It finally happened

[DebD4T]

When speaking TO them, I call my parents Mom and Dad. When speaking ABOUT them with my sister, we refer to them as Mommy and Daddy. It is the same with DH's family.

My kids mostly call me Mom. My youngest DD will sometimes call me Mommy.

 

[hucifer]

My two-year-old has been calling us "Mom" and "Dad" lately. I have to remind him that we're "Mommy" and "Daddy." I am SO not ready to be called Mom.

So consider yourself lucky he didn't start so dang early!

 

[Mermaid02]

Tonight my DS10, my baby, asked me if it was OK if he calls me "Mom" instead of "Mommy" from now on. So he won't be embarrassed when his friends are over.

Actually I'm surprised it has lasted this long. My DS11 has not made this request yet.

Don't worry- he'll still slip back to Mommy on occasion.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Earlier this year he stopped kissing me goodbye in the carpool line. I should have seen it coming, I guess.

Why can't they be good southern boys. Southern boys call their moms and dads "Momma" and "Daddy" no matter how old they get.

 

[PatsGirl]

Ever since DD started Spanish two years ago she has called me "mamasito" but she is kind of quirky that way, lol. I can't remember the last time either of my kids called me Mommy and no offense to anyone but when I hear a teenager or adult call their parents that, it seems funny. As far back as I can remember I was Mama, not Mommy so maybe I never was

But let's be honest here I've been called alot worse and for those of you with older teenagers, let's just be happy that don't verbalize the names they are thinking

 

[NMAmy]

DD's 19 and she still calls me Mommy. She refers to me as "my mom" when talking to other people but if she's talking to me, I'm still Mommy even when her friends are around. I'm only "Mother" if she's mad at me. We skipped right over Mom apparently.

I called my father Daddy until the day he died and I was in my 40's. Oddly, my mother has almost always been Mom--I think because my sister is 10 years older than me and that's what she called her when I was small.

 

[Gabes_mommy]

My 3 year old has called me mom a few times lately and I always stop and correct him, telling him it's mommy.

I hate that kids grow up.

 

[punkin]

Wow, I didn't realize it was a rite of passage! I called my mother Mommy till she passed and I was 46!!

My too tall too big 17yo son calls me Mommy till this day. Since I waited almost 40 years to hear someone call me that, I hope I hear it forEVER!

This. I never called my mother "mom". In my family it's "Mommy" or "Mama" I hate the way "Mom" sounds.

 

[RadioNate]

my girls have not called me Mommy in years. i think they stopped when they were about 3.

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I would guess at about 3 they added in mom and by 5 or 6 mommy had totally disappeared from their vocabulary. I thought that was pretty normal!

I taught K and 1st grade and at school most of the kids talked about "mom." There was no judgement from the kids (or me!) when someone said "mommy," it just didn't happen very often.

I've always thought of mama as LESS "babyish" than mommy. I've known quite a few adults that talk about their mama, but I've never met one IRL that talked about their mommy.

Thank goodness you both posted! I don't think my 2 year old even calls me Mommy. I can't believe people 'correct' their children if they call them mom. My 8 year old totally calls me Mom and has for years. My 2 year old will say Mama but no Mommy.

I guess I'm the only one that doesn't really care forMommy. I'm fine with being Mom or Mama or even my 1st name (which is what I call my mom 1/2 the time!)

I don't answer to "hey."

 

[kacaju]

I can't believe people 'correct' their children if they call them mom.

I was just coming on to say this too.

 

[EMom]

Earlier this year he stopped kissing me goodbye in the carpool line. I should have seen it coming, I guess.

Why can't they be good southern boys. Southern boys call their moms and dads "Momma" and "Daddy" no matter how old they get.

That's what I ask. I sometimes mutter, "We're Texans. It's Mama." All my friends called their mothers "Mama." I called my parents Mama and Daddy until the day they died. I so wanted to be called Mama......

 

[LuvOrlando]

I hear ya. My DS is 12 so were just a hint ahead on that curve from you guys. Don't worry, the Mommy part is just him trying to be independent which means you're doing a good job. About that age I also got a request for no more hugs & kisses at the bus stop and that I stop calling him by his nicknames. I was all but these kids are nowhere near grown yet. Mine still has bad dreams, gets sick and has ouchies and looks for me to make them all better. Oh, and the nicknames are fine as long as they are in private, he told me when he decided he didn't want to be quite that grown up yet. The funniest must be when my son who is almost as tall as me, wide & strong comes looking for some snuggle time and plops onto my lap with a hug & a cuddle.

At this age they are trying so hard to be grown but end up just flip flopping between young men and little boys. It's really sweet when you get used to it.

 

[Mickeypooh99]

My boys age 8 and 9 are still calling me mommy. One day my 9 year old asked me if it was okay if he called me mom. I said okay, but I guess he forgot about it. That was a few months ago, and he still calls me mommy.

I have been babysitting kids in my home since before my kids were born. All the kids I babysat called me Aunt Mandy. When my oldest DS started talking he started calling me Aunt Mandy. I could not convince him to call me mommy. Then one day we were at a Christmas party with a bunch of family, and they were all laughing because they thought it was so funny that he called me Aunt Mandy. DS had just turned 3. I could see him looking around at everyone, and realizing they were laughing at him. From that day on he has always called me mommy.

 

[tmarquez]

Good thread!

I bet for the kids who actually get up the nerve to ask if it's ok to start saying mom, it sure must take some courage.

DD is 7 and I am mommy, except if she is around a teenager that she is trying to impress, then I am mom.

Growing up, my little brother had a friend who ALWAYS called his mom "mother". It was exceptionally creepy...even the tone he said it in was like that movie Psycho. I think they were 6 when they first became friends (he lived on our street) and he continued through high school.

 

[cabanafrau]

For me it's all good if we have a conversation and they call me mom without "that tone" in their voices or slapping me with their eyelids while giving me that know it all teen/pre-teen attitude.

 

[Hedy]

I'm 26-my dad was always Dad (even to people who weren't his kids sometimes); however, I was his 7th child, so near as I can tell I think my Dad was called Dad shortly after the earth was created.
My mother's always been Mom, sometimes Mommy. More oddly, I also some times refer to my mother as "my baby"-it's an offshoot of a joke we had when I was 8ish and everything was "for babies." Mom's response was that she was "baby mommy."
Dniece15 went through a phase at 3ish when she referred to her mom as either Lori (DSIL did daycare at the time) or "Little Cute Mommy"
The boys call their parents either Mommy/Daddy or Mom/Dad, always Mom/Dad in the "my mom/dad" context.
My niece and Nephews call me Auntie Heather. I think at some point that's getting dropped, especially as Dniece is 10 years younger than I and ElderNephew is 12 years younger than I. A twenty-five year old calling a thirty-something "Auntie," is just silly, IMO.

 

[Luv2Scrap]

I love this thread! DS13 stopped calling me mommy years ago and that's fine with me. I would rather see him grow up than to be teased for NOT growing up.

When my cousin hit her teen years, she started calling her mom Moe-Moe, and it stuck. Now all the kids call her that, and sometimes so do us adults.

 

[Darsa]

DD14 always calls me "mum" which she got from me calling MY mother mum. Unless she wants something; then, it's "Mummaaaa...?"

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

I am almost 30 and still call my mom either mommy or mama. My dad will always be my daddy.

 

[Daydreamer64]

Latey my kids call me, Mommy, mama, mum, ma, Lois - over and over again, but they're just being funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNkp4QF3we8&feature=player_embedded#

Mine too! they've even got the little one doing it- wait he already does it!

It's really funny the first 100 times but it's getting old now-