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talking, or not??
Alli's 8 months, and over the past week or so she seems to have a few sounds
she uses regularly-which are starting to sound like words. She seems to say "Cat Cat" when she sees one of ours, but also when she's excited and playing. She seems to call "Da Da Da Da" when she wants to be picked up by someone. And she seems to say "daga" for her stuffed dragon (which has definitely shown signs of becoming her lovey). I had really thought this kind of deliberate talking came later, though. She did start regularly using MILK and imitating other signs about a month ago-about the time she just seemed to explode with sounds, but doesn't seem to use them much expressively. So, experienced moms-is she talking or not? Is there anything special I should do? -- Donna DeVore Metler Orff Music Specialist/Band/Choir Mother to Angel Brian Anthony 1/1/2002, 22 weeks, severe PE/HELLP And Allison Joy, 11/25/04 (35 weeks, PIH, Pre-term labor) |
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Hi -- It seems that whatever you're doing is the right thing! So keep it up. Some babies do acquire a few words towards the end of the first year. Others don't. It doesn't seem to have a huge effect on long-term verbal development, according to the lore. Our own experience is that early talkers get lots of verbal feedback, so become even more verbal. Have fun! --Beth Kevles http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html -- a page for the milk-allergic Disclaimer: Nothing in this message should be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: No email is read at my MIT address. Use the AOL one if you would like me to reply. |
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Donna Metler wrote: Alli's 8 months, and over the past week or so she seems to have a few sounds she uses regularly-which are starting to sound like words. She seems to say "Cat Cat" when she sees one of ours, but also when she's excited and playing. She seems to call "Da Da Da Da" when she wants to be picked up by someone. And she seems to say "daga" for her stuffed dragon (which has definitely shown signs of becoming her lovey). I had really thought this kind of deliberate talking came later, though. She did start regularly using MILK and imitating other signs about a month ago-about the time she just seemed to explode with sounds, but doesn't seem to use them much expressively. So, experienced moms-is she talking or not? Is there anything special I should do? You know, my experience with ds was this: I'd hear him make some babble sound like DaDa or Ball and I'd wonder, was it a real word or not. As he got older those same exact sounds would evolve just ever so slightly so that it was a real word and we'd sit back and think, "Ok, so that *was* a word way back when". We are going through that with Jessica who is now 9.5 months old. For about a month and a half now she's been making the same sounds that seem to mean the same things. The other day dh walked out the door and she crawled like mad to the door babbling, "DaDaDaDa". When she wants to be picked up she says, "Mamamama". We're not sure if that means mama or milk. She also says, "Hiiiiieeeee" pretty consistently when she hears us say hi to someone or someone walks through the door. I'm not really counting these as words yet, but I think in another month or so I'll know for sure. It's just on the very young side since she started doing this so I find it hard to believe but I guess they could be. Fun, isn't it? JennP. |
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Donna Metler wrote:
Alli's 8 months, and over the past week or so she seems to have a few sounds she uses regularly-which are starting to sound like words. She seems to say "Cat Cat" when she sees one of ours, but also when she's excited and playing. She seems to call "Da Da Da Da" when she wants to be picked up by someone. And she seems to say "daga" for her stuffed dragon (which has definitely shown signs of becoming her lovey). I had really thought this kind of deliberate talking came later, though. She did start regularly using MILK and imitating other signs about a month ago-about the time she just seemed to explode with sounds, but doesn't seem to use them much expressively. So, experienced moms-is she talking or not? Is there anything special I should do? She certainly could be talking. I was talking at 7 months, though all my kids were closer to 10-12 months before they were talking. I don't think you'd need to do anything differently than you would with any other baby learning to talk. Best wishes, Ericka |
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Yes, she's talking!! Converse with her! For example, when she says "daga", hand her the dragon or start talking about it or playing with it. Here's one way to look at it: it doesn't really matter whether she means what you think she means. If you treat her as if she is really talking, soon she will start meaning that. For example: if you misunderstood and really she meant something else, or nothing at all, when she said "daga!", after a while she'll notice that you keep handing her the dragon every time she says "daga!", so then after that when she wants it she will say it deliberately with that meaning. It probably meant that right from the beginning, but the important thing is for you to converse back and forth. Meaning will be established. Babies babble "ma, ma, ma" because they're learning that sound, but if you act as if they're calling "mama!" and come, soon they will notice that and deliberately use it as a word to call you. It also helps, I think, if you sometimes repeat back to them the sounds they're making. I don't think 8 months is very unusual for learning a few words. I'm not sure what the average is. I know there's variation from one baby to another. "Donna Metler" ) writes: Alli's 8 months, and over the past week or so she seems to have a few sounds she uses regularly-which are starting to sound like words. She seems to say "Cat Cat" when she sees one of ours, but also when she's excited and playing. She seems to call "Da Da Da Da" when she wants to be picked up by someone. And she seems to say "daga" for her stuffed dragon (which has definitely shown signs of becoming her lovey). I had really thought this kind of deliberate talking came later, though. She did start regularly using MILK and imitating other signs about a month ago-about the time she just seemed to explode with sounds, but doesn't seem to use them much expressively. So, experienced moms-is she talking or not? Is there anything special I should do? -- Donna DeVore Metler Orff Music Specialist/Band/Choir Mother to Angel Brian Anthony 1/1/2002, 22 weeks, severe PE/HELLP And Allison Joy, 11/25/04 (35 weeks, PIH, Pre-term labor) -- Cathy Woodgold http://www.ncf.ca/~an588/par_home.html We are all Iraqis now. |
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"Catherine Woodgold" wrote in message ... Babies babble "ma, ma, ma" because they're learning that sound, but if you act as if they're calling "mama!" and come, soon they will notice that and deliberately use it as a word to call you. It also helps, I think, if you sometimes repeat back to them the sounds they're making. I agree. One of the first things my daughter said was "dadadadadadadada" and we'd say things back to her like, "Oh!, you want your dada? Here's your dada!" Though her first official recognizable word was, "Uh, oh," "Dada" came very soon thereafter. Bizby |
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We've been doing the repeating back thing for awhile, and she's definitely
starting to use her words when she wants something specific. Today when I left her with her grandmother to run an errand, she was looking around and saying "dada, dada" while I was gone-and when I came in, it was Ohhh, Dada!-so apparently she's using that one for both me and DH-whatever parent isn't present. It's just hard to believe a baby who can't sit up well yet and isn't crawling, exactly is talking-pretty amazing how fast they develop! -- Donna DeVore Metler Orff Music Specialist/Band/Choir Mother to Angel Brian Anthony 1/1/2002, 22 weeks, severe PE/HELLP And Allison Joy, 11/25/04 (35 weeks, PIH, Pre-term labor) |
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:31:19 -0500, "Donna Metler"
wrote: We've been doing the repeating back thing for awhile, and she's definitely starting to use her words when she wants something specific. Today when I left her with her grandmother to run an errand, she was looking around and saying "dada, dada" while I was gone-and when I came in, it was Ohhh, Dada!-so apparently she's using that one for both me and DH-whatever parent isn't present. It's just hard to believe a baby who can't sit up well yet and isn't crawling, exactly is talking-pretty amazing how fast they develop! Some babies actually concentrate on sounds and verbal abilities before they start concentrating on gross motor skills like crawling and walking. Every baby is different, but from birth babies converse with us as they begin to look at us and make sounds and repeat them. Very young babies will pick up the rhythm of the language in their babbling. Infants are truly amazing. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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