2006-08-19 08:03:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Don't take it personally. The "d" sound is easier to make than the "m" sound when combined with other sounds (in this case, the "a" sound).
By the way, my mom says my first word was "mama," which I apparently started saying at three months. She says I haven't shut up since. :)
May God bless and keep you.
2006-08-19 08:10:29 · answer #1 · answered by blowry007 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ususally a baby discovers their tongue before they figure out how to hum...and the "da" sound is made by bouncing the tongue off of the back of the gums while breathing out, while the "ma" sound is catching a hum on your lips slowly after it starts, and then releasing the air halfway through. Babies also don't mean "daddy", as pointed out by others answering, because even non-english speaking cultures start off with the "da-da" sound.
2006-08-19 15:14:49 · answer #2 · answered by rhambass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they're not really saying "da da" as in referring to their Father. Da da is just the baby cooing and making sounds and since da da is a very simple sound to make, it just comes out. Some people believe this is the baby saying "da da" as in "daddy, or father" but it's not.
It's just random noise.
2006-08-19 15:10:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your newborn probably isn't speaking about his father or anyting really. We never used the name "daddy" to describe myself. We always referred to me as papa. One of the fist sounds he made was da-da.
2006-08-19 16:43:50 · answer #4 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause the baby usually sees momma more. somebody told me that the parent they dont see the most of will be their first word. Didnt work for my son but my daughter was saying dada and had no dad at the time.
2006-08-19 15:11:00 · answer #5 · answered by squirrellchica 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but it is all my daughter will say. she calls the dogs da da she calls me da da everything is da da to her. i feel better now to know i am not the only one.
2006-08-19 15:10:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, its usually dada or mama, because the mom/dad keep saying that to the baby....like "say da-da...da......da" or "say ma-ma"....so, the baby will imitate something he/she hears regularly
2006-08-19 20:58:15 · answer #7 · answered by blue_bee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with rhambass.....although some babies do say ma-ma as their first word. Ma-ma was my first word, and my daughters first word was da-da
2006-08-19 15:26:02 · answer #8 · answered by renae8003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the baby knows and sees that the daddys do ALL the work for them and want to praise them.
LOL
I bet this gets a few going.
2006-08-19 15:12:17 · answer #9 · answered by Josh S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my daughter said mum and mama first. of course my husband had to act like a wounded little puppy. she is six months and still hasn't said dada. :P
2006-08-19 15:10:58 · answer #10 · answered by .*AnNa*. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋