No, really. Matilda is talking. I'm sure people won't believe it but it has happened way too many times to be a coincidence.
For a few months she's been calling me Ma. At first she'd just yell, "MA!" when she was really mad, but now it's all the time. She will call for me and when I walk into her room she'll laugh and laugh. If I surprise her, she'll turn around with a start and gasp, "Ma!"
Last week the Dadas started. Eric walked into the room and just like that, Matilda lit up and said, "Dada!" We all looked at her, surprised, and she said it again. "Dada," she cooed, reaching for him. Eric stayed with the kids all weekend and reported that in the morning he'd hear her yelling, "Dada!" from her crib.
This one doesn't have any other witnesses but I know it happened. I always call the kids Brother and Sister when talking about the other. I never planned it, and don't really even like it, but it's what happens. Sam and Matilda were standing at the coffee table and Sam did something that made Matilda laugh. "Bubba!" she cried, laughing happily. She said Brother! She did again, later in the day, when Sam ran into the room. She jumped, yelled "Bubba!" and started after him.
I begged and pleaded with Sam to talk and I have a feeling I'm going to be begging Matilda to stop!
3 comments:
I think she called me "Bay" when I stayed with you! OK, maybe not. But I have also heard you call Sam "Bubba", so of course she's picked up on that.
DUH!! I call both of them Bubba all the time! Okay, maybe she didn't say brother...maybe it was just Bubba.
Go, Matilda. Kadin is still stuck on dada. Dada this and dada that. The only time he says Ma is when he is wailing in the middle of the night!
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