so how much do you think they understand?
My DS is about 9.5 months old and in the last week has started to say mummmummmum - to my delight :) I was saying it to him quite a bit and pointing at my mouth before he started to say it (its been all dadada, bababa, goo goo goo to date). A few days later I was with a friend who was talking to him and she asked him where mama was and he pointed at me. Now this was only the one time and could have been a fluke (its all about pointing at the moment) but I like to think he did understand her. I was sharing this with another friend this morning whose DD is the same age and she said to me that she thought they still didn't know what they were saying and that I was being a bit hopeful. This got me thinking about whether I was indeed being hopeful or whether my DS does understand. Admittedly he babbles on dadadada all day but he does often look at his Daddy and say Dada with purpose (or so I think) and when I ask him where our cat is, he does look all around the room. And he waves goodbye and hello which is obviously on purpose so is it too much of a stretch to say that some of his babble has meaning?
What do you ladies think? I've really got to start doing some signing with him (beyond the sign for cat LOL).
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