Using parents first names

[A-time-to-live]

DD (25 months) has recently begun calling DH and I by our first names. It started off as a strong interest in the fact the we had names (other than mommy and daddy) but now she is using our names more and more in conversation. We talk to her about how special it is that she's the only one who gets to call us mommy and daddy and this sometimes helps but not always. She also will sometimes refer to us by pet names that she's heard us call each other (eg 'hey love') - cute but a little weird. Anyone else's toddler go through this?

[crunchy_mommy]

My DS still calls me mama or mommy but one of my friends' kids started using first names so she encouraged her to pair mama/papa with the first name... so i.e. "Mama Jane" and "Papa John"... which I thought was a cool way to approach it!

[MusicianDad]

We've had first names come up occasionally with DS, it happened more with DD, mostly he seems stuck on the idea that I'm "Mine" and DH is "Yours". We thought it would stop after he solidified "daddy" and "papa" but nope... Still prefers yours and mine.

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

DD called us by first names at that age for a short while. DH's grandmother was aghast, but otherwise it wasn't a big deal, and she very shortly went back to "Mum and Dad", or interchangeably Mummy and Daddy, Maman et Papa, or Mama and Dad. Whatever. As long as she's polite I don't care what she calls me, including my first name :).

[1stTimeMama4-4-10]

I did this as a child from the time I could speak until I started school.  My parents never though it was the slightest bit odd, since the only thing anyone ever called my parents by was their first name.  I guess when I was exposed to other kids and other mommies and daddies, I figured out that I had my own and started using those terms.  My brothers always used mommy and daddy, presumably because I did (I am the oldest).  I even wrote birthday/holiday cards to my parents using their first names. I have always been mortified that my parents let this happen, but now that I have a child I understand that it just wasn't an issue to them and I feel blessed to have such amazingly zen parents. If my daughter does this, I won't fight it at all - I might encourage her to say mama and daddy from time to time, but I wouldn't be upset at all if she preferred our first names. 

[brennan]

Dd does this sometimes and I just try to focus on calling dh daddy around her.  If we're in a store or whatever and I'm looking for dh I'll yell his name and the dd will yell his first name too.  She knows our names, but the more dh and I refer to each other as mommy and daddy the more she does.  

[Mama2Rio]

DH and I don't mind DD calling us by our first names, and she will use our given names often. she does this more with me than dh, and usually if she's calling to one of us from another part of the house she calls by first name. as pp said, we sometimes will encourage "mama" or "dad" in front.

 

[Emmery'sMom]

My DD does this too, usually after hearing one of us call each other by our first name. I usually give her a teasing smile and just say something like "That is what other people call me, but what do YOU call me?" to which she always answers "Momma!" It has lead to discussions though on how we all have first, middle, and last names. She thinks it's pretty cool that the three of us have the same last name lol.