"Mama Help"

Over the last week, Bea has developed a new phrase: Mama Help.

While the "Mama" sounds normal, the "Help" sounds a little bit off and not the way the word sounds coming from an adult. The way she pronunciates it, makes it sound like "Heeeelllllp." It's pretty long and drawn out and said in the little girl voice that she now has.

The phrase is used for one reason only:

To get herself OUT of trouble.

Being now that she is a climber, she will get herself into certain situations that she doesn't know how to get out of:

By climbing onto our castle of a bed and trying to get down.
By climbing onto the dining room chairs and trying to get down.
By climbing up onto our front porch stair handles and trying to get down.
By climbing up onto our side table to see the fish and then trying to get down.

Each and every time it is not just "Help", but "Mama Help" and is used to get out of a situation like this. And I like this because normally she would throw a tantrum and get upset about not being able to get down because of her lack of ability to communicate like that just yet. But, now, I don't know where she picked it up, but I love how she can just let me know she needs help. It makes things easier.

I only hope that it won't soon be "Mama Help", as she throws her stuffies in the toilet and attempts to flush them and then wants me to save them so they don't drown.