Did we talk about the 7 week old baby

[Deleted]

Who said hello?  What do you think, did he actually say his first world or was it a fluke that his baby babbles sounded like 'hello'?

[verypunny]

Fluke.

I have a video of me talking to ds2 at 2 months and I was saying "hi handsome! Hiiiiiii" and he babbled and it sounded just like "hi" I am under no illusion that he actually said it though.

[bananapancakes]

Cute but definitely a fluke!

[Queen Mamadala]

Aww! So cute. DH swore LO said "hi" when he came home from work. It was cute. She was around 12 weeks old. But we don't count it as a word at this point.

[underwaterrhymes]

Fluke.

[lime]

Fluke.

[cville]

Hey, anyone who doesn't think this is a fluke! I have a bridge for sale. Low, low price!

[TrickyBob]

I liken it to one of those things where the parents thought they heard something, so they convinced themselves they did, so now it is all they hear. And since people know what word to look for, other people hear it as well.

[dojo]

It sounded fake to me.

[eb777888]

Nope. If it's real it's a total fluke. But that baby is sooooooo sweet.

[MWOS]

that baby sounds like Eliza Doolittle

[MWOS]

ELLO GUVNA

[karinothing]

I read something once that was talking about developmental milestones for different IQs and for super genius kids there were reports of words and following directions under 3 months. But this is like the highest IQ you can get.

[sawyerthedestroyer]

Yeah, no.

[Deleted]

Mar 12, 2015 18:21:45 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I read something once that was talking about developmental milestones for different IQs and for super genius kids there were reports of words and following directions under 3 months. But this is like the highest IQ you can get.

Hmm, interesting.  My brother is a super genius and he didn't talk until he was 3.

[bronxgirl]

If he said "salutations" I would be impressed. "hello"? meh

[jenstar]

Mar 12, 2015 18:21:45 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I read something once that was talking about developmental milestones for different IQs and for super genius kids there were reports of words and following directions under 3 months. But this is like the highest IQ you can get.

Yeah, I remember seeing a report on a genius kid and his mum said he first started saying words at 4 months.. but I still think it's incredibly unlikely that this was anything but a fluke, if it's indeed real!

[pittsmcgee]

Haaaa.
No.

[rachelgreen]

The other day bunny was babbling to Dh and it totally sounded like she said mama. We both looked at each other and were all "waaaahhht??" We jokingly refer to it as her first word but in no way do we believe it to be anything but a fluke.

[karinothing]

Mar 12, 2015 19:25:55 GMT -5 incogneato said:

IQ and age of speaking are not really that connected bc speaking has to do with muscular control of the throat, etc, not just mental ability. A 4 month old just doesn't have the fine motor control, regardless of cognitive ability.

And I say this as a parent of two very verbal early talkers. I'd love to say their geniuses but that would be making an ASSumption.

Ha well it wasnt just talking, it was also following directions :-)

[papie]

LOL that is adorable!  I mean, I've seen videos of dogs saying words and I am under no illusion that they talk, but it is still cute. 

[Deleted]

Fluke

[gingerjar]

twy swenta!

[jeaniebueller]

I have video of my DD when she was maybe 5 weeks old, sounding like she is repeating Hellooooooo when I say Hi to her. Its just babbling. But it was cute and I wish I had filmed it.

[CajunShrimp]

Cute, but a fluke. Declan seems to say "yeah" occasionally, but he isn't really saying it. He is 4 weeks old, FFS. It is funny when he says it in response to "Did you make a big poop?"

[karinothing]

Mar 13, 2015 8:50:26 GMT -5 TR said:

Mar 12, 2015 19:29:15 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Ha well it wasnt just talking, it was also following directions :-)

Jahi McMath's family says she can follow directions, too. Sometimes people see what they want to see. Confirmation bias and all that. I do not believe a 4 month old is processing and following directions.

Yea, who knows. I wish I could find the article (it was something I read a few years ago), but we were talking about people taht grew up to have an IQ over 230, so a very small portion of the population. I just remember thinking it be creepy if my 3 month old was using words or able to follow simple commands (the examples they used were like "look at the blue ball" and the kid would look)