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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Baby's First Word (and it's not ma ma nor da da)
What is a word? A sound that has an appropriate meaning in an appropriate context. Therefore my baby said her first word today -- twice -- when she said, "Bye-bye" to two ladies at two different times at the day care.
My son's first word was "da da." When he was about 10 months old there was a period of time where we could prompt him to say "ma ma," but if we tried to get him to say "da da" he'd just say "ma ma" and smile. Then at night we'd hear him in his crib on the baby monitor saying "da da" and laughing to himself. My kid's a real comedian.
Melina says ma-ma to both my wife and me, so I tell my wife that it doesn't really count. From what I've read about language acquisition in children, Melina should probably be a month delayed in speaking because my wife speaks to her in Spanish. Hearing two languages spoken causes a delay because the baby's brain is organizing the two languages properly. But then, she's supposed to be able to learn both languages just as rapidly as any other child learns one. My wife speaking Spanish to Melina also allows her to cheat a bit, since Mexicans call their baby girls mamas -- short for mamasita.
4 comments:
Bye Bye comes first. Then Da Da. Ma Ma comes much later. Those mmms are not easy to learn. The first words are so exciting! Enjoy.
Well, syllable-wise she does ba-ba-ba, da-da-da, and ma-ma-ma.
My son's first word was "da da." When he was about 10 months old there was a period of time where we could prompt him to say "ma ma," but if we tried to get him to say "da da" he'd just say "ma ma" and smile. Then at night we'd hear him in his crib on the baby monitor saying "da da" and laughing to himself.
My kid's a real comedian.
Melina says ma-ma to both my wife and me, so I tell my wife that it doesn't really count. From what I've read about language acquisition in children, Melina should probably be a month delayed in speaking because my wife speaks to her in Spanish. Hearing two languages spoken causes a delay because the baby's brain is organizing the two languages properly. But then, she's supposed to be able to learn both languages just as rapidly as any other child learns one. My wife speaking Spanish to Melina also allows her to cheat a bit, since Mexicans call their baby girls mamas -- short for mamasita.
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