16 month old can’t say mama yet

My 16 month still can’t say mum or anything beginning with the letter M! I practice in front of mirrors I repeatedly play games like peekaboo MAMA, face opposite her saying the word a million times and also let her feel my mouth as I say it. Nothing works!!! She has said it by fluke a couple of times, but she’s just not grasped it yet! Is anyone in the same boat? Or no any tips to get her going

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🙋🏼‍♀️ my girl says dada on command but I rarely hear mama. I hear it every once in a blue moon if she wakes in her cot or she’s very tired but she just won’t say it to me. Someone once told me that babies see their mothers as an extension of them due to the connection, feeding etc. They literally think you are their person, your heartbeat, voice and smell is their whole life from the womb to the outside world, they literally think their mums are them. That’s why dads are fun and different, they are a separate person and a novelty.

She’ll say it eventually, she’s just torturing me in the meanwhile 😂

Same here, no 'mummy' said, only 'dad/daddy'.

your explanation makes sense & helps a lot with my jealousy 😅

Have you tried miss Rachel’s “can you say mamma” song? My LG has been a miss Rachel fan from very early on and she said mamma extremely early but it was all down to this song I reckon 🤣 I know it’s American but it went from mamma to mum to now mummy naturally! So I wouldn’t worry if it’s American to start?

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