Toddler Calls Mom Alexa

My toddler almost never addresses me as "mom" or "mommy" He only does when he's annoyed or angry. I know he can, he just doesn't. So this morning he was following me around calling me "Ah dex bah?" Over and over and over. Holding my face, mouth in front of my eyes, absolutely addressing me. Finally he said "Ah dex bah? Paaaaay bay-ee shak." And I realized what was going on. My mom got a Fire TV cube for Christmas. My kid is calling me Alexa and demanding I play Baby Shark. This is his first complete verbal request for something, and he called me Alexa.

A Reddit post tells how a toddler who rarely calls his mother “mom” keeps saying “Alexa” and asking for Baby Shark. His grandmother’s Fire TV Cube taught him to treat his mother like the voice assistant, while a crying image of Thor emphasizes her comic disappointment. It is used as a parenting reaction to children’s unexpectedly ruthless or funny first words.

• @gentoomemes / 2653 2023-02-26
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