What do I do? Every time my brother walks out of the room she yells DAAADAAAA after him. Her dad hasn't seen her much lately and I'm a little worried about her getting confused. My brother is staying with us for a few weeks so she is around him all the time. It was funny the first few times she did it, but I don't think its funny anymore. Is she going to be messed up from this? I always correct her and say uncle Matt, and repeat it a few times for good measure. What else can I do?
I think all kids go through a stage where all guys are dada and all women are mama. I know my kiddo used to call grandma "mama." She still does sometimes. It's not going to mess her up at all and eventually she'll learn the right names for other people. What you're doing sounds good. Just correct her and move on. Or when he goes to leave the room..say bye-bye uncle mike!
Developementally early on children re-use words they know. Like, when my nephew was learning to talk uncle dan was "grampa" too. It's totally normal. She'll learnthe difference between uncle matt and dada in good time.
I agree with the others. Cae called anyone with breasts mama for a really long time. And he's called tons of men (and women!) dada.
Agreed, as well.
My sister, Jasmine is almost 13 (in a month) and she is closer in age to Lyric (7.5 years) (Jasmine & I are 12 years apart) ... Lyric calls her her sister sometimes, lol ... she understands she's not. But she thinks it's "exciting" ... :) I think they go through stages for sure!
Definitely agree. Matt called everything dada. His grandpa? Dada. His johnny jump up? Dada. The dog? Dada.
It's totally normal. Dada is actually the easiest syllable to pronounce. "Uncle Matt" might just be out of her reach right now so the fastest thing to say when the person she wants is leaving the room is DAAADAAA!!
Yeah I agree with the pp's too. My kid called both me and BD dada for a while. I just kept correcting him until he realized that we werent both dada.
oh yeah thats normal...
DS still calls my dad (his grandfather) dad... but its because its what he hears us call him.
DS also went through a stage where all men were dada. i wouldn't worry. keep correcting her and i'm sure it won't last long. if she sees shes getting a rise out of you though she might continue so just keep it at correcting with a normal voice.
my cousin used to stand at the top of the stairs and yell for grandpa all the time. "AAAADDAAAAAAADAAAADDAAA..." it was *reallly* funny. totally normal.