Babies Baby Development When Do Babies Talk? Out of the Mouths of Babes: Funny First Words From the hilarious to the truly original, readers share their cutie pies' first words with us! By Parents Editors Updated on May 17, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos 01 of 23 Baby's First Word My oldest's was "poop" at 7 months. — Amy Miner Staley When Do Babies Start to Talk? 02 of 23 Baby's First Word "Mo mo"...that was his version of Elmo! LOL! — Shelley Bassik Rothstein Baby Talk: A Month-by-Month Timeline 03 of 23 Baby's First Word "Booby." My child was always hungry. — Jennifer Hepinstall-Batson 04 of 23 Baby's First Word "Oscar," which is the dog's name. — Grace Christenson 05 of 23 If Babies Could Text: Deep Thoughts Babies might not be able to speak in coherent sentences yet, but that doesn't mean they're not full of profound ideas. These deep thought texts from babies prove you're never too young to ponder life's big questions. 06 of 23 Baby's First Word It was actually "fire truck" which sounded like "fire****. " We made her start saying "fire car" just until she could say truck but to this day everyone in the family still calls it a "fire car." — Stacy Standifer Gray 07 of 23 Baby's First Word "Gobble gobble"—it was around Thanksgiving! — Lisa Rotili 08 of 23 Baby's First Word Believe it or not she said "all clean" when she 2 1/2 months old and she would say it after every diaper change and bath but she would never say it when I tried to show someone so nobody believes me. — Melissa Spencer 09 of 23 Baby's First Word From the beginning, we would sign and say "all gone" when done eating. One day after dinner, "all gone" just came out! — Tracy Fay Creamer 10 of 23 Baby's First Word Son No. 3 signed his first word since he is deaf. He signed "more" when we were out to eat with some friends. It was so precious and special! — Nicki Mays McElreath Teaching Baby Sign Language: A Guide for New Parents 11 of 23 Baby's First Word "Balloon" — Juanita Perez 12 of 23 Baby's First Word "Fongool." I guess I said it way too much because I didn't want to say the other F-word in front of her and she picked that up instead. — Tara Taute Chiu 13 of 23 Baby's First Word "Ribbitt." — Christy Ames 14 of 23 Baby's First Word "Sit." That's my story and I'm sticking to it. — Lynn Krug Taylor 15 of 23 Baby's First Word "Arf, Arf!" He always talked to our dogs outside his bedroom window when he was supposed to be taking a nap. — Jackie Colwell 16 of 23 Baby's First Word "Awuy." That was her saying "I love you." I said it to her morning, day, and night while she was awake and sleeping. — Jessica Rodriguez 17 of 23 Baby's First Word "Shoes"—no joke. She is 2 now and that's still all she wants to play with! I may be in trouble during the teenage years! She would rather go to a shoe store than a toy store! — Emily Smith 18 of 23 Baby's First Word "S**t." Seriously, my last kid didn't say one word until she was about 16 months old. She made sounds but never an actual word. One day at Walmart, I dropped my purse and everything fell out and into a puddle. I muttered s**t to myself, but she said it just as loud and proud as she could. Then she continued to say it, to everyone for several weeks. — Stacy Minichello 19 of 23 Baby's First Word "I eat!" — Briana Jenkins 20 of 23 Baby's First Word "Raiders suck." — Joe N Joy Lieggi 21 of 23 Baby's First Word "SpongeBob." — Rubi Rodriguez-Orona Pumpob 22 of 23 Baby's First Word "Tickle, tickle." — Kelly Roos 23 of 23 If Babies Could Text: Texts from the Crib All new moms anxiously await their babies' first words, but what if babies could text? Hint: It involves a lot of smiling poop emojis. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit