https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:29:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211683 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:51:07 +0000 sunny 1211683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is exactly the same way, though she can't say Baba yet. When I ask her to say Mama, she says Dada gleefully!</p> <p>She'll only say her version of Mama (Mum-mum) when she's extremely hungry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211682 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:50:39 +0000 mrsjyw 1211682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>awwwwwwww lil miss! no advice, just hugssss to the best umma ever for RJ &amp; J! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211674 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:48:50 +0000 googly-eyes 1211674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine sometimes said mama but then would stop, and she only just started saying it a lot now at just about 14 months but she uses it for more than just mama. And she still calls me dada sometimes. I don't know what gives...she says bumpa/ganpa (grandpa), dada, baba (bottle), baaah (ball), num nums (food), no, dog, duck, etc....but no mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211515 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:56:00 +0000 lovehoneybee 1211515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E has been saying mama for months, and just learned dada, so now everything is dada, including me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211459 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:35:45 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1211459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M started saying mama at about a year and then when I started working a million more hours per week she went on mama strike. It took her about three months to say it again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211386 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:20:24 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1211386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She is just trying to get your goat, smart girl! Lorelei will say mama, but for the longest time she would try to tease me and say, "Happy birthday," when I would tell her to say Happy Halloween to someone. Then she would shake her head and say, "No, no, no... not Happy Birthday! Happy Halloween!" She thought she was a riot. Your kids are just adorable. And you KNOW they adore you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211326 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:05:20 +0000 mrs. wagon 1211326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: yeah. sucker. haha. btw, this video was taken inside that place where I originally wanted the meetup to happen! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211322 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:04:28 +0000 Adira 1211322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Gahhh!!! He's so cute even if he's not cooperating!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211284 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:56:42 +0000 mrs. wagon 1211284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>by the way.. here is Wagon Jr. refusing to say mommy, although he clearly says it at the end, saying a phrase stunningly close to "I don't wanna say Mommy":</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-5Y7ChdWp4" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-5Y7ChdWp4</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211276 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:54:38 +0000 mrs. wagon 1211276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: that is hilarious!!</p> <p>@MsLipGloss: I know, I'm such a sucker... especially since we all know who she got that stubbornness from... *pointing at self sheepishly* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211272 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:53:02 +0000 MsLipGloss 1211272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: BabyGloss did/does that too! But no doubt about it, her first definitive word was *mama*! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211263 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:51:18 +0000 MamaMoose 1211263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are currently in the phase of everything being "dada". But if my hubs goes into her room at night instead of me suddenly she has the ability to say maaaaaammmmmaaaaaaaa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211238 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:43:49 +0000 MsLipGloss 1211238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: OMGIDIE! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211232 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:41:14 +0000 MsLipGloss 1211232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: But wait . . . isn't this the same Lovely LMW who defiantly slept standing up in her crib for *hours*??? :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211226 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:39:14 +0000 mrswin 1211226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: That is an awesome video! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211213 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:35:38 +0000 Adira 1211213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: OMG, that's too funny!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211205 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:29:40 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1211205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD did the same thing.... She had about 20 other words ahead of me, and Dada was one of the first 3.... :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211198 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:27:19 +0000 ShootingStar 1211198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Your post totally reminded me of this...<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWFfDyupGpQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWFfDyupGpQ</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211112 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:58:58 +0000 buffalove 1211112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>this is my LO too! Everything was dada. He *finally* started saying "mama", but very sparingly. and dont even get me started on the kisses....he'll kiss a stuffed bear all day long, but he'll never dole one out to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211107 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:58:12 +0000 Dandelion 1211107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: DS will call me Mama when he's asking for something, like a cookie, lol. Otherwise it's "MOM!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211098 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:56:14 +0000 littlecasita1122 1211098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sigh this is so my LO and it drives me nuts! He's almost 17 months and I'm dying for him to just say it once! Even if he did the Stewie on Family Guy thing (you know "Mom, Mom, Mommy, Mommy..."). Every time we ask him to say Mama, he says "Dada!" and my husband laughs hysterically. He's even said "Aun-tee" for my sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211096 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:55:53 +0000 mrs. wagon 1211096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: haha!! pretty lady... I'm gonna have to use that one on Wagon Jr. ;) He still calls me mommy but once he called me mom and I flipped out! not ready for that!</p> <p>oh and your comment totally reminded me of Stewie from Family Guy:<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOLxQGLJouI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOLxQGLJouI</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211093 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:55:03 +0000 MrsScallop 1211093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I briefly tried to teach LO that I am Mama by tapping my chest and saying Mama, but it has backfired completely. Now she wanders around tapping her own chest saying Mama. Boo... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211089 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:54:14 +0000 mediagirl 1211089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. This same exact thing happened to me a month ago. </p> <p>She'll say it, just not when I ask her to...</p> <p>Me: "Can you say Dada?"<br /> M: "Dada!"</p> <p>Me: Can you say baby?<br /> M: "Baba!"</p> <p>Me: "Can you say Mama?"<br /> M: "Baba."<br /> Me: "That's Baby, can you say Ma-Ma?"<br /> M: "Baba"<br /> Me: "One more time, can you say Maaamaaaa?"<br /> M: "Baba!"</p> <p>Me: "Okay then. Can you say Baby?"<br /> M: "Mama." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211087 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:53:48 +0000 babynumber1 1211087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! It lasted for quite a while. Now at 18 months she says Mommie and it sounds like she has an italian accent (think Mario saying Mommie) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211084 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:52:40 +0000 photojane 1211084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hahaha.. she's messing with you! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211083 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:52:36 +0000 Dandelion 1211083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are the baba giver...that is all, lol.</p> <p>I'm just kidding, but yeah, it's annoying. Pretty soon you'll be ready to change your name, though. I once told DS that I'm no longer going to answer to Mom. I told him my name was Pretty Lady and he called me that all day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211081 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:52:31 +0000 mrs. wagon 1211081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KT326: YES she has been calling Wagon Sr. dada for MONTHS!!!! She actually called eVERYTHING dada for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211078 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:51:45 +0000 KT326 1211078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! It wasn't until recently at 19 months that he actually started calling me mama. He had been calling DH dada for months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-say-mama#post-1211071 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:49:46 +0000 mrs. wagon 1211071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened with Wagon Jr. too!!</p> <p>My stubborn little girl just will NOT say mama. I ask her at least 20 times a day! For a while I just chalked it up to her not being able to say or repeat the syllable "ma", even though I've heard it from her before. But lately she has been saying it when she wants/needs me!! If I walk away I hear "mama, mama, mamahhhhhh" melting into crying. If I run back and ask her "did you say mama???" She stops crying immediately and says "baba!" </p> <p>I was letting her have some ice cream the other day and to ask for more she kept saying "mama"... and when I said "mama??" she patted my leg several times as if to say "this is mama". But again... when I asked her "say mama??" she immediately said "baba!" </p> <p>And this morning when Wagon Sr. was buckling her into her carseat, she spied me across the car putting the bags in and she actually said "mommy"! (Wagon Jr. calls me that)</p> <p>This past weekend we had many conversations that all went like this:</p> <p>Me: mama?<br /> Her: baba!<br /> Me: no, not baba, mama!<br /> Her: baba! baba!<br /> Me: Can't you just say mama, just once??<br /> Her: ba! baba! ba! baba!<br /> Me: sigh...</p> <p>Anyone else's stubborn little one refuse to acknowledge you as mama????? </p>