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?

I'm still mostly mummy to my dds - 15 & 12.

They say they are going to call me mummy forever 😂😂😂

Depends on the child.
My youngest (now 23) has pretty much always called me mum. Maybe mama/mummy briefly. Terrible mother that I am, I don't actually remember.

My oldest (now 24) calls me mummy as often as he calls me mum. When he talks to others about me, he always says "my mum" but when he's addressing me it's probably 50/50

My husband was possibly daddy very briefly (see bad mother memory above) but has been dad for years.

I'm nearly 50 and when talking about my mum with my sister we refer to her as The Mothership ("have you spoken to The Mothership today... ") and directly to her it's mostly mum-ra and sometimes mothership.

My 12yo has been referring to us as Mum and Dad for ages, but kept up Mummy and Daddy at home.

Recently texted us to ask if she could start calling us Mum and Dad. Of course it’s fine, and I’ve been expecting the switch to happen for a while. It does make us flinch though, a real milestone 😄

I called my mother mummy up until she died when i was 20 - my cousin calls his mother mummy and he is 28 - i find it endearing- personally I don't like the name mum!

12yo DS calls me Mummy most of the time or Mother at school (I teach there). DD is 16 and calls me The Mother and DH, Parental Unit. Her friends all call me Mother MySurname as well and have done since I started teaching them.

Mine are early teens and I still refer to us as Mummy and Daddy.

They will sometimes say Mummy/Dad. Usually Mum but my younger teen will also say Mumma when he's tired and I bloody love that! It's so cute, especially as he now towers over me.

They always refer to us as Mum/Dad to their friends.

If they write me a birthday/Xmas card, my boy (younger teen) will always write Mummy/Daddy and my girl will write Mum/Dad.

I’ve just looked at all the replies on here! Most of the answers have surprised me, I really did think that DS was in the minority still using Mummy and Daddy at 7, but maybe it is regional. We are Liverpool.

I do think he calls me Mum if he’s talking about me to his friends.

Expecting the Father Christmas questions this year, he hasn’t mentioned him at all this year but last year was still very much convinced; I wonder if he’s trying to avoid bringing it up as someone’s already told him!

I'm from Yorkshire and the idea of an adult calling their parents Mummy and Daddy makes me feel a bit sick 🤣

My daughter is 4 and has never called me Mummy. It's mainly Mum/Mam or sometimes Mama.

I think it’s really sad OP that you were bullied out of calling your dad ‘daddy.’

TBH I think as long as you love your kids and they love you, fuck whatever anyone else thinks. Call them whatever you want and visa versa (assuming it’s said lovingly!)

I'm 41 and still call my parents Mummy and Daddy.

Noone has ever bullied me for it and I give zero shits if people judge me for it. Just because I'm older doesn't change what I'd like to call my parents!

We still use mammy and daddy in Northern Ireland as adults.

Don't be too sure. I was convinced DD would let us know about Santa when she was 7 because she figured out the tooth fairy, but she wants to still believe in Santa so she's continuing to believe at 9. I am 99% sure she knows but just doesn't want us to confirm it.

Never used either. DCs have always used our names.

Our 10 year old uses both really. And has done for about a year

My teens still call me Mummy. We're so far from posh it’s funny! They use Mum in public as people can be dicks about it. I still call my mum a variation of Mummy and I’m in my 40's. My older siblings have used Mum since they were tiny so don’t know why I carried on. #imthefavourite

7 here, we're Mama and Dabog for some god-only-knows reason.

My DDs are 19 and 16 and call us Mammy and Daddy.

Our youngest is 7 can't remember last time she said mummy or daddy. Doesn't bother me. Actually don't like Mummy or as they say here in Ireland Mammy - even worse! I couldn't go out with a lad who still called his Mum mummy or mammy (and yes they exist I know!)

My 10 year old still calls me mummy as does my toddler. My teens all call me mum unless they are talking to the toddler about me. Then it's either mummy or mama.

My 20 year old still calls me mummy 😳😂

My 11 year old still uses mummy and daddy

My 15 year old uses mum and dad. He's used that for a few years.

So 13 ish

We are mum and daddy to my 12 year old, mummy and dad to my 8 year old, and mama and daddy to my 4 year old. Kids do their own thing, there’s no rules here.

I'm 31 and my parents still refer to each other in conversation as mummy and daddy

'Daddy's just popped out to walk the dog...'

'Mummy's still out at work...' when I phone them etc.

I think it's sweet, I'm sure my husband thinks it's weird but he's never said 😂

Personally I call my Dad, 'Dad' and my mum by her first name. Started as a sarky joke and has stuck ever since!

Yes @USaYwHatNow even though I have no recollection of ever calling my mum, mummy, (although I’m sure I did) my dad still calls her mummy when he’s taking about her to us!

I'm 47, DB is 43 and we have always called our parents (and still do) Mummy and Daddy. I have 2 young adult DC (19 and 21) and the younger one still calls me Mummy and the older one has called me Mum since they were about 13. I think it's a combination of what the parents prefer and what the children are comfortable with. I wouldn't mind if my younger one wanted to call me Mum but they've always stuck with Mummy. They call their dad (we're not together) Daddy, but his other children call him Dad.