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My 14 month old says mama, but she also says umma (which is her word for dummy) and they're pretty interchangeable. She can say also 'clock' almost perfectly. Odd child.

DD is 17 months and was making mama sounds for a while but then suddenly a few weeks ago started saying Mummy all the time. It is quite funny as she never says it once. She says Mummy Mummy in a questioning tone exactly like her brother.

DS said "mummy" for the first time on December 2nd 2012 (aged 14 months 1 week)

He started saying "mama" around 10 months. It was definitely for me but also for babbling

From about 13 months he reliably said "dadadadadada" (never just dada) for DH which is very odd as everyone calls DH "papa" to DS (DH is French).

We get an occasional "duh" for duck.

No other words, just babbling and experimenting with mouth shapes and curling his tongue.

So far he's said "mummy" twice, and both times were when DH took him out the room to change his nappy - cue DS struggling over DH's shoulder with his arms stretched out to me crying "mummmmeeeeee"

DS walked at 10 months and we're a bilingual household so we're not surprised that he's taking a while to speak. Would be nice if he could stop grunting for "yes" and whinging for "no" when we ask him questions though!

DD at 18 months says Daddy often, and other words but very rarely says mummy and almost never when mummy is actually there - she said it at about 14months one night when she woke up whilst she was at the pub out.

I think the resident parent who's always around just is as interesting to say!

DS's first word was "fish", when he was 18 months old. Closely followed by dog, cat and daddy.

I think he was about 20 months before he said "mummy". He's now 2.1 and all I hear is "mummy, mummy, mummy..." For a little boy who was fairly late talking (he didn't babble, and was even referred to SALT at 13 months because of that), he's certainly making up for it now. Has hundreds of words, started talking in short sentences almost straight away, and has just started pretty much telling stories (well, he'll sit in his car and if you ask him what he's doing he'll tell you a great story - "DS going to shops. Buy cheese sandwich, strawberry yoghurt and 'nana. Then go nanny's house - long way, "DS" sleep in car. Play with nanny in garden, dig dig dig..." and on and on he goes.)

I remember reading somewhere that toddlers get to a point where they're like a sponge mopping up new words, and we're definitely there now, you have to watch what you say! I may have accidentally taught him "shit" I think "mummy" was at about the start of that. It was special because he was talking about me, but didn't seem as special as "daddy", because at that time he only had a few words at all. Your DS will get there soon!

DS is 8 months and says mmmuh when he wants me, and dadad when he was DH, I'm not convinced its him trying to say words though.

That should be WANTS, not was!

Same here. Doggy at 15 mo (we don't even have a dog!), cat and daddy at 16, then wellies, duck, fire and finally, just before 18mo (ie three days ago, I'm still excited) mama

Mama at 10mths. Was all she said til nearly 1. Took me weeks to realise she did in fact say mama and I wasn't mishearing!

Not until 19 months <still mentally scarred>

And I wasn't even there to hear it - I had left her for the first blimmin time ever to go to a friend's wedding... Apparently screamed said it non-stop until I got back all of about 14 hours later, shouted it once, joyfully, as she saw me walking down the drive, then didn't say it again until she was nearly two!

I was tempted to leave her with DH again just to get my name mentioned...

6-7 months, but she began talking very early. Apparently so did I, as did my sister, and also my mum!

Dd was an early talker and she said Daddy at about a year but didn't say Mummy till she was over two.

She did say 'eemie' which seemed to be her word for me - hence my former nickname on Mumsnet.

DS is 2.1, has been saying Da-Da for months; no Mummy at all

Few words though, mainly Oh oh, Oh No or just plain No.
(Waiting for SALT appointment as eh is actually speech delayed)

Dd was nearly 2 1/2 before she said mummy, I ranked after the numbers one to 20, and all of the Teletubbies! But a few weeks before daddy

DD is nearly two and has only started referring to me as Mummy in the last month or two. It drove me mad for ages as she said Daddy and could even say the bloody dog's name (along with all her numbers, letters, animals, please thank-you etc) but she just looked blank if I tried to get her to say Mummy....

Got there in the end though and now she won't STOP saying it

PMSL at all these babies who ignore their mothers for ducks, dogs and Teletubbies!!!

Ungrateful little monkeys

Mustafa I tried to reassure myself that it was because I was such a constant in her life that she never had to refer to me by name