Mama

A few days ago Laurel began saying "Mmma! Mmma!"

Okay, okay, I know she isn't saying "Mama" at the age of seven months. Is she? But for some reason hearing that call through the baby monitor still brings me running. I can't help it.

When Isaac was seven months old, he said "Mmma! Mmma!" only when he was in distress. As is typical for Laurel, however, she sounds happy and good-natured when she wakes up and starts calling for me. Okay, yeah, she's not actually calling for me by name ... but it sounds like she is. And it's a thrill.

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Actually, this development chart says that most eight-month-old babies can say "mama" and "dada," although they say them randomly to both parents.