Just Jibberish!!

That moment that every parent competes for has finally come.... will she say "mama" or "dada" first?? A few months ago, Emma started the mamamamamamama dadadadadadada strings which only lasted a few days. Then mums the word and she was on to making her vowel sounds and other cute baby talk. Still to this day, she has conversations with her hands, her dolls, and her "little sky friends" (she tends to look up, usually at lighting fixtures, and mumbles away).

Well, a couple of weeks ago, as mommy was bathing her, I thought I would try some vocab with her. Naturally, I say "Emma, say 'mama'!". No response. Just splashes away and talks baby talk to her bath toys. I say it again. She gets bashful and goes to her belly to "swim" around (the inch deep water). So, I put my selfish desires aside, and I try another word. "Emma, say 'dada'...". Note, I wasn't as enthusiastic in that request ;) and sure enough... "da da"! Okay okay... I was so excited!!! And said it again... she kept saying it over and over.

So now that I have her interacting with me, let's try this again. "Say 'mama'". Emma, in all of her oh so precious personality, looks right at me, laughs and says "DA DA"! So I try again. And again I get laughed off and daddy gets the prize. "Da da" So, after some contemplation of if I want to show daddy that he won this one haha, I pick Emma up, put her in her towel, and I run downstairs to daddy to show him her first word. I ask her to say "dada" and complete silence. She looks up bashfully, and smiles, but no words. I continue to try to prove that I am not lying. No success. And of course, our flip video camera was downstairs when I was bathing her so I couldn't get it on video.

The next night, during bath time, I make sure to bring the flip up with us, I try to get her to repeat her vocab, and no luck! She was sick of performing I guess :)

Well, now daddy has heard her say "dada" and seen the little performance of laughing "mama" off. And luckily, Auntie Pokie Jo (aka baby sitter) got it on video. Enjoy!!

So that moment every parent competes for... daddy won this one. But don't tell him it's only because "Dada" is phonetically easier to say for babies. Nothing more to it. ;) Although, Emma is a daddy's girl by far.