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?

Happy for you. But can I venture to suggest that OP’s 7 year old is a different person to your children in their mid-fifties, operating in a different social context, and very likely does - at this moment in her life - perceive ‘mummy’ as babyish. That’s why she’s experimenting with ‘mum.’

Mine are adults and still call me Mummy. I love it ❤️

That’s beautiful 😍

Consider yourself lucky - my primary-aged DC have decided to call me and DH by our first names, I don't get mummy, mum, ma, mom, mother or any other variation!

Better than "Jaaaaaimie" with sarcastic drawl, or simply "idiot".

Funny I hadn’t really noticed until you mentioned it. 8 year old - definitely mum, always. Never mummy. 6 year old - extremely affectionate and loving, calls me mama or mum occasionally mummy. 4 year old - mummy 🥹 you’ve just made me realise I won’t be called mummy for much longer.

@FishfingerFlinger i would be really upset by that, it almost seems disrespectful?

they also call their dad “lad” the youngest is 5!!

My 12 year old and nine year old ( boys) call me Mummy still.

'Mamacita', here, love it or Mama Photo.

DD (16) calls me by our language's equivalent to mother (same as I call my mum), or occasionally mama. She calls DH "my dear papa" ever since she saw an interview King Charles gave when his father passed away (father is also in use, as is bruv).

@NotAtMyAge Sorry but it is inexplicably cringey to hear an adult called their parents mummy/daddy:

My 17yo and 13yo still call me mummy. It’s pretty common for it to stick here in NI.

DP still calls his parents mummy and daddy. He tried changing to mum and dad in his teens and they went ballistic. Charming.

Haha, that has made me laugh at mine says kiddo too. I also correct him that I am "mummy"

I swear I don't let him have that much screen time (well, most of the time) but it is sometimes obvious he's picked up phrases or expressions from what he's watched.

Huh! Your dc call you 'idiot'?

Mine call me a version of mummy that’s suited to my culture (equally twee 🤣) and they are very much still continuing at 10 and 6. 10 year old DS is distraught if even ask when I will be graduated to “mum”. He says “never!!! You’re my (insert twee name)””. This is a tall football-cricket-games loving highly outgoing lad who his soon going to be taller than me!

This thread shows that children and families are still as varied as they were when my children were young. Of course children experiment and are influenced by their peers, but I really don't think family life has changed all that much. Some children will say Mum from an early age, others will never use it. Neither name is babyish if the person uttering it doesn't consider it so. DD's 2 sons say Mum and Dad. DS's son still almost always says Mummy and Daddy. All three are in their early 20s and university educated.

I stopped being either ‘mummy’ or ‘mum’ years ago. I’m ‘moom’. It happened so organically I can’t even remember when it started, but DS was certainly still in primary school and he’s 20 now. My OH isn’t ‘dad’ or ‘daddy’ either, he’s ‘pa’ and has been for many years.

In fact DS 10 has recently started also calling me “Mumsie Moo” if there is a request to buy him something and I do not respond to that.

My brother did that with our mum for a couple of years when he was young. She found it hilarious. I can’t remember when he stopped, but he did eventually. He occasionally called our dad by his first name but he didn’t like it, so it was just rolled out when he wanted to wind him up😅

My son is 15, and I have been Mum, probably from a similar age. Although on occasions I do get called Mammabear!! It's quite nice!!

Wait until they call you “Mother” with an accompanying eye roll….

Of all the things your child could do this is not the hill to die on

Mine probably started calling me 'mum' aged about 8/9 and I didn't really like it. Luckily she kept forgetting and reverting to 'mummy'.

She's now 11 and alternates between mother (when annoyed), mama (when she's being cuddly, or wants something), mum and mummy. I just roll with it.

My 4 year old calls me a mixture, I get mum, muuuuuum, mummy, mama, mother! He knows he’s winding me up 😂

My 3 year old started calling me mum quite a while ago. Was a bit shocked at first but it’s normal to us now!