My daughter’s mouth runs constantly these days. From the moment I get her out of her crib, to the time right before bed when she’s sucking contently on the paci, she’s babbling and talking. It’s a constant whirl of ba-da-ga-ada-mpf-ag-wa-ma. I’m sure in her head she is telling a pretty good story complete with details about her big teddy bear, her new Winne the Pooh or complaining that her mean mommie won’t let her chew on electrical cords. Regardless of whether the person on the other end of her conversation understands her, every one talks back to her. The cashiers at the mall get a kick out it, her aunts and grandparents all smile and babble to her in return.
Mostly her ba-ga-fa-de-pfftshh-a-ma-da-da sounds are just nonsense. But once in a while, when she says da-da-daaaa it’s because Craig has walked into the room or she sees his picture.
So, I’ve decided that I want to hear mama. I gave the child life, dammit. I feed her on demand, have changed a bazillion and three dirty diapers, give her more kisses than a person can possibly count and make sure she has cute shoes. And, I want to hear mama.
So now when she’s babbling I say, “C, say mama.”
She looks at me and says “dada!”
“No, punkin. MAA-MA.”
“DADADAAAA!”
”No, sweetie, listen. Like this. MAA-MAA”
“DADADADADADA!”
And then Craig giggles.
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ha ha ha….she’ll say it before you know it! My daughter started talking at 9 month but didn’t say MaMa until she was about 18 months!!! Talk about heart breaking…the Dr. said she didn’t need to learn to say it because I was always there. So take pride in that, you are always there for her so she doesn’t need to say it
oh, and just wait ’til she’s 4 and asks a million questions and won’t stop the narration of EVERYTHING that is going on…talk about driving a woman crazy! LOL
My daughter doesn’t say Mama or Dada yet. But loves saying baba. She also is really good at saying uh oh. I don’t think she knows what it means but says it as soon as she loses the paci. So cute.
My husband and I have tried getting her to say mama and dada. She laughs every single time. In time she will. So for now we are baba.
When my son is excited and happy he yells DADADA at my hubs. When he is hurt or whiney, he comes (literally) crawling to me with ma ma ma ma. I can’t decide if that is a good thing or a sad thing! Ha!
Funny… I just wrote a post on this same topic yesterday. “Dada” was the first word out of both of my kids’ mouths, too, much to my chagrin.
Hearing “mama” will melt your heart the first time it happens. That, and “I love you mommy.”
I am already preparing myself for this. I know my little girl will be a complete daddy’s girl.
My munchkin says “da da da da da” when he’s happy and “MaaaaMaaaaaaaa” when he’s upset. I’m not sure I like the trend. I want to be fun too.
I think there’s just something magical about the letters and pronunciation of dada that makes kids gravitate towards saying it earlier and easier.
Those guys, they just lucked out.
AH you are not the only one. My boy 9mo says DADADAD all the time, he says Mamama only sometimes, like when he is really whiney and crying. but its mostly DADADAD and when he sees him he gets SO excited. It does make me sad, TBH its heartbreaking. But I figure, like your DR said it’s because I am always there with thim, 24/7 I sleep with him, feed him on demand and am playing with him all day. Dad comes and goes and I say “Dad” a lot, like “Wheres Dada, whats Dada doing” whereas when Dad comes in he never engages in “Wheres Mama” talk bc I am always there. KWIM? Anyway /end rant
When my younger daughter started saying Mama, I was all excited! Except guess what? She wasn’t talking to me, but her older sister, who is named Maj. Talk about an ego-killer.
Oh my goodness. This is hilarious. I’m trying to get my 9 month old to say mama or at least associate the word mama with me. I would be heart broken if she didn’t say it until 18 months.
Ahahaha! I only laugh because I know. Though my girl has not yet said “DaDa”, my husband works with her incessantly on it. I feel like we have “MaMa DaDa” fights which are sure to confuse the poor girl. He says “Say DaDa” and I say “Say MaMa” and V just looks at us both and grins.
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