My daughter’s first word was her own name. 5 years later, my son’s first word was… my daughter’s first name.

Dada

“Up!”

He’s gotten a lot of mileage out of it. For a while it meant the obvious but also “open”, “apple”, “out” and “outside” until he figured out how to make more consonant sounds.

I honestly am not sure. She was talking so much from such a young age. It was all nonsense, complete babble, but sometimes she would say something and I had to stop and think about it. Did she say a word? Is this just a coincidence? Does she understand it? The words just faded in as the nonsense faded out. It seemed like a progression, not an event.

Firstborn was “bird.” Second born was “mama.”