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"say mama!" Draco smiled at James as he sat in his high chair "mama"
"No, say dada" Harry countered "dada"
They had been at this for hours, trying to get James to say his first word, both encouraging the baby to say their title first. James looked between his parents, this had become a daily thing. As soonsoon as Harry got home from work Harry would start encouraging James to say dada and Draco would soon see this and try to get James to say mama. James however, knew both words and refused to speak either of them to his parents because he enjoyed both of them paying attention to him. He opened his mouth and closed it a few times before finally saying his first word "snitch!"
"I knew it!" Harry jumped up and down "he's gonna become a pro quidditch player, I can feel it in my gut!" Harry said
"Hopefully he'll get my ability to catch the snitch with his hands instead of swallowing it"
Harry grinned and wrapped his arms around Draco "you're much better at swallowing other things" he said suggustively
"Harry!" Draco slapped Harry's hand lightly "not in front of the baby"

Remus would receive the same treatment as his brother, both parents in his face trying to get him to say mama or dada, sometimes James would join in and try and get the baby to say brother, but that was too complicated for the one year old. 
Eventually when the time came for Remus to speak his first word he said "Mama" after crawling over to Draco.  Draco picked the baby up and carried him to Harry, who had already heard his first word
"he said Mama first" Draco stuck his tongue out at Harry before looking at Remus "can you say dada now?" Draco asked.
"Mama!" Remus repeated.
"Yes, I'm mama, but who's this?" Draco asked showing Harry to Remus.
Remus thought for a moment before saying "no mama!"

Scorpius took the longest to form actual words. Draco worried the baby may be nonverbal, but Scorpius was just taking his time to learn, and mostly learning from his mother. At 18 months Scorpius dropped a bowl of goldfish and responded by saying "pottah" in the same posh accent his mother had. Draco looked at Scorpius from the kitchen and Harry turned off the television. "Was that his first word?" Harry asked and Draco nodded. "You still call me Potter around the kids?" Harry asked
"Not often, only when you're doing something stupid or working late"
"Draco I'm an aurour, I can't exactly leave at 5 every day, you were a healer, you should know this"
"I didn't have a loving wife and 3 kids at home when I was a healer"
"So what, you want me to quit?"
"That would be lovely" Draco says
"Draco I need to bring home money to support our family"
"I know that's why I let you work"
Harry looked at Draco confused "let me work?"
"Yeah, what's so confusing about that Potter?"
"Pottah!" Scorpius repeated
"Okay you need to stop calling me that"
"He's just a kid"
"I'm talking to you, you said you'd stop calling me Potter once I married you, and we've been married for five years"

"Dada!" Lilly had crawled over to Harry and was staring up at him. Harry picked his daughter up and carried her to Draco in the kitchen. "Say it again Lilly!" He encouraged.
"Mama!" Lilly looked at Draco
"Aww she said Mama!" Draco took Lilly from Harry and kissed her forehead "yes baby Mama's here"
"No, she said Dada, say dada Lilly"
"Dada" Lilly smiled at Harry.
"See! She said Dada first"
"I heard her say mama first" Draco argued
"That doesn't mean she didn't say dada first"
"Mmmhmm sure honey" Draco nods and handed Lilly back to Harry, continuing to make dinner
"I'm serious, she said Dada!"
"Whatever you say"
"James! What was your sister's first word" Harry asked his oldest who shrugged
"I dunno I was watching the tv-"
"That muggle television is going to rot their brains," Draco sighs and shook his head.
"Television isn't bad for them, and they don't even watch it that often since you're usually the one watching them"

Finally Cissy came along and was Harry's last chance to get one of his kids to say dada first in front of Draco. Draco was also secretly encouraging Cissy to say dada when Harry wasn't around, though he'd rather die then have Harry find out about that. She received the same treatment as those before her, with Harry and Draco constantly in her face trying to get her to say Dada and Mama respectively. During one of these occasions the back door opened and Narcissa walked in causing Cissy to say "g-ma!" reaching out towards Narcissa. Narcissa picked up the baby and kissed her forehead "that's right, Grandma's here!" She looked at Draco "you didn't tell me she started talking"
"That was her first word" Draco explained.
Narcissa gasped "I was her first word?"
"She really loves her namesake" Draco looked at his youngest "can you say mama now?"
"G-mama!" Cissy laughed
"Close enough, can you say dada?"
"G-mama!!!"

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