Dd wants to call me mum

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And not mummy anymore 😔
Didn’t think it would happen this young (7)
Want to be mummy a bit longer!

What age was your child when you started being called mum and how did it happen?

Please let her choose without making her sense your sadness that the mummy phase is coming to an end.

I specifically remember feeling awkward calling my mum "mummy" in front of my friends at that age, but I continued throughout the whole of primary school because I was one of those children who felt I had to until I was specifically told it's ok not to. Finally, when I was going up to secondary school I remember her saying "it's ok if you'd rather swap to mum now you're getting older, it's totally your choice. Use whatever you feel comfortable with, and I'm honoured to answer to either". What a relief that was to hear! I so wish she'd told me sooner that it was ok to call her mum, so I didn't feel so babyish. I honestly thought she'd be upset if I didn't, until she said that.

Your child has the confidence to tell you she'd rather call you mum now she is growing up. Look at it like my mum did, that either title is an honour. If it helps her to feel more grown up, let her. It's ok to feel sad inside, but I wouldn't make a big deal of it with her. You're still the same person who she loves and adores. That won't change by her dropping a few letters when addressing you.

My DD announced I would be called 'mum' at around 6, then decided she didn't like it.

Publicly (and especially when talking about me at school) I'm mum, privately, I'm still mummy or mumma.

My son was probably 7 when he started- as he went into y3 I think. He's 11.5 now and I get the occasional Mummy when he is tired/poorly/wants something.

I remember my cousin started to call her mum by her first name since her late teens and has stuck doing so for the past 30 years!

OP, so it could be worse! 😂

DS adult DC call her mum or her name. They've done so since they were tiny. They do the same with their dad.

I was mum from year 5 (initially in front of friends but then more and more) but now, age 14 the twins call me mummeeeee and 17 yo calls me mamma.

My son is 9 and I noticed when he was 7 he said mummy at home and with certain friends/family then it was mum when we were out. I call my mum to annoy her mother dear or Mama (as in Downton)

I still get called Mummy by all my children, my eldest is 12.

I get you, it's nice to be called Mummy, I'd be sad too when the time comes when they call me 'Mum'

I did tell them I preferred mummy.

My eldest is 8. I'm still mummy at home, but mum if any of her friends are in earshot 😂 I suspect that once mummy is dropped altogether then her younger brother will follow suit, so I'm resigned to not being mummy for too much longer. I also get bruh more often than I'd like!

My children all still call me mummy - 9, 7 and 5. But to friends, for my eldest at least, I am 'mum'

Dont worry OP. I called mine mum from early age. Im now 51 and either call her 'Moomie' (when I want something) or her first name when I want to annoy her. Hehe. I call my dad, daddy when i want something from him as well. He loves it.

Mine used Mum, Mamma and Mummy interchangeably from a very early age. Mummy tailed right off around 6ish, but I never had liked it so we didn't use it much at home after about age 2. By the time they were late tweens they had started to favour my name and then Mother, which is currently the most common title (they're 16 now) they choose. But I'm sometimes Mum, Mummy, Mummsy, Mamma, my name, or Great and Bountiful One.

I almost always refer to myself as Mum (occasionally Great and Bountiful One!).

I mainly love that they change it up to suite themselves, though I gave one of them a hard stare when they tried Parental Unit.

My son is 12 and he still calls me Mummy in person but refers to me as “mum” when he speaks to his friends. I also get the occasional “bruh” 🤨

They do say, "Mummy", I've known a few Northern Irish who do.

Derbyshire people say, "Mam", or 'Mammy". Midlands is 'Mom' like the Americans.

My friend hates this too, I don’t get the big issue but respect it’s important to some people. DD recently turned 4 and sometimes calls me mum. My 12 year old nephew still sometimes calls my sister mummy. My friends 5 year old calls her by her first name and has since starting nursery 🤷🏻‍♀️ very variable!

You're lucky; mine calls me by my first name 75% of the time and he's still only little, not an insolent teen. Guess Mum and Mummy isn't to his liking. Little shit. 😄

I’m with you, OP!! I’m gutted as my DS17 has started calling me Sisu. Because “ there are less Sisu’s in the world, so it’s more special”…….

He and DS20’s cards and presents 🎁 are still from Mummy. Even the ones I send to Uni 😈😹💖! .. they will have to suck that up!

I think she will still slip back to it, when she’s tired and wants a cuddle!

😈😹💖😹!

Please just let your child call you Mum.
I was one of those children that was encouraged to keep saying ‘Mummy’, I found it hugely embarrassing.
i actually have no memory of when my children stopped saying Mummy, it really wasn’t a significant moment to me.

My 3 (Dd15, DS13 and DD9) all still call me mama or mummy!! I hate mum so I’m really glad they don’t. Although I am FORBIDDEN from referring to myself as mummy in front of their peers (understandably!). They are the only people in the world that will ever be able to call me mummy or mama so I think it’s fair to request not mum!!

That's sweet! Mine did that too. Now if I'm referred to it's mum, and often mama bear on text/in cards. Not sure how that started. I believe I'm Mama in their phones. Adults now

I think that I was about 5/6 when I switched from Mummy to Mum. As I got older, 'Mother' or 'Mother Dearest' if I wanted something crept in.

My grandmother is known as Grandma within the family, or Grandmama or Grand-mère to me. I have no idea why, as we are not French or particularly exotic. I suspect that it would be blamed on me having read "too many books" when I was younger!

My 7 year old calls me mama or mammy and dad is dada or dad or daddy.

Wait till they are calling you bruh or better yet spawn point 🤷
That's just what they do as they get older