Writer's Block: Childhood Firsts

[semperfiona]

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I don't remember. But I do clearly remember what Rosa's was. She was about nine months old, and she said "Down!" For a month or a few weeks, it was the word she used for all transitions in a vertical direction. It meant "Pick me up!" It meant "Put me down!" It even meant "I wanna go downstairs."

She was an early talker. Didn't start walking until thirteen months, but by that time she had a couple-hundred-word vocabulary and was starting to put words into combinations.

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[curgoth]

According to family myth, I didn't speak at all until I came out with "What the heck is that?!" as a full sentence. I have always suspected that "heck" was not the word used.

[(Anonymous)]

Mine was "Bobby." My mom says they would try to give me a bottle, but that I did not meant bottle. To this day it is a mystery who or what "Bobby" was.