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mysterious_misfit
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 Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: Can 9 month olds say words???? |
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About a week ago, my baby said, "Uh-oh!" a few times. He would say it immediately after I said it. I thought it sounded rather echolalic. Now yesterday and today, he's been repeating, "Milk, milk, milk." Which is a rather complex sound for a 9mo to get out, I think. I say "Milk" to him and make the ASL sign when I breastfeed him. But I didn't get the impression that as he said, "Milk" he knew what it meant/ he wasn't asking to breastfeed.
Am I just hearing things??? Is he just babbling, and it happens to sound like words I recognize? I've also read that as babies and children learn to speak, it is supposed to be echolalic for a while. As in, they have to imitate adults to learn words at first.
I don't know. I'm a little baffled. |
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BugsMom
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| I think it's possible for babies to have a few words at 9 months. My son used to call me "Emmmm" for "Mom" at that age, and sometimes it sounded like he would repeat his name back to us. By the time he was a year old he was saying "baba" and "dada" too. |
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2ukenkerl
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Can 9 month olds say words???? |
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| mysterious_misfit wrote: | About a week ago, my baby said, "Uh-oh!" a few times. He would say it immediately after I said it. I thought it sounded rather echolalic. Now yesterday and today, he's been repeating, "Milk, milk, milk." Which is a rather complex sound for a 9mo to get out, I think. I say "Milk" to him and make the ASL sign when I breastfeed him. But I didn't get the impression that as he said, "Milk" he knew what it meant/ he wasn't asking to breastfeed.
Am I just hearing things??? Is he just babbling, and it happens to sound like words I recognize? I've also read that as babies and children learn to speak, it is supposed to be echolalic for a while. As in, they have to imitate adults to learn words at first.
I don't know. I'm a little baffled. |
Aren't babies supposed to start doing that at like 6 months? My mother said I was TALKING at 10-11months. She made it sound like by 18 months I was pretty loquacious!
To say milk, you have to purse the lips, use the toungue, and the throat! That might just be one of the most involved small words around!
Frankly, I don't think you are imagining things! I think he is trying to perfect his pronunciation and understanding. Start using more words around him, and treat him more like a kid! |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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That's amazing.  I started talking young myself though. But not at 9 months!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes. They can have words at 9 months. My son was saying "mama" at age 6 months and he only used that word to get my attention. Everyone swore he would be an early talker. He didn't get any additional words until speech therapy at age 24 months. |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats normal, baby's babble or baby talk starting around 6 months, they certainly start laughing at an earlier age. |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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yes.
Is he hearing the words "uh-oh" and "milk" quite a lot? I can't remember what a 9 month olds stage of vision is like to remember if speaking in front of him will help with repeating
Though it could also just be a coincidence of sound being made too rather than a deliberate attempt at a word. i had a dog that used to regularly say "Hi" to me at night. Scared me out of my skin the first few times it happened - i thought a man was in the house |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yes babies can sometimes speak early, especially if they are highly intelligent. I remember one of my cousins had a son that spoke a number of words by 9 months. So I know its possible because everyone in my family witnessed the little guy speaking!
My mom swears I was saying "mama" by the time I was 3 weeks old. She said she was terrified of me. I was an early talker, yet I didn't ever crawl much and I didn't learn to walk till 18 months. So maybe some babies are much advanced in one area, but less advanced in other ways.
I saw a commerical on tv for a video that teaches babies to read and speak so I guess anythings possible if you give the child the resources and they are intelligent.
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| Ticker wrote: | Yes babies can sometimes speak early, especially if they are highly intelligent. I remember one of my cousins had a son that spoke a number of words by 9 months. So I know its possible because everyone in my family witnessed the little guy speaking!
My mom swears I was saying "mama" by the time I was 3 weeks old. She said she was terrified of me. I was an early talker, yet I didn't ever crawl much and I didn't learn to walk till 18 months. So maybe some babies are much advanced in one area, but less advanced in other ways.
I saw a commerical on tv for a video that teaches babies to read and speak so I guess anythings possible if you give the child the resources and they are intelligent. |
That IS a common theory. Einstein, for example, spoke late but was advanced in other areas. It seems that nearly everyone has roughly the same mental potential and, if clustered around the IQ parameters would probably score at what today would be over 120. Some don't develop it, and some develop it in other areas.
As for ME? I walked earlier than you did, but my mother said I never spoke babytalk. She said I just started speaking sentences. That was around 10 months, so I guess I'll never know how early I really understood the language. Some of my memories DO indicate I understood quite a bit while I was crawling though.
BTW IRONICALLY, one study claims those videos RETARD development! Their theory is that they don't really INTERACT with the child, so the child doesn't benefit as much. I am not sure how true that is, but some say it is.
I guess a caring and articulate mother is always the best solution there. |
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mysterious_misfit
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Well, I am pretty sure now he is really saying milk! He has said it several more times, and has just perfect pronunciation.  A little while after he woke up from his nap, he kept saying, "milk, milk, milk" when he usually does nurse. And he reached for the glass of milk I was drinking.
I gotta get this on video! |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| 2ukenkerl wrote: |
That IS a common theory. Einstein, for example, spoke late but was advanced in other areas. It seems that nearly everyone has roughly the same mental potential and, if clustered around the IQ parameters would probably score at what today would be over 120. Some don't develop it, and some develop it in other areas.
As for ME? I walked earlier than you did, but my mother said I never spoke babytalk. She said I just started speaking sentences. That was around 10 months, so I guess I'll never know how early I really understood the language. Some of my memories DO indicate I understood quite a bit while I was crawling though.
BTW IRONICALLY, one study claims those videos RETARD development! Their theory is that they don't really INTERACT with the child, so the child doesn't benefit as much. I am not sure how true that is, but some say it is.
I guess a caring and articulate mother is always the best solution there. |
It seems logical that Mother Nature would allow someone to either be good in one thing, but not all things. If you think about it some people are really intelligent in physical things like those are the people that make good track athletes and work like men on the tv show Ax Men. They are nimble on their feet, agile and strong. Yet those people usually aren't that intelligent. But really intelligent nerd brains are good with writing, computers or engineering, but they are as clumsy as a bull in a china parlor. Or occasionally they are smart and physically agile, yet they have terrible social skills or manners. So with babies you have the walkers and you have the talkers. What I'm trying to say is not everyone seems to be allowed by Mother Nature to be talented in all areas.
I've no idea if the baby learning videos are good for them. I mean it does seem like it would be good for kids to learn to read as young as possible so that they start reading important books and expand their horizons. However, that doesn't mean little ones should be parked in front of a video all day long used as a babysitter while parents smoke pot and down beers in another room. I think kids that learn the most are raised by parents that talk to them all day long telling even the tiny babies what mommy or daddy is doing. Saying things like "mommy is peeling carrots now...to make a salad..." Or "Daddy is putting gasoline in the lawn mower so he can cut the grass..." That way kids learn vocabulary, learn to form sentences earlier and understand cause and effect. Those that speak to little kids in baby talk harm them IMHO.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| mysterious_misfit wrote: | Well, I am pretty sure now he is really saying milk! He has said it several more times, and has just perfect pronunciation. A little while after he woke up from his nap, he kept saying, "milk, milk, milk" when he usually does nurse. And he reached for the glass of milk I was drinking.
I gotta get this on video! |
I'm pretty sure he is saying milk too. Milk is an important word to babies. As is "bottle, eat, no and mamma". I am sure he is saying Uh-oh too because babies seem to love to say that word because it sounds funny. I've been around babies that will say "uh-oh" non-stop all day when they first learn the word. You probably have a brilliant little Aspie on your hands who is just picking up language quicker than most babies. How's his walking and crawling skills? Probably not that good I would imagine since he's talking so well.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Ticker wrote: | ...
really intelligent nerd brains are good with writing, computers or engineering, but they are as clumsy as a bull in a china parlor. ... yet they have terrible social skills .... |
YEP, that is how people that know me well describe me. I'm not that clumsy, but some might beg to differ. I have bad social skills though some might say I just lack effort. Oh well, not everyone agrees with everything. |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| 2ukenkerl wrote: |
YEP, that is how people that know me well describe me. I'm not that clumsy, but some might beg to differ. I have bad social skills though some might say I just lack effort. Oh well, not everyone agrees with everything. |
Don't feel bad; I'm clumsy too. It's pretty obvious, all of my family says "be careful" whenever we are getting off the phone. I'm not coordinated, but have a vast vocabulary and computer skills so I think the walker vs. talker theory holds.
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Yeah, it is like losing weight, filling your car with gas, etc.... Everything is DYNAMIC, there are limits, etc...
It is a shame that the brain is so delicate, and encased in something so confining, and requires so much energy. I think all that pretty much demands that the pruning/growing occurs. |
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