when do babies start saying thier first words?

Answer 1

Mine started saying moma at about 7-8 months.

Every child is different, also if they are premies they are a bit behind the 'norm'

Answer 2

It all depends on the child. My daughter is 2 now, and she was a fairly early talker, but she was saying "ma-ma" and "da-da" by 8mos. Now she has slowed down a little more, whereas I started talking and basically didn't stop, and was in full sentences before the age of 2. (understandable sentences, not baby talk). My daughter doesn't speak in full sentences though.

Children are different, however. My brother didn't speak until after the age of 3 (aside from babbling and a word here or there every once in a while). Einstein didn't speak 'til he was around 5, and it was a full adult sentence!

It doesn't really do to compare, but you can usually find (or get from your doctor) a chart that will tell you what milestones you should expect the average child to reach with things. And then, remember your child might be earlier or later, but it doesn't necessarily mean anything bad if (s)he's focusing on another developmental aspect.

Answer 3

My daughter said her first intelligible, meaningful word at age 9 months. Most children don't start using words besides mamma and dada until after age 1.

Answer 4

ya see, it all depends on how often ya talk to your baby. i saw a baby that the parents talked to a lot it started talkin at like 9-10 months O_O! but this other baby the parents didnt talk to only started talkin at like 2 years old.

babies pick up words FAST

Answer 5

It does depend, like everyone else is saying... most will be by their first birthday although my son could talk at that age and mostly chose not to. He just would rather watch what was going on around him and spoke to me usually instead of others because he was shy.

A funny quote I heard recently - they say we spend the first year of our child's life teaching them to walk and talk and the rest of their lives trying to get them to sit down and shut up! LOL

Answer 6

Depends on how often you talk to your baby. We taught my son sign language so communication was easy for us. He said Dadda at 6 months old, then momma shortly after. That was all he said though until he was about 10-12 months. He just signed and said momma and dadda when he wanted one of us.

Answer 7

One of mine, at 10 months, one of mine at 15 months, and one of mine didn't say much until after he turned 2. Babies are all so different with walking,talking, potty training, crawling, sitting up.
Although I would encourage any parent to talk to their baby as early as possible and often, we talked to all of our sons to the same extent and with the same level of vocabulary, and look at the difference. We can't unplug their individuality.

Answer 8

well my niece started saying dada at about 7 months and now she says a few words at 10 months every child is different but i say at 14 months they should be saying more than momma and daddy. they should be able to tell you pretty much what they want

Answer 9

well i guess around 9 months, but my daughter said the first word when she was 10 months and word was "BABY"

Answer 10

Mine started at about 9 months.