Max also loves to say his own name [pronounced Maaaa, no "x" sound, just Maaaa].
Max rarely says Mama. Rarely. As in, I have only heard him say it twice. Ever.
Why is it that I spend day in and day out with the boy and he doesn't say my name? I know he can say it. I have heard it with my own ears! But, he chooses not to say it.
He looks at framed family pictures in our house, like this one...
And this one...
And then he will point his little finger up at Sam and say, Da-eeee. Or look jubilantly at himself in the middle and say, Maaaaa. But nope, no Mama.
Confession time. I stooped so low the other day, I paid my eight-year-old niece [Maddie] five dollars to work with him and get him to say Mama. We had only one successful "Mama" the next day. And it was after a long bout of "Maaaa, Maaaa, Maaaa" [he was showing off for his grandparents] and then, almost by accident, he threw in a "Mama."
I am trying really hard not to get offended by my eleven-month-old son. But, seriously, what gives?
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