[JosieWales]

Owen's was BUS. His 2nd word was kitty.

My first word was KITTY.

My DH's first word was ROSE--and incidentally, that is my middle name. Is that fate, or what?!?!

[mommytoEli]

i think eli's was "topit."
translate: stop it.

lol....he had 3 siblings, he learned early to hold his own. lol.

[SKL]

My younger daughter's first word was "dog." My older daughter had some words when she came home, and unfortunately I am not sure what they meant. Her first English word was probably "all-done."

My first word may have been "dada." My mom has a pet peeve that all her kids said "dada" before "mama."

[TyAva]

All of my kids said "Dada'' first. After that Ty said "tickle", Ava said "baba" for bottle, and Ella said "hey" and waved...so cute!

I have no idea what my first words were...

[Saya]

A's first words, at about the same time, were "uh-oh" and "up." Both Dada and Mama didn't happen for a LONG time later!

I don't know what mine were.

[Ms.Judi]

Elaina's first word was MAMA!!! This was on the first day we met. I will never forget it. Her first sentence was: I LOVE YOU!!!

My first word was neenie-translations:my twin sisters name is Jean and i called her neenie.

[w8ting4Thomas]

Thomas' was uh-oh followed by bathtub! Who would figure!!!
Have no idea what mine were!

[mevertin]

Eddie's was "dogs" (we have 3) and Naldo's was "puck" ( as you probably have guessed we are a hockey family). Can't remember the older 3's first words (bad mom). No idea on mine. My mom had 8 kids-she said she was too busy to remember stuff like that.

Mary
mom to Bobby 11, Bridget 10, Angela 8, Eddie 4 (home from Guatemala in 2005) and Naldo 17 months (home since Feb.)

[Dmitry'smom]

Sophia's was "Mama" a day or so after we met in Guatemala. My first word was "da-da" and my first sentence was "that you get" as I hit my brother.

[sak9645]

Becca was 18.5 mo. old when I met her in China. While still in her birth city, she began to say "hi" and "bye-bye" in English. By the time we arrived back in DC, she had added "OK". Shortly thereafter, she was saying "Ba-BAH!" for "Becca", and "Dooo-DOOO" for "doggy" (and NOT what the doggy leaves behind).

She did NOT say "Mommy" until we had been home 3.5 months, maybe because I am a single Mom and she didn't hear anyone call me that. She did say, "OOOO-ma" when she was upset at me.

Becca's first 2-word sentences, said shortly after turning two, were "ride car" and "play outside". Becca's first more complete sentences, which followed soon thereafter, were "Who say woof-woof?" (if she heard barking in the distance) and "I see you, doggy."

Becca turned out to be a very verbal child. When tested by a developmental psychologist a few months after she arrived home, she was found to be AHEAD of her age in receptive language -- UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH -- and only slightly delayed in speech.

She tended to have few of the speech sound problems of many toddlers. As an example, she always said "R" properly; it never came out as "W". Once in a while, she confused "Y" and "L" -- as in "yeyo" instead of "yellow" -- but it was pretty rare. She was surprisingly easy to understand, even by people other than me.

And once she started using sentences, it sometimes seemed as if she talked from the minute she got up until the minute she fell asleep.

I have no idea what my first words were, but my mother always said that I was "vaccinated with a phonograph needle", meaning that I talked early and often.

I am a firm believer in "adoption genetics." My daughter definitely took after me in this respect. Now 13, she is also an advanced reader, like I was. She reads mostly adult books, with good comprehension and critical thinking. As an example, she was fascinated, recently, to read "Born on a Blue Day", an autobiography of a high-functioning autistic person.

Sharon

[cborsa7]

My son's first word was mama, second was dada and then More. My first word was dada.

[devildogwife]

Cameron's first word was dada, even though I had been coaching him to say mama for months.

Mine, no clue. Mom doesn't remember and didn't write it down.

[annaguat]

Uh not sure but I think it was no for most of my kids. Mama is close up there. Hmmmm....No mama!
Anna

[myrachel]

rachels first word was Dora!!!! .. Dada after that... no Mama yet.. we (I) am waiting patiently LOL

[joanr]

DS first word was HI! He says to everyone when he is in the mood. So if you run into a boy who keeps looking at you and saying hi please say hi back. If there is no response he will say it louder until he gets a response.

My first word unsure.