Page 2 | How do I get my 3.5 year old to stop calling me mum?

whistlers · 2021-08-11T06:41:48+00:00

Started a couple of days ago and it's constant. I would like to be called mummy again. Mum sounds dreadful.

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stayathomer · 11/08/2021 07:54

In a few years time you'll be clamouring for mum, my 11 and 13 year old laugh when I suggest they call me mum instead of mammy!!

Slashandcut · 11/08/2021 07:54

17 and 14 year old still using mummy. Doubt they’ll stop now

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whistlers · 11/08/2021 07:54

I'm absolutely ok with him calling me mum when he's even a little bit older! Just not yet!

He's not even at school yet

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cookiecreampie · 11/08/2021 07:54

Hard luck. You are mum. Do you want him calling you mummy in his teens?

YouJustDoYou · 11/08/2021 07:55

lol

FuckingFlumps · 11/08/2021 07:56

I'd wager that approximately 99% of children make the change from mummy to mum by about 5.

Yes he's only 3 but surely you realise that it's a totally normal thing for him to do and you can't have been expecting him to keep calling you mummy forever.

EverythingsComingUpRoses · 11/08/2021 07:57

At least he's not calling you mother

Bopahula · 11/08/2021 07:57

I think wanting to be called mummy by a young pre school child is absolutely fine. As they progress through infant/primary it changes, but with a 3.5 year old I can absolutely see why you still want to be called mummy.

Just reaffirm it's mummy every single time.

ReeseWitherfork · 11/08/2021 07:57

@Mybobowler it's my best theory anyway! Hard to be mad at Bluey though.

WeAllHaveWings · 11/08/2021 07:57

Just wait until they are teens and they call you "mother" with a condescending eyeroll thrown in for food measure 🙄

bongbigboobingbongbing · 11/08/2021 07:57

Wow people are being harsh. I dread the day when my little one stops calling me "mummy". It's nothing to do with it sounding "posh" or anything like that, it's because it's a sign of her still being little, still being my tiny wee pal. Once she graduates to "mum" I will feel like it's the end of an era!

PrimeraVez · 11/08/2021 07:58

My 3 year old has also started calling me 'mum' and I hate it! DH thinks it's hilarious (he still gets 'daddy') My 5 year old still calls me 'mummy' so no idea where the little one gets it from!

Thenosleepclub · 11/08/2021 07:59

Yeah it's Bluey. My 3 year old does it almost all the time now, and now his little brother is copying him 🤦. I don't mind it at all, just makes me think they are growing up too quick. Thought I had a few more years of mummy!

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whistlers · 11/08/2021 08:00

@cookiecreampie

Hard luck. You are mum. Do you want him calling you mummy in his teens?

Nope I didn't ever say that

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whistlers · 11/08/2021 08:01

@Bopahula

I think wanting to be called mummy by a young pre school child is absolutely fine. As they progress through infant/primary it changes, but with a 3.5 year old I can absolutely see why you still want to be called mummy.

Just reaffirm it's mummy every single time.

Thank you! I didn't expect a pile on!

Never mind

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xksismybestletter · 11/08/2021 08:01

I have no idea which my children call me. I just know they say it all the time and I blank it out a lot

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whistlers · 11/08/2021 08:02

@Thenosleepclub

Yeah it's Bluey. My 3 year old does it almost all the time now, and now his little brother is copying him 🤦. I don't mind it at all, just makes me think they are growing up too quick. Thought I had a few more years of mummy!

Mine hasn't ever seen it, I think it's from nursery!

It doesn't matter in the grand scheme but I definitely prefer mummy for the next 1.5 years at least

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DrinkFeckArseGirls · 11/08/2021 08:02

At 3 years old that’s harsh! I’m sure I was called mummy till primary school, maybe even reception. I’d just keep saying “mummy’s making you breakfast right now”, “mummy this”, “mummy that”.

AliMonkey · 11/08/2021 08:03

I have the opposite problem. DD16 still often calls me Mummy (though also Mum sometimes) but worse is that so does DH - understandable when in earshot of DC when they were little, and ok if referring to me when talking to DC but I refuse to answer if he calls me using Mummy. But he still keeps doing it.

putthebinsout · 11/08/2021 08:03

I was really sad the first time mum happened. It didn't happen often though and one of them still calls me mummy at almost 16.

I do understand but not sure what you can do about it!

drumandthebass · 11/08/2021 08:03

@WeAllHaveWings. I thought it was just mine that did that....Motherrrrr!!!

I also get called ma'ma (rhymes with car/jar) from my other teen

flowerpootle · 11/08/2021 08:04

In terms of picking your battles - this is not the one I'd pick.

LST · 11/08/2021 08:04

I can honestly say I have no idea when my DC stopped calling me mummy. They are only 9 and 7 now as well so hardly old.

candycane222 · 11/08/2021 08:05

Ha! my kids went through a phase of calling us by our first names which was comical...but stopped b/c other kids thought it was funny too.

My impressions are that 'mummy' past about 6 or so is 'posh', very posh by teenagernood, and excruciatingly so from adults.

But not sure Id be trying to correct a 3 year old. Any more than I try to stop my 20 year old calling me mummy 🙄

Wonderbox · 11/08/2021 08:06

And will ‘Mum’ magically sound less dreadful to your ears once your child has reached the age at which you think it’s appropriate to switch?

How do I get my 3.5 year old to stop calling me mum?

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