Daughter finally called me Mommy!

Exactly 1 week ago when we had the introductory class at Little Gym.





They started with the “Hello” song (I think that’s what they called it). The teacher had all the parents and kids in a circle, and the kids take turns saying their names and make the phonics sounds of the first letter of their names. Well, of course my daughter still can’t say her name yet (she’s 2 years 4 months now). So us parents would do it for her. She is also inattentive at this point, wanting to go and explore…





Then we:
– went around doing actions with words that teacher say like Gallop, Run, Hug, etc.
– went jumping on the bouncy “bed”
– teacher showed some skills and made the kids do it
– gathered round again for the “goodbye” song

During the last part of the class, the kids were playing with the balls when I heard “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!”. Husband and I looked at each other and then at our daughter. I was thinking maybe it was some othwr kid but my husband also heard it from our daughter. Husband and I were teary-eyed that our daughter finally said Mommy! She didn’t say Ma, Mom… just Mommy!

We tried to make her say it again but she would not say it anymore…

Then when she woke up from her nap and she heard us talking about it and she just started saying Mommy again! I was so happy! Oh, who could have thought these little things can bring so much joy to a parent’s heart!