When I was a baby my grandfather – my mother’s father – lived with us. He had cancer. He wanted more than anything to hear me say “Mama” before he died. One day he was watching me while my mom took the older kids swimming at my grandmother’s house. He called: “Therese…come home quick!” I wasn’t the healthiest baby so Mom thought something was wrong. She bundled the kids & raced home. He met her at the door with a brilliant smile: “SHE SAID ‘MAMA’!” I was sitting on the floor pointing up at HIM, saying, “Mama!” (He died one week before my first birthday. It was understood in the family that I was his favorite grandchild.)
I can’t say I read from the beginning, but when I first read this strip, Zoe was a baby and the only child. Our local paper stopped carrying for a long time and the internet wasn’t really a thing yet. When it finally came back a few years ago, Zoe is in school and has 2 siblings.
Zoe’s first word was Da-da, much to Wanda’s dismay. It took a long time to get her to say Ma-ma—and at first she would only say it if her finger was up her nose!
danketaz Premium Member 23 days ago
Baby Hammie’s favorite toy?
momofalex7 23 days ago
My daughter’s first word was “Manda”, our dog’s name.
jasonsnakelover 22 days ago
But do you know?
iggyman 22 days ago
We are all molded by our generation I guess!
saylorgirl 22 days ago
I don’t remember my girls first word. I’ll have to look them up in their baby books.
The Orange Mailman 22 days ago
TikTok is an example of ablaut reduplication.
feefers_ 22 days ago
My first word was no!
Wren Fahel 22 days ago
When I was a baby my grandfather – my mother’s father – lived with us. He had cancer. He wanted more than anything to hear me say “Mama” before he died. One day he was watching me while my mom took the older kids swimming at my grandmother’s house. He called: “Therese…come home quick!” I wasn’t the healthiest baby so Mom thought something was wrong. She bundled the kids & raced home. He met her at the door with a brilliant smile: “SHE SAID ‘MAMA’!” I was sitting on the floor pointing up at HIM, saying, “Mama!” (He died one week before my first birthday. It was understood in the family that I was his favorite grandchild.)
BenGMan 22 days ago
???
SquidGamerGal 22 days ago
I thought Wren’s first word was Da-Da.
Slowly, he turned... 22 days ago
Ask Alexa. She (?) knows more about you than you do.
ctolson 22 days ago
What, they had a wind -up clock in Wren’s room?
My mother told me I used to hum before saying any words. That was the noise that our refrigerator made.
Daltongang Premium Member 22 days ago
Hammies first words were “buh-dozer” and "bazooka. Close Wanda, close but no cigar.
CrimsonOne18 22 days ago
Dada is most babies’ first word because it’s easy for them to form the sounds.
Alverant 22 days ago
My brother’s first word was “Stopthat!”
misslaurastoyroom 22 days ago
How would a not even one year old know about TikTok? Also, she grew all of her hairs and we had seen her say words years before TikTok was a thing.
Zen-of-Zinfandel 22 days ago
I imagine Hammie saying “Furby!”
Sherlock5 22 days ago
Zoe’s first full sentence was probably “I’m gonna tell.”
J-Yoshi64 22 days ago
There’s a strip from before Tiktok (before Wren even had hair) where she said “cookie”
s_krumpe 22 days ago
I can’t say I read from the beginning, but when I first read this strip, Zoe was a baby and the only child. Our local paper stopped carrying for a long time and the internet wasn’t really a thing yet. When it finally came back a few years ago, Zoe is in school and has 2 siblings.
CastletonSnob 22 days ago
Wren was born in 2002. TikTok wasn’t even a thing in 2002.
The Quiet One 22 days ago
Who’s fault is that?
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault 22 days ago
I remember when Hammie got Barbie doll and he treated it as a bulldozer.
(Barbie can be all things to all people. She is THAT versatile.)
EXCALABUR 22 days ago
no teeth again!
bike2sac 22 days ago
My first daughters word was dodo, my mothers name was Doris.
Cave Maths 21 days ago
BUH-DOZER
DKHenderson 20 days ago
Zoe’s first word was Da-da, much to Wanda’s dismay. It took a long time to get her to say Ma-ma—and at first she would only say it if her finger was up her nose!