babbling

[Iktomi Ness]

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)

On 12/09/06, Gisela Szagun < gisela.szagun at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> feeling encouraged after Zena' interersting story, here is mine:
>
>  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)
>
>  Gisela Szagun
>
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