FIRSTS - Words

I'm making the call. Baby J's first word is "kitty cat."

Today, she was looking at a book with a cat in it. She touched it and said, "kitty cat." If I say to her, "where's the kitty cat," she'll look around until she spots one. That's about as official as you can get.

She knows "mama" and "dada" and "baba" (bottle) but these are not words used by in normal speech. Kitty cat however can be used as follows:

"Would you like to see my new kitty cat?"

"I have a kitty cat at my house."

"A kitty cat has devoured my hamster!"

So there you have it. Baby J's first words! "Kitty cat." If you want to get really technical about it, her first word was "Iowa" with "Hawaii" trailing in a close second. But, she was only three months old at the time and I doubt she knew what she was saying. So it probably doesn't count.