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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ba is a word for example if your baby points to the bottle or a ball and is saying "ba" to identify that object. I think it would be pretty rare for a 14 month old to say bottle or ball. Sounds like your daughter is totally normal. [/quote]

She gestures, waves, points, and is pretty good at nonverbal communication, but I don't think she says any sounds that she has assigned a consistent meaning. She often points to birds, butterflies, ceiling fans, and other things up high like the sky as viewed through windows by saying Ba or Da but I don't know if that counts...? Maybe Ba/Da means "thing that is up in the air"? Or just, "Look at that!" Is that too vague to count as a word?[/quote]
That probably is too vague, but it doesn’t mean anything is wrong. She sounds like she’s on track.

You can play dumb when she wants something and try to get her to tell you what she wants by pretending you don’t understand. Offer her two options. Do you want [b]milk[/b] or [b]water[/b]? Really enunciate the two words. Also, exposing her to slightly older kids who talk may get her to imitate them. [/quote]

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