To ask when kids stop calling you Mummy and Daddy and say Mum and Dad?

[Elmo27]

My DS is 7, 8 in January. We are very much still Mummy and Daddy. I love being Mummy because in so many ways he is growing up and I’m really noticing it all the more how mature and independent he is becoming since he started the juniors. But I notice that his friends say Mum and Dad, as do my friends kids, some of which are younger.

I remember my Dad not wanting me to stop calling him Daddy (he was a single Dad) and I got to an age (maybe around 7 or 8) where I felt embarrassed by it and I remember other kids making fun of me for it too until he eventually relented!

Maybe kids aren’t as mean as they were in the 90s but I just have been wondering. I asked DS if he wanted to call us Mum and Dad and if he did that was fine but he said he doesn’t want to.

What she did yours start saying Mum and Dad?

Ds was 5 when Mummy stopped. He is 13 now and calls me Mother.

Mum at around 10 . 😢

In my experience, about 5. My now 8 year old calls me Bruh 😒. My younger son sometimes calls me Mama but I suspect it’s echolalia from watching Bluey 🤣.

It’s definitely a ‘posh’ thing to continue with ‘mummy/daddy’ beyond young childhood or into adulthood. I know people in Ireland/Northern Ireland use Mammy and Daddy but it certainly sounds… different in a plum accent.

I'm VERY old and I still call my parents Mummy and Daddy... And my friends do take the piss but I can take it! I wouldn't push it either way... kids will figure it out..❤

Around 9. They still called me Mummy sometimes at home but at school I was 'my Mum'.

My 14yo (girl) calls me mummy or mother. Mum in front of her friends!

My 6yo (boy) calls me Mum day to day but Mummy if he's upset, wants something etc.

My TWOyo (boy) calls me Mum 😭 I imagine this is because he's copying his older brother. If he's crying he still calls me Mummy

My daughter's 2.5 and we have been mum and dad for ages now! But she does have 5 older siblings to copy, none of whom call us mummy and daddy.

Didn’t Prince Charles refer to the Queen as “mummy’? I am pretty sure he did well into his older years.

Yr 7 twins. They still call me Mummy even in front of friends. But so do their mates

I think year 4/5 would be a good time for the switch. I have a niece who calls her mum mummy still at secondary school age and it makes me cringe. My partners son who’s 10 I met when he was 7 and he’s always called his dad dad and mum mum. It’s whet the child wants but at seforady school age I’d encourage my daughter to cal me mum etc .

I'm Irish - my DC call me Mammy. My eldest (DD16) calls me Mammy still.

My two DSs call me by my name most of the time, and definitely in public. Still Mammy often at home. I kinda like them using my name!

I called my parents Mammy & Daddy always. (Interestingly when we became adults, my mother referred to herself as 'Mammy' in cards etc or by her first name. Not altogether fond of being a mother!)

19 year old usually calls me mum, mother (jokily) or by my first name. He will however still go 'muuuummmmyyyy' when he wants something (I know he's messing so not creepy)

DD's are teens and call me mother. My 8 year old has called me mum since he was about 3. I was not ready for that!

Mine have always said mum and dad I think. Can't really remember them saying mummy or daddy.

My 7 year old has been asking if she can call me mum instead of mummy for the last year on and off. I say yes every time but she still keeps saying mummy! Older one is 10 and surprised he still says mummy - refers to me as his mum to friends though

Depends how posh you are

DD is 9, I'm mum when she's in front of friends or talking about me to someone else, and mummy or mama when she's talking to me (or wants something). I let her lead it though, I never correct her or ask her to use a specific word.

My 2.5 year old has recently occasionally started calling me mum, so surprised by these answers. Where am I going wrong? I blame Bluey!! 😭🙈🤣

For pp that think it’s best to switch why not start as mum / dad in the first place?

My 7 yeah old calls me mum, my 10 year old calls me mama or bruh 🤷🏻‍♀️

Northern Irish is mummy to the grave in many places (yy to pp ‘how’s your wee mummy’ about older folk).

I think some places go for mam though?

Isn’t funny how it changes from place to place!

I am in my 40s and still call my parents mommy and daddy!

DD is 3 and we’re mostly mum and dad. ‘Daddy’ pops up quite frequently but I only really get mummy now at the end of “mum, mum, muuuum, muuum, MUM, MUMMY!” if I’m not responding fast enough.

DH is in his 50s and calls his mother “Mumsie”. I’m still Mummy or Mama at home, not sure about elsewhere. I’m kind of hoping they might adopt Mater rather than Mum at some point.

Mine call me mama but if referring to me talking to their friends will say "I'll ask my mum" for instance. They're tweens.