Little Ariana Sufi has amazed her parents after learning how to say ' I love you ' - aged just seven weeks . Proud father Ali Sufi , 25 , was tucking his daughter into bed for an afternoon nap when he told her he loved her - and was stunned when she said it back . The baffled sales assistant repeated the amazing conversation to his partner Fatima , 22 , who thought he was joking - until she heard her daughter speak for herself . Ariana now tries to say ' I love you ' whenever she hears the phrase - and her parents are expecting her to grow up into a very chatty child . Ali , from Kilburn , north-west London , said : 'She was in her cot bed and I said to her once `` I love you '' and she said it back . Ariana Sufi has amazed her parents after learning how to say ' I love you ' - aged just seven weeks . Ariana now tries to say ' I love you ' whenever she hears the phrase - and her parents are expecting her to grow up into a very chatty child . ' I thought I was going crazy , and that I must have been imagining it or I couldn ’ t hear it properly . ' I told my partner and she said `` you ’ re lying , you ’ re lying '' but I showed her again and now she keeps trying to say it all the time . 'She isn ’ t very good at saying the `` I '' but you can always clearly hear the `` love you '' . 'We are really proud - babies just don ’ t speak this quick . ' Baby Ariana was born in December last year and first made her declaration of love in early February when she was just seven weeks and one day old . Fatima Abubakar with her daughter Ariana Ali Shariff and husband Ali Shariff Sufi . Proud father Ali Sufi , 25 , was tucking her into bed for an afternoon nap when he told her he loved her and she suddenly said it back to him . 'We are really proud , ' he said . 'Babies just do n't speak this quick ' Baby Ariana was born in December last year and first made her declaration of love in early February , pictured , when she was just seven weeks and one day old . Her words have since been caught on camera by Ali , who in the clip can be heard repeating ' I love you ' in a sing-song tone . Ariana , who is now 12 weeks old , appears to be trying to say something before she blurts out 'love you ' . Babies don ’ t usually start speaking full words until they are more than a year old . 'When she was just three or four weeks old she was saying `` ahhs '' and she has always been a very active baby , ' said Ali . 'She is always punching , and giggling and smiling . I have always talked to her quite a lot , and love talking and playing with her . 'The first time she did it she was one month and 22 days . ' I ’ ve always thought she was quite smart . She recognises people already . ' I think we are going to have a very noisy home and a chatty baby as she learns more words . ' When she was just three or four weeks old she was saying 'ahhs ' and she has always been a very active baby . Ariana , who is now 12 weeks old , appears to be trying to say something before she blurts out 'love you ' in the video recorded by her father . According to her father , she is always punching , and giggling and smiling . ' I have always talked to her quite a lot , and love talking and playing with her , ' he said . Her words have since been caught on camera by Ali , pictured , who in the clip can be heard repeating ' I love you ' in a sing-song tone . This story comes after Toni and Paul McCann from Ireland released a video of their adorable son Cillian saying his first word at just seven weeks old . The tiny tot , who is now nine weeks old , was filmed by his 36-year-old mother who says that she knew he had been trying to communicate for a while . Toni said : 'He was trying to speak for a while but that day I knew he was trying to say something . ' I 'd read that babies communicate from a young age and to give them space to answer when you talk to them . 'That was I was doing that day and because he was so alert and making such good eye contact I decided to video him . You can tell my total shock when he came out with `` hello '' . ' In the short clip , Cillian can be seen moving his mouth around trying to talk . After making several attempts he eventually comes out with his first word . Last year , a video of an infant saying ' I love you ' went viral . Stephanie Passalacqua reveals in her description of the impressive video that the baby 's father noticed her trying to mimic all his words . The baby 's gaze never leaves her father 's face as he tries several times to get her to defy all reason by speaking the words . Finally , after a few laboured attempts , the baby manages to just about blurt out the words .
Ariana , 25 , was tucking his daughter Ali Sufi into bed for an afternoon nap . Said ' I love you ' and was amazed when she said it back . Babies usually start speaking full words after a year .