Evolution from Mummy to Mum - what age?

[MoggyMittens23]

I feel like we are at the point where Mummy is too babyish but Mum feels too grown up!

I think mummy tends to hang on for longer in private than in front of their friends!

I think any time between the end of infants and the end of primary (so 7-11) is 'normal'. But it doesn't matter, ultimately - some people continue using mummy into adulthood!

Around the time they start school, Mummy seems a bit baby-ish by then. I was very glad to move onto being Mum.

My daughter is 7 and calls me mum. I was mama for years and mummy when she was younger but definitely mum.

Although her and her childminder call me her mammy

I'm mamma to my dc8, mum or 'oi' to my dc3 so I think it depends on the child.

(I’m a secondary school teacher and there are Y7s who definitely still call their parents mummy and daddy to their faces, but refer to them as mum and dad when talking about them.)

Never if you're in Northern Ireland!

Mine call me mamma (nearly 10) but dh calls his mammy (this is common in Ireland)

I don’t think they call me mamma in public that ..I’ve noticed

My DH and his siblings still call his parents mummy and daddy

We changed when they went to secondary school. It was very directed by me. They were ready before then but I wasn't! My son still calls me mummy occasionally. For some strange reason, it makes my heart sing😄

I'm 34 and haven't changed yet

My kids have always called me mumma, they say "my mum" to others sometimes but always mumma to me even the 16 year old and in front of friends so I think that's staying to adulthood

I can't remember, I don't think I was Mummy for long.
He's now 17, so I've become Mother (which he thinks is hilarious).

My son is 33 and he still calls me Mumma in private . But I'd say primary school made a difference, they both used Mum from then on in public.

My 11 yo has just started calling us "mum and dad", and encouraging her 8 yo brother to do the same. He keeps forgetting and getting told off by her. 😆

I’m very definitely “mummum” to 7 and 3 year old with zero signs from 7 that he’s intending to change. He refers to me as mum/my mother to others outside the family as is obviously normal - but he calls me mummum and refers to me as mummum to family.

@Hellohah the DC have been trying out 'Mother' on me as well, which is quite funny at home but a bit embarrassing (for ME!!!) in public!

In the house mummy and daddy, at school mum and dad.

They are teenagers now but the change happened around secondary school I think

I'll try and get another year with mummy then. I can tell we all feel like we are on the cusp though!

In my house it was about at the ages of 7/8/9. It was a natural evolution, it didn't just happen overnight.

I just get called 'mummy' in a jokey way now - or if they're asking for something expensive!

My eldest really wanted to change but found it difficult as it sounded unnatural so we had to make a big effort - I modelled it by calling DH Dad rather than Daddy when talking about him and that helped to normalise it. She was about 14 at that point so quite old, she'd wanted to change for a while but found it hard.

We are now Madre and Padre!

I'm mamma at home for DS1 and mum out in public

DS2 calls me mummy

From my experience, it's much more common to use mummy and daddy in the south than in the north.

I grew up in the north and NOBODY said mummy in public past the age iof about 6 or 7. I now live and have children in the south and my kids and all their friends still used mummy and daddy until their teens!

I eventually forced my kids to switch to mum when my oldest was 16!! He was stuck at a phase where he felt silly saying mummy but said mum was too weird so he had taken to calling me mother which I hated. So we bit the bullet and I only answered to mum.

Madre and padre is lovely

Two quite mature teens 16 and 14 still use it unselfconsciously as do most of my friends teens. They don’t seem embarrassed in the least. Old habits die hard!