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.

It sounds affected and a bit wet.

My DC (ages 9 and 6) randomly started calling me Mama a year or two ago (and their dad Dada). They now seem to have moved on to Moomoo and Doodoo...

I don't mind TBH as it's an affectionate/familiar thing. Officially I'm Mummy. Neither of them have ever referred to me as Mum yet but I suspect it won't be long for the 9YO.

I think it’s fine it your kids call you mama or you call your mum mama. I don’t like the whole ‘hey there sexy mamas’ thing though

My sil has 6 children. 2 of them call her mama. (Middle 2 of the 6). The rest call her mum/mummy/mam. I dont know why BUT it really grates me and makes my teeth itch. I dont know why, i think it sounds really babyish comming out of the mouth of an 8 and 13yr old. They dont just say mama in a normal voice, they drawl it out in a really childish moan/fake accent kind of way.

DS7 has called me Mama since he began to talk. Normal voice, though, none of that baby voice cutesy stuff. I don't mind it; he used to call me "Not Daddy" which was less lovely.

Yanbu the only exception is if you are a member of Slade and it is followed by 'weer all crazee now'.

Enjoy

It sounds affected and a bit wet.

I’m shocked that someone would judge a child as being affected and a bit wet, then again this is MN...

From a native English speaking adult it sounds what it is, ridiculously pretentious and an affectation.

This is it exactly.

*he used to call me "Not Daddy" which was less lovely
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This made me laugh though.

Not Daddy.

I actually laughed out loud. Kids are great.

I am Indian so called my mother Ma. Which is mother in my language. Then DS1 came along and he’s always called me Mummy. He’s 7. DS2 has never said Mummy. He says Mama and is nearly 2. They both call their father Appa (father in Tamil).
I find it a little weird he calls me Mama because in my language it means your mother’s brother. I don’t have a brother though so he has no ‘Mama’ per se. But listen, he’s 2. I can’t control what he calls me and I certainly can’t be bothered to get judgemental about it.

She now calls her parents Mama & Pa

I have a Pa too

I have a pretentious family member who is bringing her kids up to call her Mama and the Dad, Papa. They live in Chatham in the Medway towns!

I don’t like Mum or Mumma

I’m raising bilingual kids, and have always called myself Mama because that’s what I call my mum.
Dd calls me Mummy most of the time, or yells “Maaaaa!” at the top of her lungs when she thinks I’m not listening.
DS calls me Mama....but he’s also going through a phase of blatantly refusing to speak English So that could be subject to change. Next week he might decide he likes speaking English and I’ll become Mummy

YANBU! I hate it so much. It's exactly like others have said, trendy at the moment but I dislike all the T-shirt's/jumpers with it on 🤮
My baby calls me MeMe at the moment which I'm hoping it the beginning of mummy/mammy and not mama lol

Mama is quite posh isn't it? As is Papa. Bit like Mater and Pater.

I have heard the American way of pronouncing these though which sounds odd to my ears - MA-ma as and PA-pa as opposed to M'mah or P'pah.

That’s so uncool chickaletta2020!

I feel this scene would have been less effective if they used Mama 😂😂

YANBU Op
I especially hate all the “Mama bear” rubbish 🤢

I'm not keen on it either but just because it isn't a familiar term for mum to me.

My maternal grandmother was called mammy by my mum/aunts but I think that was because there was an Irish influence (mamaí).

I despised it until my 14 month old started to call me mama. Now I can't get enough of it!!

Mama is quite posh isn't it? As is Papa. Bit like Mater and Pater. I have heard the American way of pronouncing these though which sounds odd to my ears - MA-ma as and PA-pa as opposed to M'mah or P'pah.

I think this is the problem, seahorse. The posher M’mah is seldom heard except ironically. The one that’s taking hold is more like Mumma. It’s part Kardashian, part hipster and part new generation yummy mummy. All very contrived.

It is very UC sounding to me. I expect that the Royals use this interchangeably with mummy and daddy.