Well I Feel Loved

[GeorginaA]

Why is it that my 22 month old knows the word for "quiche" but not for "Mummy", eh? EH?

s'not fair sulk

Maybe mummy bakes the best quiche in the world...!?

I wish that were true - Sainsburys straight out the chiller cabinet... bah.

When s/he finally gets the hang of it though you'll wish s/he hadn't because all you'll hear will be "MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE" repeated very loudly, ad nauseam, throughout the day.

Make the most of it ...

I am 'just' another "Daddy" apparently.

He knows his name, he knows "Daddy", he knows his brother's name. I'm a nobody.

Git.

Maybe he just thinks mummy bakes the best quiche in the world....?

Good point, WWB ... I'm slightly molified.

Maybe you're always around, so he doesn't need to demand you?

My 17-month-old has a deeply odd vocab. He does say "mum" (well "mumumumum"), but it's really more of an order, with the meaning of "sort this out for me now!".

But he has no word for his (much loved) brother. He does have a word for the moon! At least quiche is something your child can request! WTF is the point to the word "moon"?

It's probably because you talk to him more than anyone else does, you tell him about daddy, brother, quiche(!) - but he doesn't have anyone talking about Mummy all the time.

LOL @ "moon" ... bless :)

It is bizarre which words they pick up after (seemingly) only one repetition whereas others they still don't have after billions of repetitions...

NQC - he is not showing his bum at the same time as saying the word moon then...?!

I don't think I have told him about quiche - we don't even eat it that often. But all of a sudden he asked "more qui.." pointing at the quiche on my plate this evening. Was stunned. Obviously we've said the word in his hearing somewhere down the line...

No, you misheard. I wasn't "more qui" he was calling you a monkey. Which kind of sounds like mummy.

Thanks Soupy. :P Knew I could count on you to make me feel better...

No! Moon (pronounced "mmmmmmm!", with great gusto) is for the moon in the sky. And sometimes for other round, or moon-shaped, objects.

He doesn't have a word for "drink". No "food". He doesn't have a word for "more". He can say "no", with a very emphatic head shake.

He can also say "plane", "crane", "train" and "digger". But no "milk", or even "boob".

ds2 was the same - his first words and baby signs were all totally useless stuff (well, not to him, but they didn't help me!) - favourite and random objects basically. Then recently he's had a word explosion and seems to be making a fair attempt at any word he comes across...

... except "Mummy"

my ds1 had "mummy blindness" - at 18 months he could identify all the people in a photo - daddy, granny, grandad, nanny, even the dog, but would not even acknowledge the existance of me in the photo. He said daddy well before 18 months - mummy not until about 24 months.

Oh that's good - so I haven't just got a weird child then?

Or more importantly ... I'm not the only one with a weird child then?

that's it - solidarity - my kids are wierd too