Capture every word in seconds
Type the word and go — Saylings auto-detects the language and category. Add a meaning, a photo, or a 10-second recording of your little one actually saying it.
A keepsake for every language
Every first word,
Every first word,
in every language they speak.
Saylings is a beautiful, private journal for your baby's first words — captured with a photo and their actual voice, celebrated at every milestone, and kept forever as a printable word book.
Launching soon on iOS · Free at launch · No ads · Private by design
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Romanian & 30+ more
Why parents love it
A first-words tracker made for multilingual families
Most word trackers assume one language. Saylings is built from the ground up for the way your family actually speaks.
Every language, tracked separately
30+ languages, each with its own flag and colour. See how many words your child knows in each one, with separate milestones for every language they're growing up with.
Celebrate every milestone
From the 1st word to the 100th, each milestone gets a joyful moment, with the CDC and ASHA benchmarks shown alongside so you can see where your child sits.
Watch them grow
An insights dashboard shows words this week, an 8-week trend, and a language breakdown — gentle, encouraging, never clinical.
Keep it forever
Turn any month into a shareable video story, or export a beautifully typeset PDF word book — a printable record to treasure long after they've grown.
Share the joy
Invite your partner with a single code and see every new word in real time. Send grandparents a private, read-only link so they never miss a thing.
How it works
From a fleeting word to a keepsake
1
Hear it
Your child says something new — "agua", "more", "papà". The kind of moment that vanishes by next week.
2
Save it
Open Saylings and log the word in seconds, with a photo and a recording of their voice. The language is detected for you.
3
Celebrate it
Watch their vocabulary bloom across every language, with milestones and insights that cheer you both on.
4
Keep it
Export a printable word book or a Month-in-Words video — the words you never want to forget, kept forever.
A peek inside
See Saylings in action
From the moment they say it to the moment grandma hears it.
Built for bilingual & multilingual babies
However many languages your child is growing up with, Saylings speaks them.
English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Arabic, Romanian and 30+ more — each with its own flag, colour, word count and milestones. Raising a bilingual child is one of the greatest gifts you can give. Saylings helps you treasure every step of it.
Get early accessFrom the blog
First-words questions, answered
Practical, friendly articles on your baby's language milestones — written for real families.
First words
The most common first words, in every language
Mama, mamá, maman, māma. Why babies everywhere reach for the same 25 words first, whatever language they hear.
Read the post → MilestonesWhen do babies say their first words?
The typical timeline from babbling to first words — and why the "normal" range is wider than you think.
Read the post → ReferenceBaby first-words milestone chart by age
What the CDC and ASHA each expect from 12 to 30 months, and why their word counts disagree.
Read the post → BilingualRaising a bilingual baby: first words tips
Why bilingual kids aren't "behind", how to count words across languages, and how to encourage both.
Read the post →Good to know
Frequently asked questions
When does Saylings launch?
Saylings is launching soon on iOS. Join the waitlist on this page and you'll be first to know — early-list members get first access at launch.
When do babies say their first words?
Most babies say a first word between 10 and 14 months. After that the published benchmarks diverge: ASHA lists at least 50 words at 19 to 24 months, while the CDC's checklist places about 50 words at 30 months because it uses the 75th percentile. Both are right, and they answer different questions. Read the full post →
Can I track first words in more than one language?
Yes — that's exactly what Saylings is built for. It supports 30+ languages, each with its own flag and colour, and keeps a separate word count and milestone track for every language your child is growing up with.
Is Saylings free?
Saylings is free at launch: capturing words, photos, voice recordings and milestones costs nothing. We may add an optional paid tier later for extras like partner sync, the printable word book and Month-in-Words videos. If we do, you'll see the price before you buy, and nothing you've already saved gets taken away.
Is my child's data private?
Yes. Photos and videos never leave your phone. Words and voice recordings sync privately so you can reach them on another device and share them with family you invite. There are no ads, no third-party analytics or tracking software, and your data is never sold. Anyone you send a read-only link to can open it without signing in, so send it only to people you trust, and you can revoke it at any time.
Start capturing the words you'll never want to forget.
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