good news - he says mama...

somethingchangd

....bad news - it means "water".  Oh well.

Oliver has a number of words (including "dada"), although very few of them sound much like what they're meant to.  Today he was saying "mama" more clearly than he ever has and pointing at his cup.  He did it like 5 separate times, so I think it's official.  Mama = water.

Some day I'm gonna get a "mama"!  But for now I think he just knows I'm always there when he needs me (and when he doesn't) so he has no need to call for me.  That's what I'm telling myself, anyway!  :P

Germanwife2b

I'm going to think he was calling "mama" to get YOUR attention and then pointing to the water as a nonverbal way to say water. 

Does that make you feel better :-) ?  He will say mama before you know it and it WILL mean you! 

somethingchangd

Germanwife2b:

I'm going to think he was calling "mama" to get YOUR attention and then pointing to the water as a nonverbal way to say water. 

Aw, thanks.  But nope - he was definitely saying "water".  Goofy kid.

nicolita14w

Well, James has only one real word: "nana" (banana). He has said "mama" and I thought he was starting to use it to refer to me, but then he called my friend "mama." Then, even worse, he called my *mother in law*, who he almost never sees, "mama." Sigh.

sasa625

In our house, "mama" pretty much means "I want something" She calls me mama, but also calls DH mama, and my brother is mama too (he's staying with us)

LIAngel

*sigh*  I wish my DS would say any word.  I'd even settle for "no"  and "mine"  at this point.   He doesn't even say a hint of a word. 

armywife76

Awww, at least he says it! Maybe he'll make the connection soon

laura1

somethingchangd:

But for now I think he just knows I'm always there when he needs me (and when he doesn't) so he has no need to call for me.  That's what I'm telling myself, anyway!  :P

I think this might be true - my DS was the same way.  He never said mama.  Well, we went to the hospital to have DD, and he showed up for a visit (he was staying with my parents), and was calling mama and pointing to me, and he hasn't stopped saying it since.  It was probably the first time he really wanted me and I wasn't around, so he learned to say it!  (Oh and he learned to walk while we were in the hospital...DH and I think that he may need to move in with my parents since they manage to teach him more than we can!)