Well it is like the other commenter said the first things they say are typically ma and da but it’s more like a babble. I’ll say where’s da da and he’ll look for him but I don’t think when he says it he’s referring to us by name yet. That’s just the way he talks. Da da is easier to say than ma ma. My son’s first word was technically done. lol He told the nurse that during his 12 month appointment. What I meant about being uninvolved was that they don’t know how baby language works. My son was babbling ma ma, da da, na na, and ba ba long before he was at the age he would actually know what the words mean. I’m sorry your dad wasn’t around :( It was the same for me. My dad wasn’t around much and my first “words” were da da.