Category: Development
Posted by Megan Burleson on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:02 AMBaby's first words are a joy
I got the first words!
My almost 6-month-old son woke up one day last week with one word on his lips: "Mama." It wasn't just a fleeting thing either. He spent the whole day saying it over and over. We were happy he could finally say a word we can understand.
"Mama, Mama, Mama!" The sweetest words I have ever heard!
Of course, my husband is a bit disappointed he didn't get "Dada" first, but who cares? I won!
While I am thinking of first words, I can't help but tell you this story: My niece, who is 3 now, had the best first words ever. It started as "nanats." We had no idea what she was saying and we used to tell strangers she was fluent in Chinese or something. Over time, it went from "nanats" to "no nuts."
From 1 year to 2, everything was "no nuts!". What did she want for dinner? "No nuts!" What did she want to play with? "No nus!" Where did she want to go? "No nts!"
One day,as we were wrestling her out of the car on a family shopping trip, she grabbed onto her grandfather and screamed "Papa! I said no nuts!" I couldn't help but laugh as my dad nonchalantly put her into the cart and said: "Yeah, we got it. No nuts. Right."
Did your children have a funny first word or words?
