Something exciting has happened in the last week. Toby’s speech has been coming on quickly of late, and he seems to be learning new words every day, but last week he actually started saying mummy!
He’s been saying Daddy for months and months, I think it was one of the first things I heard him say, and although we’ve had a few mamas they’ve only really come when he’s been crying and could quite easily just been a sound he happened to make rather than actually saying my name.
But last week we started getting a definite mummy. He still doesn’t always get it right and calls me daddy, or now is calling his daddy mummy but he always corrects himself if we point it out. On the downside it also means that he has started crying ‘mummy’ when he’s upset, which is difficult, particularly for Barry when he’s trying to comfort him. But there’s nothing more adorable than the big grin and ‘mummy!’ I get when I pick him up from nursery.
His other favourite words at the moment are ‘oh, wow!’, ‘nee naw’, and of course we still get a lot of ‘hats’ and ‘shoe shoe’. Apparently he has started saying lots of the names at nursery as well this week so I can’t wait to see what we get next.
After a very long break I’m linking up with Mummy Daddy Me for The Ordinary Moments again.
It’s so lovely when they first say your name! I remember Little B saying it and my heart melted…….though now when it’s said thousands of time a day I’m thinking of changing my name…haha! X
Aw he is so gorgeous- look at his hair it’s grown so much! LL started saying Mama then Mummy and has now gone back to Mama again- I don’t mind, I actually quite like it! x
Well done, little man! Baby said Dadda before Mamma too, VERY annoying
It is so nice when they say it isn’t it?! x
Aww how adorable! Yes you’re right, I think our boys are almost the same age! Freddie will be 21 months on 24th April (born 24th July 2013). It’s always fun to know there’s another mummy blogger with a toddler the same age as mine- don’t know how I didnt realise Toby’s age before! It’s so lovely when they finally say Mummy isn’t it? I remember it felt like it took forever for Freddie to say mama, then recently it just seemed to merge into mummy. Lovely post and what a gorgeous little voice! amelia xx
Oh he is so cute! Mum-mee! awwww! Love this post, such a milestone. I’ll have to try and get a vid of T saying Mummy, it’s more like Marmm-ee! x
Aww well done Toby – what a wonderful ordinary moment!