Mna-Mna
When Brooklyn was one year old, instead of saying ‘up’ or ‘mama’ when she wanted me to pick her up, she said ‘Mna-Mna’. Sometimes, if I wasn’t responding quickly enough, she would get kind of sing-songy and rattle on until I finally picked her up – mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna-mna…