I think it may be also interesting to bear in mind that the first words parents have the opportunity may not be the first utterances the baby actually produced. My point is that, there may be words or small productions that we -as parents- miss before the utterances take a significance to us (the name of the dog, or daddy...etc)
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/09/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gisela Szagun</b> <<a href="mailto:gisela.szagun@googlemail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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<p><span><span lang="EN-GB">feeling encouraged after Zena' interersting story, here is mine:<br>
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<p><span><span lang="EN-GB">I don't study in the area of babbling, but my daughter's first word was
"baggie" - short for our cat's name "Mrs. Baggins". How is
that for an interpretation - either in terms of articulation or deep
psychological? Maybe she had some idea of a cat parent? (Only a joke)<br>
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<span>Gisela Szagun</span></span></p>
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