Starts out mama, preteen years I hear, "Moooom!!"(usually in an offended or embarassed tone) and my 15 year old calls me "Mommy" when she wants to butter me up LOL. Mama is very typical in my area, even adults tend to call their mothers "mama".
Starts out mama, preteen years I hear, "Moooom!!"(usually in an offended or embarassed tone) and my 15 year old calls me "Mommy" when she wants to butter me up LOL. Mama is very typical in my area, even adults tend to call their mothers "mama".
My ds has always called me Mom. My dd started out calling me Mommy but she mostly calls me Mom now. I probably would have preferred Mama, but no takers.
They don't speak much of it unfortunately, but they do understand me pretty well. I am the only Dutch influence in their lives and it's just not possible to compete with all the English that surrounds them 24/7.
Side note: isn't it funny that all those words for mommy directly relate to the Latin word for boob? I love that!
I'm surprised to see I'm the only vote for mom so far. I was mama till DS was about 3.5. It will be interesting to hear what the new baby calls me. I'd like to have a stint as a mama again, but with DS's lead I could be mom from the start.
I voted Mama but DD calls me Mama, mom, and mommy. She even tried out Mother (moder) for a while while we had Are you my Mother out from the library! Ha! Mostly its Mama though and that's what I like. DH is Papa.
I am mainly mama, but can be called mom sometimes, and dh is always papa, never dad or daddy. My lil girl also calls me dudio??? and "little mama" lol.
I started as mama when ds was just starting to talk but now I am solidly mommy. Very recently he has been playing around with mom & even my first name. Dh is papa but ds has also been playing around with daddy which is funny 'cause it's not a term we EVER use.
Kadie (22 months) calls me "MomMom". Everyone else calls me "Mommy" though if they're talking to someone else and referring to me they'll say "My Mom...."
I'm "mami" since that's what most Costa Ricans call their mothers in Spanish, which is slightly different than the English "mommy" but that's the closest thing so I voted for that.
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