The Sweetest Sound
ANTOINETTE:
Hi Meg
I am so excited. Daniel (10 months) is repeating a few words that he hears. So far he has said “bye”, “Hello” (more like heyyo) and the sweetest sound to any mom “mama”. I could not believe my ears when he said it. I had put him in his cot while I tidied Toms room and when I walked back into Dan’s room I heard “Mama” as I walked in. It was so appropriate and meaningful that it just had to be true. He wasn’t just babbling. I picked him up and said “you just called me mama” and he said it again, clear as day “MAMMA. He even did it again the next morning when he woke up … I am sure he called me before he started to cry. Yippee. It is not consistent yet, and he seemed to have moved on from the moment … but I will remember it forever.
MEG
Wow Nette - that is just amazing. Dan has had the toughest start possible and many doctors who were there in the begining would not have believed he would live, nevermind have normal development! But this speech is beyond normal even - most babies aren’t saying a word with meaning until very close to their first birthday. And as we all know, its usually Dada they say first! I think God knows you deserve and need a huge reward and this is it!