Yada!
With Jacob, as with his brother before him, I have spent weeks of intensive first-word coaching. "DA-DA, Jake! Where's Dada?" or "MAH-MAH. Can you say Mama?" or "BUH-BUH! There's Bubba Isaac!" And he looks for Dada or at Mama or at Isaac, but also turns his head coyly and smiles big at me like, "What, you want me to do something here, lady?"
This morning while making his morning laps around the coffee table, the Jakester realized that, when on the far side of the table, he faced the couch-lying Dada. After squealing and making various other irresistible noises to get Dada's attention, Jake himself initiated a game of peekaboo. Standing at the table, he'd lower his head so it rested on his hands, thus "hiding." A bit later, he'd raise his head to look at the waiting Dada. As if this wasn't cute enough, when he "found" Dada, he'd scream "YADA!"
So there you go. At 9-1/2 months, we're thinking this counts as his first word.
This morning while making his morning laps around the coffee table, the Jakester realized that, when on the far side of the table, he faced the couch-lying Dada. After squealing and making various other irresistible noises to get Dada's attention, Jake himself initiated a game of peekaboo. Standing at the table, he'd lower his head so it rested on his hands, thus "hiding." A bit later, he'd raise his head to look at the waiting Dada. As if this wasn't cute enough, when he "found" Dada, he'd scream "YADA!"
So there you go. At 9-1/2 months, we're thinking this counts as his first word.
posted by Claire at 10:04 PM
2 Comments:
congratulations! mine said Dada first too, despite my efforts to brainwash her to the Mama side.
Yeah, Isaac was the same way. In the end, I agreed that I was happy just to hear real words. And the "Mama" shortly followed anyway.
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