Thursday, February 19, 2009

DD's First Words

With DD, we weren't as conscientious about jotting down her first words (I wonder why!). She said her first word a few days before her 1st birthday. Here are her first 10 words, sorta in order of emergence. :)

1. Papa - Perfect pronunciation! Later on, she also started saying "papa" for "grandpa", but in a slightly different intonation.
2. "Bah!" - Meaning "peekaboo".
3. Uh-oh - Again perfect pronunciation. Used when something falls, or spills, etc. Interestingly, this word is repeated many many times a day. Hehe.
4. "Row row" - For calling "Aunty Rose", our domestic helper.
5. "Ro ro" - For when DS sings "row, row, row your boat".
6. "Mama" - For "Mummy". Later on, she used it for "grandma" too, again with different intonation.
7. "Mng mng" - Hmm, it's difficult to spell out that sound, but she uses this to indicate when she wants to go potty. We use it to cue her to move her bowels, but since she can't pronounce "shee shee" for wanting to pass urine yet, she uses "mng mng" for both forms of elimination.
8. Kor Kor - To call her dear brother
9. "Barg barg" - Saying "bark bark" when she hears a dog bark.
10. "War" - For "wash", eg wash hands.
11. "Or or" - For indicating that someone is asleep.

OK, well, that's 11 words! :)

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