as a "word"? What is the 'official' way? </p> <p>C's first were pretty clear- mama, dada, dog (da!). Now she has been saying the same sound back to is after we say Thank You, kind of sounds like geh-geh. It's consistently used to say thank you, but doesn't sound like thank you. </p> <p>Either way it's adorable, but wondering when other people count "words". </p>