When Did You Child/ren Say Their First Word??

Question

What was the word??

I have been sick the last couple of days, stuck in bed. One of our just 5 month olds was with me and I swear he said *Muma*. It was so close, if it wasn't.

I hope he says it again.

Our elder boys were all slow with their speech, one didn't speak clearly till around 22 months (hearing problems) and the other was around 12 months. The eldest came into our lives talking.

Answer 1

i cannot remember exactly when but i do remember the word ... it was i want " in our language thats (beddy) " strangest first word ever ! but again she is a very demanding child !!!  

Answer 2

our youngest son said his first word at 1 yr old two days after his birthday he said dink, meaning drink he could wave bye bye and knew his mama but he wouldnt talk just jabber then all of the sudden there was the word, and he said it all day long... eventually he learned the mamma and daddy word but he was slow at talking and now he never quiets down and he is 7 yrs old...

Answer 3

im as bad as charliee,, lol,, i dont remember much either

but with ash is was definately after 5 mths,, she was around 8mths,, said muma too

none of my kids were early talkers,, especially my boys, they only said a few words by 2yrs old,, wheras ash is 20mths and says heaps,, shes a little smarty

i hope your feeling better soon

its so sick here,, like a hospital

i took brock dr 3 times last week 4 a swollen gland,, had blood tests,, hes ok

mitchel on friday,, gastro,, vomiting diareah for 24 hours,, now better

ash, temp and cough,, still sick and miserable,, grrrr

i need a freaking holiday, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  my nose is runny as i write this, lol

Answer 4

Hey Charli -Hope your feeling better soon, babe

From memory, Joseph was saying Gran, Mum and Dada about 7 months

Had a lot going on at that time with Rebecca being in hospital, and didnt keep a diary like i wanted too

Joseph spent much of the first 6 months with his Gran, so no surprise that was one of his first words.

Get better soon babe, hey.

Answer 5

My 1st daughter was 11 weeks old exactly when she said Mum, when my MIL asked her want she wanted as she was screaming, she stopped screaming said Mum, then started screaming again, if it wasn't for a roomful of family none of us would of believed it. then 3 days later a friend was holding her and telling her she was a gorgeous cheeky monkey and my daughter said "NO"" lol we cracked up, very clear and precise. and she never shut up since then lol. My 2nd was about 5-6 months old and she said Mum, but only said it like 3 times before moving on to Dada a week later and didn't say Mum again for a month, everytime I tried to get her to say Mum she just laughed at me lol, lilmonkey was doing it on purpose.

Well Done to your lil man, hope he says it again soon for you... too cute.

Answer 6

dada

Answer 7

My 7 month old started saying Mom-Mom at 4 months and wouldn't stop.

It is now just Mom.

Answer 8

well my friend couldn't speak until he was four years old

but then he became very fluent then, because he was listening....but not talking when he was a kid

usually they speak around 12 months

but don't worry

Answer 9

Our twin son Thomas (pictured left ) was first to say his first word 'Dadda' and then his speech just completely stopped and Kylie started with 'momma'  and carried on from there  

Answer 10

Milana said "Daddy/Dadda" at almost 9mnths.

Scarlett said "Tree/Twey" at 7mnths

& Avalon said "Mumma/Mummy" at 8mnths.

Scarlett especially came into our lives talking.

They were all saying "Da-ha" "Teeh" & "Mar-mah" much younger, but those ages are when it was FULLY understandable.

I just thought i'd add some funny ones of people i know.

My brother's was "Donalds" [McDonald's]

My sister didnt say anything until she was 13mnths old, she then blurted out "Dont you dare Nicki" - Nicki is our older sister and our mum always said that to her! - I thought it was funny.

Oh; and my newphew's first word was "Strayla" [Australia]. I thought it was just adorable. He got Australia right before mumma and dadda.

Answer 11

I swear my son has been saying "yeah" since he was about 5 months, but you know what it's like - you don't know if you're just imagining it because you want to hear them talk!   Other people have sworn he said it too!   Whenever he was babbling I'd always say "yeah?  Is that true?!"... so it's possible I guess coz I do say it a lot!

He's nearly 8 months old now (on the 21st), and sometimes I swear he is saying "mu-uuum" when he's woken up from a sleep, but I'm the only one around when he does it, so again, I'm not sure if I'm "hearing things".  

I can't wait until he undoubtledly says his first word though (I hope it's mum  LOL) !

Oh! And my daughter's first word was mum (hahaha, that annoyed her dad!!) and she was about 6 months old :)

Answer 12

My son's first word was dada an he said dog on the same day.. he was 9 months.

My daughter's first word was dada when she was 11 months.

Im hoping my youngest son (6 wks) says mum first!

Answer 13

both of my boys said "mumum" as their first word and this was around 10 months. They now talk ALL of the time (grin).

Answer 14

my daughter was saying Mum at 6 months, my son was saying....Mum at 8 months and now I wish I could change my name to sonya to stop hearing Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, lol.

Answer 15

his first word was athha(aunt) in about 8th or 9th month

and there is no problem if they dont speak in early months.some children will speak lately  

Answer 16

they were 9.5 months old. there was the usual mum stuff but I went on the first one that was out to get my attention. So my son said Mum! (hasn't stopped after almost 9 years lol) and my daughter was NO!NO!NO! so she started with three words.

Glad to see it wasn't chicken Pox. Hope you feel better soon.

Answer 17

my son  first word was mum at 3months

now all he shouts is his papa(grandad) and mum when he wants something

he is now a year old in  10days

Answer 18

we have 11 children and not 1 of them has talked at the same time  some were as young as 5 - 6 months old one is now 4 and still not speaking and it will be great when Finlay he starts to speak .... we all take such a simple thing for granted  

Answer 19

I can't really remember to be honest!

I do recall that they all said "dada" first (little buggers, lol), I think it was around 6 months old.

All mine never started talking properly, putting words together until after their 2nd birthdays, but there is no stopping them talking now!

Funny how you can't wait for them to say "Mum", but then some days you so wish they would stop saying it!