Ryan has adopted a new "mama" -- his stuffed panda.


It started with one of his favorite books, "Mama, Mama", which has pictures of various animals with their babies, and rhymes on each page that begin with the words "Mama, Mama."


Whenever Ryan "reads" this book, he says "mamamamamama" the whole time.


And now -- apparently because of the pandas on the front cover -- he has started calling his stuffed panda "mamamamama" too! It's so fascinating to watch him make and verbalize all these connections.