Well, we may have Alex's first official word, and guess what? It's Mama! WOO HOO!!
Now, Alex has been saying "Daddy" and "Dada" for quite a while now. But he's never really associated the word with John, he just calls everything "Dada". He'll sit on the floor playing with his toys saying "dadadadadada" for hours. So there have been times that he's called John Dada or Daddy, but it was never really clear that he knew what he was saying.
A couple of days ago, Alex was on the bed with John and I was getting ready in the bathroom. Alex crawled to the foot of the bed and said, clear as day "MAMA!" Both John and I figured it was a fluke, but last night, I left Alex upstairs with John while I went downstairs to switch the laundry and Alex was standing at the baby gate and yelled "MAMA!" The rest of the evening and this morning, whenever Alex wanted me, he'd say "Mama".
John, who is the judge and jury determining Alex's first words (because I'm inclined to believe "FFfffsssssbababappppsptttt" is actually Alex saying "Five more banana crunchies please") has declared Alex's first official word to be "Mama" and I have to tell you, my heart is so full and big right now there's a visible bulge in my chest.
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