Mummy Daddy

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I've been reading a thread where the poster calls her Mum/Dad Mammy and Daddy. My Irish friend also (adult) does this.

My own children (teens) call me and their father Mummy and Daddy but refer to us as Mum/Dad when speaking to others.
AIBU to think this is ok?
Is it a bit odd for adult DC to say Mummy/Daddy?

Just mam and dad here! Mum and mummy are considered to be posh here, I cringe when I hear either 🙈

I'm mum and dad here (if he was still with us).

What my husband does find strange though is that I address my aunties/uncles by 'auntie x' or 'uncle y'.

His family don't do it, and we are from the same area.

I was wondering if it's a regional thing as my friend the same age (early 40s) does it. As do my other friends and family.

Still call mine Mummy and Daddy. Others cringe away I say! I shan't ever stop.

Its mam or ma and dad or da in our house.

DDs aged 10 & 12 still call us Mummy and Daddy, unless it's in front of their friends, in which case we quickly become Mum and Dad!

I said to them a few years ago, and have reiterated since, that it's fine if they want to call us Mum and Dad, but they said they want to continue as they are.

Personally, I think it's a bit babyish and maybe a bit posh too, I just call my parents Mum and Dad and have done since about age 7!

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Yes, also Auntie ... is said

I'm just getting my little boy to use mum and dad from the start so he doesn't have to have the angst of when to change from mummy and daddy.

I like Mam! I hear NE accent when I think of that!

I'm normally Mum to DD15 but 'Mummy' ....followed by 'can I?' So yes, like @ColdTattyWaitingForSummer - when she wants something!
Each to their own as they say (who's they

We are Midlands too. If dd (17) speaks about us she will say ‘My Mom/Dad...’ but if she is speaking to us we are ‘Mommy/Daddy’. I love it.

Whatever your dc choose to call you is fine (as long as it’s not Twatbag or anything like that )

Also like Mammy (think of Ireland there).

I also get called ‘Mother’ but that’s when I’m being annoying or we are in first class 😂

Haha! 'Mother' would get a look from me!

My DD(21) still says Mummy & Daddy and DS(18) has only just started using Mum/Dad (which I'm still getting used to)
It's hard to change a name when that's all they've ever called you. I did say to them around the age of 10/11 that they could call us Mum/Dad if they chose but they said it felt wrong and a bit "abrupt" 😂

I'm not posh either, nor is my friend who's late teen DDs call them the same.

Oh, they do use "my mum/dad" in public or with friends.

I say mummy and daddy and I’m 28! I’m in Ireland tho

Oh dear, seems I forgot to search all previous threads on MN before posting. My bad

And if you DID search them and have found a thread from last year or something, and then replied to restart the discussion, you’d have been vilified for resurrecting a zombie. You really can’t win.

DS is only 2 but has only called me mama which I love and hope continues forever!

I called df daddy until about 19/20. Stopped calling mum mummy a lot younger. I dont have a problem with whatever people want to use really.

I say mom too. I’m from the midlands.

DH is Irish so says Mam and Da or Dad.
So DS is calling me mammy!

Our kids called us by our first names right up until they were about 13/14 then called us mummy and daddy. Bit odd. I prefer first names.

I'm in Ireland, but am English & DH is Irish. In our house, I'm Mum & DH is Daddy even though our DC are grown up now. I think it's lovely, actually, none of us cares if anyone cringes.

Each to their own, but I find mummy and daddy cringey for teenagers/adults to use

I agree it hardly matters of parent and child are happy. What I dislike is when adults refer to them as Mummy/Mum etc as if that’s their name. A cousin of mine said ‘I’d like to thank Daddy’ in a speech once. How hard is it to say MY daddy? It just makes it sound like you think he’s the only father who’s ever existed.

Mummy/Daddy very common into adulthood hear in Northern Ireland

I'm mid 30s and call them mummy and daddy. I cringe when I have to call them in public, but I just can't bring myself to call them anything else! 🙈