My little girl is 22 months old. I do not believe she has a speech delay as she says at least 20 words, she puts two words together
including nouns and verbs AND she can verbalize her needs: cup, snack, etc.
However, she does not address me as Mommy, mama. etc. she is capable of saying the words she just doesn't say it.
She calls my husband "Dad" which I find odd that she doesn't say "Daddy" but she doesn't call out to him Dad often.
If I point to a picture of my husband and say, "who's this?" she will say Dad but when I ask about a picture of ME she says Mommy very , very rarely. she will not answer or just say some jibberish.
This is really bothering me!
any thoughts? thank you in advance
My son is this way. I am a SAHM mom to him and I really feel, it's because he doesn't ever need to say my name. I am always here! He doesn't need to inquire, or ask. My son is also 22 months and does not have any delays.
Someday it will seem like all you ever hear is Mommy, Mommy, Mommy! It's more difficult to form the M sound than the D-and she hears you refer to Daddy more often than he refers to you as Mommy-perhaps?
My son was over 18 months old before he would say "mama" (and when he finally did say it, he said "Ommi" which is adorable). He was speaking in 2-word phrases and still not saying "mama." My husband who is an English professor told me, "he loves you too much to have you contained by language." My pediatrician told me, "they always hurt the ones they love the most." But, he did eventually say it and now at 3 1/2 he NEVER stops saying it!
Try not to take it personally, I think it's just a quirk. All kids have at least one. When one of my sons was that age he whispered absolutely every single thing he said. When we were in the car I couldn't even hear what he was saying over the noise of the car. He outgrew it, thankfully. I'm sure your daughter will out grow this too and start calling you Mom. You'll look back on it and laugh some day. :)
mommy is harder to say try mama or mom. give her time
Back in my dating years, my boyfriends nephew wouldn't speak at all. He would point, but not speak. My then boyfriend swears his first word was my name. Everyone else refused to believe he said my name. Maybe it was because they talked about me behind my back so much in that house, hehe. Anyway, he was fine.
