DS (19mo) has started calling DH "mama"

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My 19mo DS has been saying "no" clearly since 8mo old and using "mama" and "dada" since about 10mo.

His language is a bit random. He likes to talk in long sentences where I can only pick out a couple of words. But he can also say some things clearly "Red Riding Hood", "Do it again", "oh no it's stopped" "good night telly".

But recently he has started to call lots of things "mama", most notably his father. He now points to him and says "mama!" He also sometimes calls things he wants (phones, crumpets) mama, but has only recently called his dad by mama. He still calls me mama, but I can't understand why he has started doing it.

Has anyone else found this? All weekend he has been saying "you're my mama!" to me and kissing me and then turns and points to his dad saying "mama, mama!"

I'm just so confused now about who we all are!

Who knows what goes through their minds! 16 mo DS is currently going through this. He wants a cup, he points and says 'mummy' - presumably asking me to pass him it. However, he now also call his CM mummy, the CM's daughter mummy, and my DH mummy. Just carry on correcting him. If you laugh at him or he catches you smiling (not saying you do) then he'll carry on doing it. One day it'll wear thin and he'll get bored. And start calling you 'dada'!

2.5 yo DS calls us both mumdy or maddy, and will adjust his vocab according to whichever answers first :o

Yeah DS (13 months) is going through the same thing-calls everyone 'baba'. Me, DH, my Mum, Dad, the postman, the workman building our garden shed...
He only says Mama when he's in his cot crying to be picked up...

Thank you everyone!

I've been feeling a bit sensitive about it as I'm a bit stressed at work, desperate to spend time with DS and then he is all about kissing his father and calling him mama. I breastfed the little bugger on demand for 16 months! I didn't sleep more than 3 hours for 16 months! How dare he call anyone else mama?

I shall now be less mad. Thank you.

Ha ha ... I sympathise!

My 16 month old DS was quite happily using Mama and Dada discriminately until about a month ago. Now I am called Dada. Nana is still Nana, Dada is still Dada, but there is no Mama. Mama is now Dada.

As you say, I breastfeed him on demand, I go to him night and day whenever he calls. And he calls me Dada. He now thinks it's hilarious when in encourage him to say Mama, and just says Dada in a clearer voice. Thanks Son.

I'm sure they'll both grow out of it. One day :)

I am mama, dh is mama and, my favourite, 17 month ds's 5 year old sister is mama
He hears her in another room, looks very excited, points at the door and says "mama" when I am sitting right next to him :)

At least your dh is a relation.

Ds happily shouted "daddiieee" at the butcher's assistant- he looked about 17 and very embarrassed.

When he calls your DH 'mama', does it get a reaction from you? Maybe he is picking up on that and enjoying the confusion it creates!
When DS was about 15 or 16 months (and had been saying Mummy and Daddy for several months), he suddenly swapped around the syllables and started calling me "Mee-muh" and DH "Dee-dah". My family thought it was funny but, being a worrier, I started getting anxious that he was losing previously learned words. So when he said "Mee-muh" I'd hasten to say,"Yes, I'm MUMMY, that's right!". As it was, it seems he was enjoying giving us the 'wrong' names and getting a reaction, because as soon as I stopped making a big deal of it, he reverted back to Mummy and Daddy all by himself (after two or three weeks).

my 15 month old calls dh daddy/dada but calls me 'that'.

My DS (also 19mo) has started doing almost the same thing!
But he points to DHs man boobs and says 'Mama!'
DH looked like he was going to cry the first time! Ha Ha!

I try not to react too obviously and I just say "Yes, I'm your mama" and DH says (in a smug voice) "No, I'm not mama - I'm
Dada" but his eyes scream "Yeeeeessss. I've been upgraded!"

Oh Gravy

Update: tonight the little bugger has started calling me "nana". I said in a patient voice "oh, that's right, I'm mama".

Cue response "no my mama, my NANA! my NANA!"

I'm feeling a bit sensitive about my wrinkles now. This child will be the death of me.