DOES YOUR CHILD call you by your FIRST NAME and if so WHAT do you do about it???

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DS used to call us by our first names and we never corrected him. We just used to call each other Mummy and Daddy when talking to him. Eventually he used Mummy and Dad more often. Then DD came along and he reverted to calling us by our first names again.

When asked by his gran why he calls us by our first names he says ' Because X is their name and Mummy is what they do'. I find it hard to argue with that logic. DD is now starting to use our first names. I just wondered if other had similar experience and do you think it is an important issue. DS is 6 and dd is 20 mths.

As I grew up I progressed from calling my parents mammy and daddy to mum and dad. One of my friends still uses mammy and daddy which I think is very sweet although it sounds quite odd. When I was younger it annoyed me if friends called my parents by their first names rather than Mr and Mrs xxx. It's all about respect,I think!

My daughter started doing this about a year ago, aged 3.5. Originally she would refer to me as Mummy and my husband by his first name which he didn't like as he thought it made him sound like my boyfriend rather than her dad. I think she got this from hearing me talk about him with other people. Eventually I asked her why I was mummy and he was J... , expecting her to refer to him as Daddy from then on but in fact she has used my first name too ever since. I would say this stands about 90% of the time. Lots of people comment on how weird it sounds and that they woulnd't like it but I really don't mind it all all, in some ways it feels more equal. I just wonder what her baby sister will do, when she learns to talk.

My dd calls me by my real name or mummy L... but when she is cross Im miss (surname ) Wonder where she got that from

DS started calling me by my first name when he was very little, before he could say Mama or whatever it is they come out with at first. Not sure why on earth he did it, he would have heard DD call me Mummy all the time.

Eventually he managed to say Mummy and had completely stopped using my name until recently when if DH tells him to go and ask Mummy and he can't find me, he will bellow my name. I really don't like it and tell him it's Mummy. DD went through a phase of it when she was about 4 but I put a stop to it quickly.

DS (2.5) calls us by our first names, but I think that is because that is what he hears us call each other!

I try to talk about us as "Mummy" and "Daddy", because so far he's the only one in the world who can!

When he REALLY wants something, he kind of whines and calls me "honey". I guess maybe he's just picked up when I am whining to DH, and maybe I call him "honey" only then?

I hope he starts calling us "mummy" and "daddy" a bit more often though, it is special...