milk

I think we may have our first word. It depends on the context of when it's used, but it's definitely only used when food is involved. A couple days ago, Mak started saying "ma!" So we thought, oh she's calling for mom! So much for "da" or "dad" being first, but "ma" is still good.

The next day, I noticed that she would say it when she's hungry, and mom's at work. So while feeding her rice cereal and milk, I would first give her milk and then rice cereal, back-and-forth until we're done. This time, after a few bites of rice cereal, she started saying "ma! mal! meh!..." while reaching for the bottle. That's when it clicked, she's telling me she wants milk!

So it's been a couple days, and it's been consistent that when she says variations of "ma" "mal" "mel" or "meh" it's meaning that she wants milk. It's starting to sound more like "meh" which is getting closer to the "mi" sound in milk. That darn "lk" is tough.

Could it be that her first word is "milk"?