My sister has 4 kids. The youngest is a year and a half, and doesn't talk much. But apparently while in Disney this week, he decided to start saying a few words, and calling my sister, DADDY!!!
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My godson called both parents Daddy for a while before he said Mommy. Everyone was so excited he was saying Daddy it became like a joke for him. We'd try to get him to say "mommy" by going "MMMMM - Mommy!" and he'd go "MMMMM - DADDY!"