What's in a name?

Millie has been awake for 15minutes and has said mummy 25 times so far. Hubby hasn't left for work yet so she's said daddy 64 times. We waited with baited breath for her first mummy and daddy words and now I hold my breath and count to 10 to stop my brain from exploding with them. 

Today her mummy's meant:-

I'm wearing a towel

I'm stuck on toilet

I dropped lavender oil over bannister

I want milk

I've done a poo

Put this top on me

I've emptied this sewing box

I want milk 

I want to come down with you

I want some of that chocolate

I've hurt my foot

I want this open

I want milk 

Look I'm climbing the bookcase

Look I'm emptying the bookcase

I've fallen off the bookcase

I want this, it appears attached 

I'm upstairs you're not

You're in the shower not beside me 

I want milk

I like this milk 

Open this plastic box and fill it 

Look I'm standing in the dishwasher

Oh why did you close it

Lift me up

I want milk

Stop making dinner

I'm so happy playing with my sisters 

I'm overwhelmed they're chasing me

I didn't mean to bite Maia 

I'm tired

I'm hungry

I want that

Ellie made my nose bleed

By the time hubby got home, ten hours later, there were about 226 of them. That's roughly one every three minutes. 

Normally, I just hear an endless stream of mummeeeeee mummeeeeee mummeeeeee and by the end of the day I am near plot losing. From today's experiment, I see that I am not taking the time to actually HEAR what my little 18m old is telling me. I am not paying enough attention to be able to decipher her communications. She is SO desperate to talk, it must be SO frustrating for her not to have all the words yet and even worse to feel I am not listening to her. 

Who knew my baby had SO much to say?!!

Why not try pay attention to your mummeeeee's tomorrow and let me know what your baby is telling you!

Meltdowns - massive one on a bike ride

Losing the plot -  not massively but too much shouting 

Breastfeeding - lots