To HATE the word 'Mama'?!

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Just a lighthearted whinge really.
Why is the word mama suddenly everywhere?! I'm 24 weeks and feel like every other day someone says something like 'Are you excited to be a mama?' Or I see t shirts etc with 'mama' on. One of the midwives even uses it!

Makes me cringe beyond belief.

My DC call me Mama

I haven't encouraged it or asked for it, the norm here is Mam/Mammy/Ma but the toddler says "mama" so they've all copied. DH doesn't have this problem, toddler calls him "dada" and the others call him "dad" although he's more commonly known as "oh, it's you" because that's what they say when he comes in from work.

yabvu.

all my family, my generation and older grew up using mama.
loads of my friends and their familes use it.

I was the same until toddler DD started babbling and using it to refer to me. Especially hated it when pronounced like momma.

Now I find myself saying “Come over to mama” or “Don’t pull mama’s hair!!” and have to force myself to say mammy instead.

@EwItsAHooman Same here! My two call me mama half the time as well. I have never referred to myself as mama, nor has anyone else. They call me mommy the rest of the time.

My dd has me as Mumma in her phone- it’s a ‘thing’ I’m afraid.

I have a lot of American friends who refer to themselves as "mom/mommy" which is jarring to my English "mum/mummy" ears. Mama seems like a good compromise between our nations. 🤣

Yeah it is kind of a hipster thing where I live - using Mama.

Dh grew up using Mama and Dada as did a few of my friends (mostly those who had big families). He very occasionally refers to me as Mama (as in "your Mama worked very hard for that") and it hard to know which of us is louder - me or my kids shouting "She isn't Mama/Don't call me Mama"

Watch a film called "mama" that will certainly put you off the name 😂

Two of mine call me Mama, I like it.

My 5 year old has started calling me Mumma. It literally makes my teeth grate, although I'm not sure why.

I have started to tell her not to call me that because I really, really don't like it. But then I also hated being called Mummy.

I've always told them I'm Mum

I used to think the same, but then my daughter's first word was mamma so I no longer objected

We aren’t British so use mama.

Had definitely gotten more popular with RuPaul though. All the queens call each other mama.

I know what you mean, it’s like it’s trendy all of a sudden, I don’t mean by babies/toddlers obviously but by adults! I’ve noticed it used especially for those who ‘gentle parent’ and breastfeed. Not explaining it very well as it’s late in the evening, but I know exactly what you mean OP.

My 8 year old calls me mama. No idea why. Often it comes with a side of 8 year old humour like "bumface mama, can I have a hot chocolate please?" or "I love you hamster face mama." He's a fucking treasure.

Mama means mum in Polish, I am surprised that this word became so popular.

I've noticed it too esp on Istagram.

It was popular years ago here and it is popular on the continent but recently it has become a bit of 'thing' that is associated with the better off/ or simply aspirational.

An old friend of mine now calls her father 'Pa'. She most certainly did not grow up calling him this, he was always 'Dad'. I noticed during Harry and Meghan's wedding that Harry said 'Thanks Pa' to Charles when he walked Meghan (half way) up the aisle. It is definitely an aspirational thing for some.

My eldest (21) has always called me Mama, for the younger two it's mum. Not sure why the difference, but it doesn't bother me

It’s very vegan sounding, isn’t it?

Probably should have clarified as a few have said- I mean more specifically adults using it. It seems to be such an Instagram trendy type thing.
@mushforbrain you've hit the nail on the head 😂

@Myimaginaryreindeerhasfleas 👏🏻😂😂😂 that comment has made my night! Vegan sounding indeed. #plantbasedmamas

It's such a basic and well used word that you will have to get used to cringing a lot! My kids called me Mama when they were tiny and I was a little bit sad when they changed it to Mummy, and now it's Mum.

When my youngest dd was in a creche one of the kid's mothers was French and called her mother mama, so dd started calling me mama. Now it's mum or mammy. Eldest Dd calls me ma with an emphasis on the a when she wants to annoy me! I tell her I'm not a sheep! I don't like mom or mummy though!

I think Mama is lovely. I can't say I've noticed the word being used more frequently recently but nothing wrong with it.

I hate the term 'baby mama' though which certain publications use a lot!