Sam's 9 months now. That is 9 months when I have been slave to every whim his little heart desires. 3am in the morning wanting food? No problem. And again at 4.30am, why here you go young man (and at 5.30 and 6.45 as well whilst you are at it). Don't fancy being put down? Let me pick you up and have a bit of a cuddle. Want to move somewhere else, why hitch a lift on the Mummy hip machine. Is that a toy you want - here it is. Want a nap but can't quite work out how to get to sleep? Let Mummy rock you and walk you around until you work out how to do it.
It's been 9 lovely months, but 9 months of a lot of Mummy work. So when he extended his little pudgy arms and cooed adoringly, I waited with heightened anticpation for his first word. Sure enough, it arrived.
Da-Da!
Man, the boy has got a long way to go in that most important life skill of learning to keep his mother sweet.
Awww - how come that always happens? Never mind. I bet you're keeping him anyway.
ReplyDeleteAww....so cute... and typical too! He does sound adorable though:-)
ReplyDeletexx Jazzy
Sack him. Give him a good redundancy package, but send him on his way.
ReplyDeleteOnly joking.
Ahh....so ungrateful aren't they?
ReplyDeleteLittleboy 1 did the same - I was offended until I realised it actually meant me. He used to say it when I appeared to pick him up from his childminder.
Oh yes, both the boys first words were Dada!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this post and am going to include it in my Blog Promotions page if that's okay. So damn typical isn't it!!!
ReplyDeleteCJ xx
Perhaps he doesn't NEED to say 'Mama' because you and he are so close, he doesn't need words...
ReplyDeleteI'm a health visitor (for my sins) and I always warn mums that it is likely the first word will be 'dada' before they say 'mama'. Then I am a little bit naughty and tell them that because the 'd' sound is easier to make than 'm', the chances are if they say 'dada' first it is an accident, whereas you know when they do eventually say 'mama' they really mean it :)
ReplyDeleteOh dear... a friend had a theory that men had bagged Dada because its much easier to say and so said first more often...
ReplyDeleteI think it's easier to say and that's why. My older said dada first. My younger, ha, success, says mama and not dada yet! She does say da! pointing at things though, which in German means "over there" - a kind of verbal pointing. Shows you that "da" is the easiest syllable to start with, and it depends on which language you speak how you interpret it (i.e. it doesn't mean daddy at all. It means "look what I see!")
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