People talk about children's first words. The way that I understood it is that the word would be pretty clear. Thinking about that, that was a stupid assumption. Alice has been signing for a while. Are those her first words? She's also been saying "uh oh" for maybe a month now. Usually when she throws something on the floor, drops something, or fills her pants. So, a word (phrase?) in context. Is that her first word? Lately she's been saying "baah" and signing book when she sees a book. So, closer to an actual word sound and in context. I don't think that anyone else would be able to recognize it because of her thick baby accent. Is that her first word?
After the first milestones like "can sit up themselves" I assumed that they would continue to be easily identifiable but I feel like I'm in the national art gallery and trying to find the work of art that defines the post-renaissance contempt for impressionism. In other words I don't have any idea and I could go right by it without even realizing it.
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