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@sorrycharlie: J's first word was around 7 months, "mama" - no one believed me either, so I posted a video of him saying it on Facebook, haha
I must admit, I did coach him on 'mama' 24/7

I have a video from 10 weeks old of me saying "can you say hi?" And he said "hi!" But obviously he never said it again! Lol. I think around 8-9 months he was saying dadadadadaaaa a lot!

E has been saying "Uh oh" for a good while now, maybe since 7ish months? She uses it correctly AND incorrectly, because she just likes to say it. Ha! Every now and then she'll also say her version of "thank you" (ka-ku), but not consistently. Everything else is just babbling--although I think she's close to having her "dadadadada" mean something.

B started babbling dada around 9 months and using it intentionally a few weeks later. He has slowly but steadily added new words since then. A started saying dog maybe around 10 months? And dada and occasionally Blake by 12 months. She didn't have any other words (including mama) until later - 15 months maybe? At almost 18 months she probably has 20 words or so.

Dada was my son's first word at 8 months. Mama came about 3 weeks later. At 14 months old, that's still all he says. Mama is only when he's upset. Otherwise it's dada all day, everyday!

8 months--uh-oh. Uses it correctly, loves to say it all the time.

9 months--says dada when daddy walks in, but we're still not convinced she knows that is his name (more like it's the sound he is always saying to her!) Says mama when crying, but I think it's a coincidence that happens to stab me in the heart. Waved bye-bye and said, "buh" a few times, so I'm almost convinced she knows what it means!

Either 8 mo or not yet, depending on how you count! At 8 mo she started saying mamamamamama and shortly thereafter, dadadadadada. At almost 18 mo, that is still all she says! She does say them to mean us (she mostly only says them if one of us leaves the room then she cries at the stairs "mamamamamamamamamamama, etc"). But she never just says "mama" or "dada" and she won't say them on command nor when we ask "who am I? who is that?" (but if I say "where's mama" she'll point to me).

So yea I dunno how much that really counts. Obv I'll be asking her ped at her appt in a few weeks about all this since she's a bit late with the talking by any measure.

LO1 - bye bye right before 12 months
LO2 - bye bye and meaning it and using it in the right context at 8 months.

Maybe around 10 months. He had 2 words until about 15 months, then it was like a switch and he really took off in picking up different words.

With intent and understanding, both used a couple of words at 6 months. Our youngest said "dada hi!" when DH went to get her out of her crib, around 6 or 7 mos!