Surprises and Struggles

Learning To Talk

7 months old

"Ma-ma. Say ma-ma." Jimin said to Mina as he hled her in his lap facing him. "Ma-ma!" She looks at him with amusement and smiles. "Ma-ma...ma-ma...ma...ma." He repeats clearly. Instead of trying to repeat she squeals and claps her hands, drool dribbling down her chin. Jimin wipes it away with a smile "Ma-ma?" This time she ignores him and spots Yoongi. He gives her a smile and waves.

"Dada!" She says reaching up and making grabby hands towards her father.

"Yoongi!" Jimin groans. "Im trying to get her to say mama, but she won't." He pouts.

"Dada, dada!" Mina smiles as her dad picks her up.

"Let me try." He holds her out and sits down on the couch next to Jimin with Mina facing him. "Say 'mama.'" She just smiles at him and let's out a coo and waves her arms happily. He repeats it again but she doesn't pay any mind to the fact they are trying to teach her something.

"Mina, daddy's name can't be the only thing in your vocabulary. Don't you love mama, too?" Jimin pouts at her and she just smiles and pretends to be shy. "You're being a little butt, ya know. You get that from your daddy!" He playfully says reaching out and pinching her cheek.

"Dada!" She says while laughing and now Yoongi is laughing to.

"I carry you for almost nine months and this is what I get?!" He tickles her neck as she squeals with laughter and tried to push his hand away. Nayoung runs into the living room hearing the laughter and wants to know what's going on.

"Baby Mina silly!" Nayoung says with a big eye smile, showing her dimples.

"Come here, Nayie!" Jimin holds out his arms and lifts Nayoung up into his lap. "Get Mina, tickle her!"

"Tickle tickle tickle!" She says and attempts to tickle the baby, making her squeal again.

"Let that baby breathe." Jungkook teases bringing a box out into the living room.

"She won't say 'mama' so Jimin is punishing her." Yoongi smiles still holding onto a squirming and giggling baby.

"That's hardly fair." Jungkook pets her dark hair. Mina arches back to see Jungkook, starts reaching for him. He carefully takes her from Yoongi and gently tosses her in the air and catching her giving Jimin a heart attack. "I wouldn't say it if I were you either." He nuzzled her belly with his nose and moves away before he can get his hair pulled or drooled on. He sits down next to Jimin and points at the older. "That's mama." He says, being sure to articulate clearly.

"Mama!" She says now reaching for Jimin. Did she just-

"Yes, I'm mama!" Jimin quickly hugs her to his chest.

"Mama!"

"Was that really so hard?" Jungkook teases once more. Jimin tries to glare at the younger but he's smiling too hard, he still hits the younger's arm though and continues to hug his daughter.

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'Mama' quickly became the word of the hour until Mina got tired, fussy, and a tiny bit hungry. She cried loudly in Taehyung's arms. He had been watching her for a bit so Yoongi and Jimin could get some more packing for the big move done. He gently bounced her as he took her to Jimin, Mina pulling at his green shirt getting her tears and drool on it, but he didn't care.

"Mama!" She cried loudly and rubbed her eyes.

"Thank you, Taetae." Jimin takes Mina and goes to the nursery. It was a good thing that they were moving tomorrow. The room was becoming cramped and with Sujin coming in a few months, it would have only gotten more crowded.