At what age ... first word?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow - some of these babies are really behind my (highly gifted) DD, who was conversational in both English and Spanish by 4 months and could read some basic Mandarin. Don't want to hijack your post but I will - what preschool do you think best fits our needs?

No, they are not behind! That is not the norm for a child to speak at 4 month. Good for you that your child is highly gifted! Do you feel better about YOURSELF now. Most parents of highly gifted child do not brag or state that norm kids are behind. If you really had a highly gifted child you would know that having a highly gifted child is as challenging as having a child that is way below the norm. If your child is maybe he/she is too young for you too see the challenges.

The poster with the gifted child wasn't being serious... the post was just a joke. Both my kids were about a year old when they had primitive words like "ca" for cat and "bu" for book. The appropriate use of mama and dada came much later, even after they had a pretty decent vocab of words.

[Anonymous]

My son was speaking in full sentences at 18 months. He didn't called me Ma-ye( his version of mommy) until he was 2.5.

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I have to say I'm reassured by how many moms say their kids didn't say mommy and daddy as first/early words. My DD didn't start saying "mommy" and "daddy" until 19 months (long after she had accumulated many more esoteric words) and it was starting to make me self-conscious!

[Anonymous]

This all makes me feel better. My son was a very early walker, was stable walking unassited at 9 1/2 months. He is slow on the verbal side though, he is now 15 months and only has a few words.

[Anonymous]

19 months ... "mom" said very clearly, purposefully, and proudly. A much waited for moment, I can tell you!!

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My son did not say momma until he was 18 months old. He said da da at 8 months, with arms stretched out, only to his father. He also said doeg (dog) and joosh (juice for milk) at 8 months. At 20 months he is speaking in sentences and has an incredible vocabulary. All kids are different though. There are so many factors that go into words and speaking.

Does anyone take their children to the UMD Infant Studies programs?

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Signed "milk," "want," "hi" (just waving, but in appropriate context) and "eat" by about 6 months. Still no spoken words, but DS is only 8.5 mos now. Lots of babble though. Our nanny is deaf and uses ASL with the kids so they are picking it up like crazy. It has really helped our toddler (who was behind linguistically) with spoken language too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow - some of these babies are really behind my (highly gifted) DD, who was conversational in both English and Spanish by 4 months and could read some basic Mandarin. Don't want to hijack your post but I will - what preschool do you think best fits our needs?

No, they are not behind! That is not the norm for a child to speak at 4 month. Good for you that your child is highly gifted! Do you feel better about YOURSELF now. Most parents of highly gifted child do not brag or state that norm kids are behind. If you really had a highly gifted child you would know that having a highly gifted child is as challenging as having a child that is way below the norm. If your child is maybe he/she is too young for you too see the challenges.

The poster with the gifted child wasn't being serious... the post was just a joke. Both my kids were about a year old when they had primitive words like "ca" for cat and "bu" for book. The appropriate use of mama and dada came much later, even after they had a pretty decent vocab of words.

Yes - the post was a joke - just keepin' it light.