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?

That sounds very teenage!!

It’s not wrong of course, but nobody uses ‘mummy’ around here unless they’ve moved into the area. And to be honest, they would stop using it pretty quickly as the other children would tease them for using (in their opinion) such a childish word. Just shows how different areas differ I suppose.

I can't remember, but I'd take Mum. My dss (now 19, 22 and 24) have called me Ma, mee-maw and bubbalichinio so accept something normal!

It might be a phase. I went from being Mummy, to Mum, to mother (ship) and now my daughter at nearly 30 calls be Mumsie. 🤷‍♀️

My mid twenties son calls me Wheezy (don't ask it's confusing and complicated)

My youngest still calls me mummy.

But all that being said I will answer to pretty much anything.

My DS has been calling me by my first name since aged 5 . He is turning 8 soon. It absolutely horrifies my friends and parents. He reasons that "its her name" and I graciously agree.
His father refuses to be called by his name so is called dad. Personally I agree with my son. We have an exceptionally close bond he could call me SLUG and it would make no odds.
If its a loss of intimacy you feel, you can foster that in other ways x

I get Lad or Mum-Lad

Me and my sister are late 30s and 40s and my mum still demands that we called her mummy as she doesn’t like mum. We end up just call her M as we hate it. All our kids can call us whatever they like (within reason 😂) as we hated the humiliation of her demanding it throughout our child (and adult)hood. She won’t answer to mum.

I can't stand hearing adults call their parents Mummy and Daddy, seriously & not in a jokey way. Do they not know how ridiculous they sound?

DH's best friend is over 60 and calls his parents 'Mummy' and 'Daddy'.

It's totally cringe tbh.

The change of address is, to my mind, an important emotional development stage. It might make you feel sad, but you have to let it happen. Like when they are teens and start thinking that everything you do, think and say is just so stupid. It's a part of them growing into independent humans and has to be endured- even if through gritted teeth.

I am also now mother. Mine are 23, 16 and 15. They called me Mummy until a year ago until my youngest decided Mummy was weird but Mum was weirder, so I am now Mother

I am 62 and I still call my mother Mummy. My brothers call her Mother.

Mine call me mummy - they are 12 and 10. My younger calls me mama. I call my mum mummy and I’m 40 😂. I don’t like mum - I dont know why. 😂

I thought it was only me that now gets called mother! My kids are 16 and 13 and they know I hate it but call me it regardless! I think what annoys me the most is that they still call dad Dadda! They definitely call me mother to wind me up!

My children are 20 and 22 and still call dh and me mummy and daddy. I’m in my 50’s and still call my father daddy. Never really given it much thought.

I can’t remember how old I was when I started calling my mum ‘mum’ I’m 61 now and often call her mummy and have done for about 20 years!

Called maman. Am not french😁

I’m “mummy” or “mumma” for 18 and 12 year old DDs.

My 15 year old son prefers to call me “twin” 🤣

My 2 are transitioning over to Mum. Theyre 8 and 10. Both still use mummy sometimes. 8yr old more often uses Mama.

Yes it’s a bit controlling to insist on the longer version and likely they will be out of step with their peers.

For some reason this Pronouncement immediately made me think of the BBC Sherlock series in which Mycroft (middle aged) says to Sherlock (30's) "Have you visited Mummy lately?" (thus revealing to the astonished John Watson that they are brothers). "Mummy" is about class as well as about age.

Least it’s not bruh….

Mine are 43. I’m still’ Mummy’. I’ve often written ‘mum’ in cards but I’m rebuked. We are all different.

My son did this & I was a bit devastated like you. He went back to mummy a short time later!

My 27 year old calls me Mater! Thinks it’s hilarious 🙄

My son tried that once but not twice.