Alternative names to "Mummy"

[AirJordans]

Just interested really as I'm currently expecting my first. I guess an awful lot of UK mothers are known to their DC as "mummy" usually switching to "mum" as they get older. I'm interested in any UK mothers out there for whom this is not the case - so who either chose or ended up with an alternative name? Eg I know a mum whose DC call her "mama".

My Bf calls his parents by their first names and always has.

My youngest called me Mama when he was a toddler, but now it’s Mum, or my (shortened) name if he’s being cheeky .

The eldest calls me Mum, Mother or Mummy, depending on how he’s feeling (he’s 32).

Middle child calls me Mum. She has never wavered!

3 of mine call me bubba, started when they were babies and just stuck. My Eldest has taken to calling me mummy G , started a few years ago not sure where it came from. They all call their dad pops.

Are all the mammies (mammy) Irish? I'm usually mammy or mam. They tried calling me ma but I told them I'm not a sheep😂. When my youngest was in the creche she called me mama as her little pal was French and called her mother that. My ex husband used to say mummy or mum which would be considered posh in Ireland.

My brother and I went from calling our parents "mummy and daddy", to "mum and dad", and then we started calling our father "Pop" from a strip "Pop, Dick and Harry" in a comic, which drove him nuts - "Don't call me Pop!" - poor bloke! In my late teens I switched to using her name for my mother, not as a distancing thing, I loved her very much.

My Dd’s call me Mumma, mum or mummo.

My grandpa was Poppa. Or Popsicle. Interesting thread.

I’m Mama - my DS are 12 and 8 and I’ve always been Mama right from the start.

I’ve overheard them saying ‘my mum’ to their friends but they’ve only ever called me Mama.

I do get called mummy and mum, but also mamma (the Italian word), and 'mummy firstname'

DH gets dad/daddy/daddy firstname/and just his first name.

Mama by my youngest which turned to my first name as she grew. My first name by eldest since the minute he could talk. Never anything else. I like both. I hate mum

I'm mumma or Mummy depending how tired he is

I'm Mum, but DS did once try calling me Gumbo to see what my reaction would be. I explained to him that he was literally the only person in the world who could legitimately call me Mum, and that shows the special relationship we have. He really liked that fact and I'm still Mum

Mum

My nine year old calls me mummy, mum and mama.

I’m usually just Mummy or Mum but sometimes Mumcheeks- no idea where that came from

I'm mama but he is only 17 months and we live in eastern Europe so it's the equivalent of mum or mummy in English.

Years ago my friend wanted her little boy to call her by her first name. So she was Mary to him. Then she started to work at the nursery he attended, where the children called the staff Auntie Sue, Auntie Jan and so on. To her horror, her son started calling her Auntie Mary! She decided Mummy sounded better.....

I’m mama to my DTs but they’re only 2.5 so I assume I’ll become mummy then mum as they get older. I love being called mama though, and it’s a definite improvement on being called dog by my dd!

Youngest DS doesn't speak other then babble yet...

Oldest I was always Mammy or Mam...

I will be in the minority but I cannot stand Mummy or Mum... We actively seek out occasion cards that say Mam for my own...

Each to their own and what suits though. Everyone is different

@greentreesdream

She is my mother so it seemed somewhat disrespectful to call her by her first name. My children knew she was their grandmother but Granny and Grandma was already taken. Ummy was a great compromise and suits us all.

@Hollyhobbi it's Mam or Mammy in the North East too. My mother was Mam but my husband is a southerner so he called me Mummy to the girls and that stuck. I'm now usually Mum but occasionally Ma to the eldest and Mumma to the youngest. My family up North think we are posh' 😂

Mummy in general. Sometimes Mumma or ‘The Mumpster’ whivh started after she mispronounced Lobster as Lumpster.

My ds 21 months calls me “ama” instead of mama. He’s not really talking yet and is probably going to need speech therapy but I’m hoping “ama” sticks as he says it so lovingly.

Mammy/mam here in west wales

My ds calls me 'mamma' and his daddy 'daddy' (he's nearly 2). I love it! Congratulations on the baby.