SRSeedBurners Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 She's 9mos and has landed her first word/phrase: <whistle><whistle> "COME ON"!!!! <whistle><whistle> "COME ON"!!!! <whistle><whistle> "COME ON"!!!! <whistle><whistle> "COME ON"!!!! <whistle><whistle> "COME ON"!!!! <whistle><whistle> "COME ON"!!!! <whistle><whistle> "COME ON"!!!! ...when will it stop already? She's been saying it for about a month but she really perfected it a couple of days ago to the point where she sounds exactly like my wife calling the damn dogs. Of all the words I've been trying to teach her to see which one would be her first and it has to be that damn ear grating , out-of-tune <whistle><whistle>"Come On" that my wife does. Greycie's a great whistler and she even mimics the out-of-tune'ness of the whistle. It's hell. Now I have to listen to it constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyBird Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 HA! Bear with this period, more will come. Marco's first real word was 'good' and he went through a phase of nothing but 'good' in every possible tone and inflection, most often as if he were addressing small children. We laughed it off and persisted with new words until he picked them up eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Greycie is real proud of herself and her accomplishment but this too shall pass and you will start hearing more words and phrases, better get used to it for they pick up what they like and ignore the rest, ah the life of living with a grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I tried so hard to get marco's first words to be i love you and have YET to hear it her first real words were hello and peek a boo but I havent heard those in quite some time she has definately moved on ... her latest was 2 days ago and it was step up and shes actually saying Marco (pause) Polo ... (and that totally makes me giggle) ... each new thing she says is a rejoice moment so .. as the others have said, this too shall pass until the NEXT fun thing sinks in ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The one thing you always have to remember is, you asked for it and now you have to live with it. Isn`t it greYt living with a grey ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Congrats on the first words. They are always a word/sound that is important to them and normally one that is used with enthusiasm. It is rarely a word that you just use over and over that you want them to say first. You have your priorities, they have theirs. They are rarely the same. I can guarantee a word said with high emotion and gusto will be picked up almost instantly. Like a situation where something happens, you flip out and cuss. Thankfully, I am certain you never do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyBird Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 As a fellow "Marco" parront, isn't that the best thing about their name? Our Marco does this too, usually with dramatic side-to-side headbobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyBird Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Marco still says almost none of the words we endlessly repeated to him, from the time we visited him weekly as a chick. Much to our chagrin! That said, he speaks well over 60 words/phrases, so who are we to complain? Does anyone else's grey almost climb in your mouth when he is learning a new word/phrase? Marco will stare and stare into my mouth and practically try to climb on in to get closer to the source. A little annoying, but we know a new word is coming when he does this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 My Marco doesnt do that but she definately stares intently with her head cocked to the side like shes REALLY trying to understand you. I find it utterly amazing how smart she is. She knows the "sound" of a potato chip bag! LMAO she literally comes running at the first "crinkle sound" of the bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfchck Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 It must be so much fun hearing your babies say your words. Our newest rehome speaks mostly Spanish so figuring out what she is saying is hard, we did figure out the word she says most with a translator app, yeah, she is calling out " servent "! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 OMG how amazing to have the bird talk in spanish!!!!! wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffNOK Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I can always tell when I say something that Gracie keys on and wants to learn. When she hears it, she stops and stares intensly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 When greys are young, mostly their pupils dialate and constrict with a warning... as they get older, their pupils dialate and constrict when they are interested in learning something new.Thank goodness we are at learning stage only! Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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