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?

I prefer mummy - we made a deal that they stuck with mummy at home, but it was ok to call me mum in front of their friends. It has mostly worked out, except for ds1 (17) who calls me by my first name! I still prefer this to mum - I can’t really explain why.

Daughters age 35 and 37 still call me mummy though sometimes mum (and their dad Daddy, sometimes Dad) . Son at 30 calls me maw or mum. I don't mind either way. I did the same with my parents - mum and dad in public though!

Sorry I was quoting a popular meme that fit really well but it didn't come across.

Mum, MUM, MUMMY

I think any attempt to make her call you something of your choice will be doomed, you'll just have to roll with it. Mine stopped for a while at a similar age, I assume responding to those around them and because it made them feel grown up but my 16 year old daughter almost exclusively calls me mummy again now because I think she feels it's cute... who knows... So just because they stop, it doesn't mean they won't come back to it later.

My 2.5 year old has started calling us mum and dad a lot lately, she only graduated to mummy and daddy less than a year ago 😭 hoping it's just a phase they go through at that age. But I know our almost 7 year old nephew now says mum and dad, they were a little sad at first but it may just be that age x

Aww literally just posted hoping it was a phase for my 2.5 year old, maybe that's it for us too 🤣

I moved from the North East to the South. I was always Mammy then Mam until my eldest went to school. Then he started calling me mum because his school friends called their mother's mum. That made me rather sad. Now as adults I am called mum or Mother if they are exasperated with me!

My DS is 9 and still calls me mummy or mum cakes he made that up and think that's sweet no pun intended 🤣 oh and when i complain about something his response is 'bruh' and I laugh

Just to add mum and dad in front of friends, mummy and daddy at home, father or farter (for reasons I'll let you work out yourself) on occasion...

Usually Momma..
My late husband was so sad when our youngest got bullied for saying 'Daddy' & started saying Dad. He was only 4 or 5..

Mine went from mummy to mother around that age. Not sure where that came from but it’s mum now. Very rarely I get ‘mother’ again.

Oh dear! Ha ha! I don't remember how old I was when it happened to me. I do remember my mum was more emotional about it than my dad, but there were times when I'd still use mummy or daddy. Those moments, I remember. I call my dad daddy when I'm leading up to saying things like goodnight or I love you. It was the same with my mum. When she got ill, I perhaps used mummy more than mum. My DD is 7 and still calls us mummy and daddy, but she has been occasionally dropping to mum or dad, and I get it. I suppose what I'm saying is there's a chance you'll still be called mummy in the moments that really matter, so it'll become more special.

My 14 year old calls me 'mate' if he's happy with me

My son stopped around 5 as none of the other kids said Mummy and bullying starts young

Subliminally you are telling them you don't want them to grow up and they will be confused and concerned about doing something you don't want versus being a laughing stock at school if it slips out there

Its a different generation now and bullying starts early. That said when I was 8 and started at a new school I was a laughing stock and mocked for being posy because I let a mummy slip out. No one called their mother mummy.

My DD stopped calling Mum many many years ago(she's 26) but either calls me Mother when she's annoyed at me or Mumma if feeling kindly towards me 🤣

Mine both went through a stage of calling by my first name and then my initials (friends call me by my initials) Never made a fuss and they soon stopped

Mine dd's have always called me mama or mamusha (which is also mummy in our native language) - they are 15 and 13

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All three of mine moved to mum in year 5 (age 9) but then in their teens, dd1 moved to mammaaaar or mother (she’s 18 🤣) and dd2 stuck with mum (age 14), then her twin calls me mummy but I’m mum infront of friends. I think she does it to wrap me round her little finger because she’s clever 🤣 or sometimes I’m mumma. I refuse to answer to “bro”!

My DC call me Mummy - they are mid-late 20’s.The shame, it’s not how I was brought up and it’s not how they were brought up either….😁

I just thought. Both my sons, in their 50s(!) use "Mum"'