At what age did your dc switch to mum instead of mummy?

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Or your regional variants!

Ds is 9 and still calls me mummy (which I love) but I've noticed most of his friends now say mum.

Is there a 'normal' age to switch to mummy? Was it child led or did you encourage the change?

I just don't want him to ever be made fun of.

Not something I had noticed until I saw your thread but it made me realise my 7 year old now calls me mum. My 4 year old still calls me mummy though, phew!

DS has just turned 7 and still calls me mummy at home but I have been firmly 'Mum' in public since last year. The sad thing is that DD is only just about to turn 4 and is copying him!

For some reason DH stopped being Daddy and just became Dad at about four with my eldest.

Mine is nearly 14, and used to say Mummy. She doesn't like saying Mum so she compromised with Mama. Her DF is still Daddy.

I found starting school was the game changer.

Mine are all grown now and only call me mummy if they want a lift or money...

Mine are 16 and 13 and still call me mummy
They refer to their dad as Daddy but call him dad to his face because their step siblings teased them when they called him Dad :(

My teens still call me mummy or mumma when friends are around.

I’ve not encouraged it but I love it

I’m Mummy to DS(11) and awkwardly “Mum” in public. I’m Mama to dd(8).

At 8 DS calls my mummy or mama at home. Mum in front of friends though (got to be cool guy)

Mine are 7 and 5 and switch between the two really. In public I'd say the eldest calls me mum more but the odd mummy still creeps in

My eldest has always called me mum. My youngest calls me mummy, but is still young.

Age 15 and under still Mummy

Mine is 15 and still calls me mummy. I'm "mum" when she is talking to her friends about me, but she never calls me that. If she needs to address me in front of her friends, I usually get something random like "mi madre"!

Mine are 13 and 14 and still call me Mummy. I've suggested they switch to Mum but the oldest refuses and the youngest tried but gave up.

In the South it seems to be much more acceptable to stick with Mummy than it was in the North where I grew up. Plenty of their peers still say Mummy.

I do worry a bit about it sounding weird when they are adults but I can't force them!

I’m 27 and still say Mummy, but I refer to her in conversation as ‘my Mum’, so people only know if they see us interacting.
I didn’t do it on purpose, I think I just missed the ‘Mum’ boat and then it got weird to call her a different name.

My 15 and 13 year olds call me Mummy at home, but also random weird things like Madre! But I dont like Mum so am happy with anything other than that....

FightMilkTM Same. In public she is ‘mum’, but at home still mummy

They switched between the 2 for years. It became firmly "Mum" once they got to secondary school age.

It’s always just been mum over here.

7 year old sometimes says mum instead of mummy. I feel like it's too soon for that change

Thank you, seems like I might still be a mummy for a while then.

Quite like the sound of Madre though!

Generally when they stat school, but it isn't something You change, it comes from them.

Mummy went about age 4 here

Can't remember. Maybe at about 10 or 11? My ds (nearly 17 and a right pita a lot of the time) calls me Mummy when he wants something or when he's texting.

About 7. Why would you mind being mum not mummy? I would hate my teens to call me mummy it would feel so wrong to me personally based on my upbringing and experience.

Around half term of year 7 for my eldest. The rest switched somewhere in year 6, but by then I'd already been through the "trauma" and honestly didn't care as much.

(apologies to the younger #NetballHoops, but that's life.)