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| okay this may sound stupid but it bothers me a little bit...my son is a year old and he has for awhile saying dada but just recently said mama but only a few times...i know it is said it is easier for them to say dada then mama but in a way it hurts my feelings because he will go around saying dada but i have to ask him to say mama even then he just looks at me like i am stupid...i am afaird maybe i am not spending enough time with him or something and that is why he doesn't really assoicate me with mama...i am going to school full time and working part time at nights and try to do my school work when he is napping so i have his awake time with me but there are days i am unable to spend as much as i would like with him...when we play he doesn't seem all that intersted in playing with me so i just sit and watch and try every once in awhile to play...i am just over reacting or is there something i can do... |
| Posted by Amanda on 03/06/2008 04:20 PM
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| Don't feel that way.I spending time with my baby all day but she still like to say dada more than mama.I think baby just say what they want to say but it 's doesn't mean they love dada or mama more.I think the important thing is be the best for them.Cheers. |
| posted by kalaya on 03/06/2008 05:00 PM
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Amanda, Frankly, I was relieved that someone else is bothered by this and worries they they are not spending enough time with their child. RoseMarie is 10 months old, lots of Dada, even a little Nana, not Mama. She does like to play in a really physical way with me: wresteling, airplane, etc. I work full time and she is in day care. I can't wait for her to really say Mama!
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| posted by Celeste on 03/06/2008 05:17 PM
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| Hi hon! I feel your pain...when my little one was 10 months old, everything was "Dada"...the cat, the wall, and yes, Dada himself. It took forever for "Mama" to escape his lips, but let me tell you...before you know it, "Mama" will be the word of choice...no worries, your time will come! :) |
| posted by on 03/06/2008 07:29 PM
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| It has nothing to do with the time you spend. I am a stay a home mom and am almost always with her. For me, my daughter (14 mos.) has about 20 words that she uses all the time. MAMA is not one. When she is very desperate or misses me I will hear her call for MOM!! Sometimes I just hear "hey mom". I always refer to myself as mama or mommy, no clue where she got mom. It comes with time and it is hard to hear dada all the time. I feel your anguish. She even knew our dogs name before she would call me mom. No worries and I hope this made sense (sleep dep). |
| posted by K on 03/06/2008 08:24 PM
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| thanks ladies you made me feel better and i will keep it in mind what you all said...and i am glad to see i am not the only one who feels this way...thanks again |
| posted by Amanda on 03/06/2008 09:06 PM
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Hi Amanda
My son is now 18 months old and has a fabulous vocabulary but still hardly says Mama or (Mammie occasionally). I am also working full-time, in school fulltime and occasionally doing some other activities. I don't let it bother me because I know he associates it with me, and like they say in many milestone charts initially he feels he is one and the same with his mother. Therefore there is an unspoken sense of familiarity where he would greet me just as warmly with a smile, a look or even a tug.
Don't feel bad,probably asking him to say it just passes on a bit of your anxiety and he doesn't really respond. Just let it go and you'll be surprised that soon is saying it so much that you are asking him to stop:). Mine now many calls me repeated "Mammie Mammie Mammie" only when he finds he's not getting his way on something. |
| posted by Afihtan on 03/11/2008 09:27 PM
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