ha....actually "da da da" doesn't necessary mean "打打打" to babies..at least not for mine
babies mimic everything their parents do...so maybe sometimes when the baby does something the parent doesn't like, the parent might play-hit the baby and say "不乖﹐打打ga~"..then baby associate "Da Da" = hitting
also my baby has learnt to 罵人 lately..everytime we do something he doesn't like, he doesnt' cry anymore (he knows it is useless to cry)..so he starts to say a bunch of words with an angry face..haha..it's very funny because he gets very angry, especially when we try to change his diaper or wipe his face (which he hates). He will get scrunch his face up and talk in baby talk until we are finished the tasks.
sometimes i think babies understand the world much better than us...and in some way, they want to pretend they don't understand us so they can be babies a bit longer. I'm pretty sure babies are smarter than they seem..and they seem to understand a lot more than they can tell us.
Wish I could go back being a kid with no responsibilities too...