My daughter hasn't said Mama yet?

Question

I swear she is playing with me. She will be a yr old on July 26th. When I ask her "who does she love" she looks at me and smiles then replies "dada" I'm sure she knows but hasn't said Mama(mumu, mummy, mommy etc) yet. I can't wait for her to say Mama. When wil she say it?

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Answer 1

My son did the same thing. It became a game. He would laugh and giggle when I would point to my self and ask him how this was. He would then give me a mischievous smile and say Dadda. 5 would laugh and say no...mamma. He is know 2 1/2 and he knows how to say momma....all the time.

Your little girl has a sense of humor and a personality all her own. She is already showing you it. Enjoy everyday! She will give you the guilty pleasure of saying momma soon.

Answer 2

She'll be saying it before you know it. All children are unique and learn at their own pace. My son is 15 months old and doesn't say much at all yet. I have a background in speech therapy, so I am not worried about it. The old saying goes, "when he/she has something to say, then they'll talk!" Dada is an easier sound to produce than mama. When you ask her who does she love, she doesn't understand that dada is different than mama, so don't think that she love dada more than mama! She's repeating a word/sound where she receives positive responses. Another view may be that she is thinking "mama", but her vocabulary can only allows her to say "dada" right now. Hang in there! Your daugher will soon be saying "mama" so much more than you can even imagine!

Answer 3

You will have no problems because you are so ready to hear it when she finally says it she will be so happy that you are so happy she will learn to say it more just to get your reaction.
Babies usually say daddy names first. I know dada w/ the tongue not the lips but my 2nd daughter started w/ papa first. But I had it very unusual in that my first daughter didn't like to talk at all and hadn't really even gotten into calling me mama by age 2 & 1/2 and yet my 2nd daughter had a 6+ word vocabulary at 10 months! and by 12 months could talk like most toddlers; she still refers to it as, "Momma, remember when I was a talking baby?" She was the tinyest person I'd ever known, walking and talking at 10 months; self aware and aware of learning the words for things. What dat? and you tell her and she commits it to memory. Anyhow, usually it's the opposite. Your 2nd child usually talks later because they have more experienced parents to anticipate their wants and siblings to speak for them, etc.

Answer 4

When she is ready. She is not playing with you she is just developing the skills to talk by listening to everyone around her talk. If you talk a lot to each other she will copy to sounds your making until she fits them together into words. Dada is still just part of the many sounds she is working on.

Answer 5

certain at 3 months it is an highly enormous exageration. they babble somewhat at 3 months so some mistake that for mama or dada. My daughter at the same time as she became a million would in basic terms say dada too, she is two now and has in basic terms merely all started putting forward mum and has stoped putting forward dad completely. i imagine dad is the less demanding one to say so they say that and they get a reaction at the same time as they say it so they do it lower back and lower back. the great aspect about my lady putting forward mum now is she quite knows im her mum. in basic terms down area is she says all of it the time. I wouldnt worry.

Answer 6

my daughter is 16 mths and still hasnt said alot of things...sometimes it sounds like she said something(wether it be mama..dada..yeah or whatever) but then you try to get her to say it again then she wont!! I asked her doc and he said that i have to consider that she was a premie and she might start doing things at a later age then other children her age.

Answer 7

Maybe its just easier for her to say dada and so when she sees you she just says dada because its easier. My daughter said mama first and it took her awhile to say dada. All babies and children are different just give her time and practice saying mama with her and pointing to yourself.

Answer 8

my son started saying dada a lot when he was between 8-9 months old, but took another month for him to say mama aND only said it sometimes, but now that he is 10 1/2 months old he wont say either very much, he says bye-bye and waves......i guess they learn at their own pace and say what they want to say.....just give her time, she can make words, but is just not ready to say mama yet i guess!!

Answer 9

I am a speech teacher and your daughter will say her m's about a yr. and a half or 2. D's are said with the tonge and m's with the lips, which is hard. So just hold on, your turn will come and you will wish she never learned to say mom....lol

Answer 10

My son is 21 months old and just started saying mommy about 2 weeks ago. Now that is all he says even when he doesn't want anything. lol. He just likes to hear himself say it.