Do you call your parents mommy and daddy?

[tonilea]

Mama & Daddy, Mom & Dad, after having DS Nana & Papa.... lately it has been Mama & Daddy or Nan & Pop.

It doesn't bother me that someone might find it odd, but the post about it being disturbing and un-natural is a bit offensive.

 

[spurk5532]

I call my parent's mom and dad but I know when I was little I called them Mommy and Daddy. Sometimes I will call them mommy and daddy but it is usually when I want something. Like if I am sitting watching tv and my mom is in the kitchen I might say Mommy will you get me a glass of water. ha ha I sound like a teenager.

 

[EMom]

My parents still call me baby, too! It's just a term of endearment, not that they see me as a baby of course.

My parents both called me Baby until the day they died and they did not see me as helpless or infantile. I was the baby of the family and it was a term of endearment. I can't tell you what I'd give to hear, "I love you, Baby" one more time.

BTW, several of my friends who were the the baby of the family had the same nickname. It wasn't that unusual.

 

[DebD4T]

What about people who call their infants/children "mommy"??

Personally, I never quite understood that.

 

[december]

I've never heard anyone call their child mommy. That would be weird.

I also don't understand why anyone would call their husband "daddy" outside a conversation with their children. I think it is sad that people have attached some kind of sick sexual connotation to the word, but that really won't make me stop calling my 70 year old father "daddy." That is who he is to me! And I am his "baby girl", which does not mean I am subservient or dependent on him. That would not describe my personality at all! I don't have that kind of relationship with my father, or my dh. In the same way, my ds13, dd10, and dd1 will be my "babies" until the day I die!

I'm constantly amazed at what bothers people on these boards.

 

[136368]

I still do

 

[kristilew]

Of course my father knows I am a strong, independent woman, and he often tells me how proud he is of me. After all, he raised me to be this way. But I love the fact that he will always remember the little me, too. There aren't that many people who've known me my whole life, and I like the idea that I will always be his little girl, right along with being his grown daughter. And that, even if I don't need him to take care of me anymore, he'd always be ready to do anything for me, because he loves me so much.

DH feels the same way about DD, and I know it will break his heart if she ever stops calling him Daddy.

I also called my grandmother Grandmommy until the day she died, and it was a term of endearment. And when I got married, I called my father-in-law, whose first name started with an O, Daddy-O. It just sounds more loving and respectful to me.

Of course, I also don't allow my child to say "yeah" to me or DH. It's "yes Ma'am" or "yes Sir." So definitely a cultural thing.

 

[tonilea]

What about people who call their infants/children "mommy"??

Personally, I never quite understood that.

I don't really "get it" either. From what I understand, it is a cultural/Hispanic thing.

What creeps me out is parents calling their child "Sexy".

 

[tink20]

Mom or Mother, called her Mama when I was a child (we have become more of very close friends, I mean she is still my mom and I will always show her that respect, but we are more like friends now)

Dad or Daddy, called him Daddy when I was a child (I still see my dad as my protector, my dad can fix anything (and will, he is just a phone call away) so I still call him Daddy sometimes.

 

[Jennasis]

Sometimes. But it's usually Mom (or Ma...said witha thick NY accent) or Dad. When I call my dad at work I usually say "Helloo Dee-Dah" when he answers because that's what we kiddos called him when we were toddlers. Dad usually responds with "Hello baby!"

 

[RadioNate]

What about people who call their infants/children "mommy"??

Personally, I never quite understood that.

It's "mami" not mommy. It is spanish slang for baby.

 

[C.Ann]

It doesn't bother me that someone might find it odd, but the post about it being disturbing and un-natural is a bit offensive.

I find that very odd as well.. I think a mind would have to go to "disturbing and unnatural" places to attach an opinion such as that on what people refer to their parents as..

 

[Happy Mom2]

mama and daddy....and I'm 37

Same here...

 

[aprilgail2]

No, not since I was very little. That would feel very awkward to me.

I think I called my parents that before I started school so maybe until I was about 4!

God no and it kills me to even hear people on the Dis refer to their parents that way. I always think they must have a disturbed relationship with their parents or worse!!

I'll put on my flame suit. I cringe every time I hear a grown woman call her father "daddy." I guess whatever floats your boat & all but to me it sounds wrong coming from anyone over 10.

Sorry. Flame away.

It does seem really odd for a grown person to be calling their parents Mommy and Daddy--- but I guess its the same people that use the word yummy and tummy.....

My neighbors call each other "mother" and "father"....its really weird.... she will yell outside "father, you have a phone call" etc....weird.

 

[paintnolish]

The first time I met dh's parents (we were first dating), he very awkwardly pulled me aside and said, "Um, just so you know, I still call my parents 'Mommy' and 'Daddy'." It kind of cracked me up, but he's from the south. I call my parents mom and dad.

 

[december]

I find that very odd as well.. I think a mind would have to go to "disturbing and unnatural" places to attach an opinion such as that on what people refer to their parents as..

exactly my thought......

I think I called my parents that before I started school so maybe until I was about 4!







It does seem really odd for a grown person to be calling their parents Mommy and Daddy--- but I guess its the same people that use the word yummy and tummy.....

My neighbors call each other "mother" and "father"....its really weird.... she will yell outside "father, you have a phone call" etc....weird.

nope....

 

[arminnie]

I definitely think it's cultural, though...I think in Canada (at least in the regions I've lived), it would be considered childish to call your parents mommy and daddy after about the age of 6 or 7. However, I've heard many Southerners on tv shows use those terms as adults, and somehow it seems to work when mixed with that southern drawl!

I don't remember what I called my mother as a small child, but I very distinctly remember that I was to call her "mother" after age 5-6. My sister who is 12 years younger always called her "Mom" not "Mother".

My Dad was always Dad. My grandparents were Grandmother and Granddad.

When I lived in CA (so not Southern) I remember it was kind of strange when a 55 year old woman referred to her late mother as "Mommy". It just seemed 'off' for some reason. Not saying I was right - just what my reaction was.

Now that I am in the South I have had so many people say "How is your Daddy?" I lived with him for almost a decade before he died in Dec. I never called him "Daddy", but it didn't seem strange for others to refer to him as that.

My mother despised being called "Grandma' - she thought that was "country". But that's what my SIL had my nephew use so my mother never let her know her true feelings.

I think "Gammie" or "Minnie" is cute, but for some reason I have always dislilked "meemaw". One of my aunts who was a great-grandmother was referred to as GG.

 

[NMAmy]

- but I guess its the same people that use the word yummy and tummy.....

No, nor do I say "ressie," "souvie," or "pressie."

This thread got me to thinking that I also use childhood nicknames for my siblings, my dd, and nieces/nephews, and great-nieces/nephews. For example, my older sister is "Sissy," my younger sister is "Tootie" (that's how she used to say Susie) and I'm often called "Mimi" (my toddler version of Amy.) We also have Jilly, Juju, Jazzy, and TeeTee. It made me wonder if other people have these kind of diminutive, affectionate nicknames for family members, as well, and use them on a fairly regular basis.

 

[Alahis]

I only call them "maman" (mother) et "papa" (father), even when I was a little child...

...But, could you explain me the difference between "mommy" and "mom/mother" it's like a...."childhood nickname" ?

 

[DebD4T]

It's "mami" not mommy. It is spanish slang for baby.

I guess that is where the term originated, but trust me, most people I hear calling their infants/babies "mommy" (or "daddy" for that matter) have no spanish blood running through them.