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The first word we understood (our daughter was 18 months old when we brought her home) was "Boo!" But I think she was saying "there" as sort of punctuation (finish putting her clothes on and you say "there," Put the plate down and say "there").

Her first two syllable word was "elbow." Another early word was "home" which was sort of sweet. She said Papa months before Mama. She was home two months before she said "up" and she's been saying it ever since. It was another 5 months before she said "down" (she first learned it as a dog command -- yes, my daughter gives the dogs commands and they obey!).

We did some basic sign language with her so she could say more and milk and banana before she had the words.