When do babies start saying da da??

[ladybugamber]

I know most babies say da da first... just wondering about how old they are when they start "talking". Anyone know??

[newbie_mary]

Mine just started, and he is 6 months old.

Mary

[ArtistMama]

Dd actually said mama first, at around five months old. It was only a week or two before she said dada, though. As soon as she said dada, she stopped saying mama unless she was upset.

It wasn't too long before she started using both a lot, though.

[Lolafanana]

Elaina started experimenting with saying dada at 5 months (about) and now at 7 1/2 months EVERYTHING is dada- the cat, the dog, daddy, mommy, the rug, my shoes- she's points at evrything and says da da da da da! It's very cute.

[kate.first.babe]

mine says a lot of gggguh and wahooooo but no sylables yet. She's 5 1/2 months.

[ArtistMama]

Her third 'word' was 'Uh ohhh!' because her grandma kept saying it every time she knocked over a stack of blocks. She still says it all the time. lol

And, yes...everything became dada for a long time! Amazing how that's universal. Mama is definitely more particular...I think it's because they like us better!

[Viriditas]

Ds also started saying mama first...around 6 or 7 months, I think. Dada came later. He's now 10 months and he still says both mama and dada a lot. I know he connects mama with me, but I don't think he has the dada=dh connection down yet.

[hapymom]

My dd, has just started saying it around 6 mo now

Sooooo cute, now when is she gonna get started saying MAMA!!!!!

[fenwickmama]

ds was 7 1/2 months and he said mama first but it wasn't connected to me at the time....

[Persephone]

Dd started saying mama at 5 months- and meant me. Now, at 8.5 months, she still isn't saying da da, only a couple times! (poor dad! ) However, EVERYTHING is "buh?" or "buh!" It's cute. She also will whisper 'pah pah pah", and other "words" include "oob" and "voof". I'm so in love!

[stlmomof2]

Alex started saying "dada" at around 6 months and said it incessantly for months. By 10 months, though, she completely stopped saying it and it's all "mama" now. She calls both my husband and me "mama."

[Cloth4Colin]

DS was 6 months and he called us both that! LOL!

[wirewendy]

Haaa! For some reason, I just imagined that this question was inspired by your husband. Hee hee! My poor husband has been trying to get our daughter to say da da for 10 months now, but no such luck!

[sunnysideup]

I think 5-7 months is usual.

[Is3enough]

My little girl is 8 months and isn't saying dada or mama. She still oooooo's and ahhhhhs. She blows about a billion raspberries a day though!

[GooeyRN]

DD started saying dada at around 8 months. But it had no meaning. She started saying hi and mama around 10 months. They have meaning. She rarely says dada anymore. Its cute, she waves when she says hi. Yesterday she called me a bad mom. Thats the second time now. (she says it when she wants something I wont let her have) DH taught her that. :

[Birth Junky]

DD just started trying to talk a few weeks ago (she is almost 7 months old). She "says" a few different sounds ("da") is one of them, but hasn't strung anything together into "dada"--she just crawls around going "da . . . da . . . da" or "buh . . . buh . . . buh". Cracks me up.

[Faithful Mommy]

My ds said da-da on the day he turned 6 months! It was the cutest thing! I know they don't know what it means yet but, he woke up, looked at his daddy, smiled, and said da-da........... I'm sure you can only imagine how big my dh head is

So now, that's all he says..... da,da,da,da,,da,da and sometimes we'll get a gooooooooo

I love it.... so cute!

[cjuniverse]

Ryo is almost 6 months now, about a month ago he said 'mama', but almost certainly by accident (wasn't directed at me, hasn't done it since).

About two weeks ago, he blurted something that sounded a lot like 'dada', but probably was just wishful thinking on our part (we cannot WAIT to see which one he says first...it's like a running bet!).

Anyway, nothing here yet. At the moment it's pretty much all 'ooh ooh' and 'uh uh' and giggles...which are totally cute anyway.

[Kristi Down Under]

Baby talk

My baby girl (who is one year old today!) said Mama on Mother's Day at seven months old. She said Dada at 10 months followed shortly by Nana (her paternal grandmother). Her first word though was Bubba, which is what I called her from birth. She said that at about five months. Oh, she also started saying ne-ne, for nose at about 10 months. She is so awesome!