What was the early age of your baby's word recognition?

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I could’ve sworn I heard my 5-month-old say “mama” a few times yesterday. She’s been babbling for a while, but this sounded more distinct. Naturally, my husband and I are in a race to see which word she’ll learn first, so we’re constantly in her face saying “mama” and “dada” with wide-eyed smiles like overexcited clowns, just waiting for her to imitate us. Dr. Google says babies typically say their first words around 9-12 months, but when did your baby start clearly “talking”?

Fun side note: My mother-in-law says that if the baby says “mama” first, it means our next baby will be a girl, and if she says “dada” first, it’ll be a boy. So I guess that means there’s no option for the next baby? :woman_shrugging:t2:

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About six months old, my son began babble about mama and baba, but it was obvious that they meant nothing at the time. She appears to be more conscious that our names are mama and baba now that she is ten months old.

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Ours began saying “mama” intermittently at around the same age—roughly six months old. When I left the room, he would say it with a tone like “what the heck, where are you going?!” Dada followed suit, but at first it was just babbling, while mama was her own distinct two syllables from the beginning. By the time he was 7 months old, he was speaking it with clear intention and making a connection to me. Now, at nine months old, he both babbles and says both with intention; the tonality of his babble and saying our names differs.

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Around 7 months, my first kid began to babble, and around 11 months, he began to use a few real words.

My baby boy is seven months old. I refer to him as feedback. Every time he opens his mouth, it sounds just like microphone feedback.

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Regarding your question, I have nothing more to say, but gosh, all those proverbs from my mother-in-law, especially from her mother, are spot on.

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At thirteen months old, my infant only babbles. She talks a lot, yet she hasn’t said a single word intentionally yet.

Since my child is learning three languages, I’ve heard that multilingual children typically take longer, but to be honest, I’m a little bummed that it’s taking this long.

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My daughter was three months old when I could have sworn she said “hi”. I even got it captured on camera, just to make sure I had evidence that I wasn’t crazy. She only did that for about a week before she just started growling all the time.

She’s now 6 months, and growling is her preferred form of communication

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My niece is adamant that my three-month-old say hello. She seems to be cooing a lot, and occasionally it does sound like hello :woman_shrugging:t3:. I do say hello to her quite a bit.