What Do You Call Your Mom? What Do Your Kids Call YOU?

[Guest inoubliable]

As a child, I called my parents "mamaidh" and "da". Now, I call my mother by her first name and I call my father "Da". 

My children call me by my first name unless we're out in public or DH gets twitchy about it. They call him "dad". None of them have ever called us "mommy" or "daddy". 

[swellmomma]

I called/call my folks mom and dad. Apparently I came home from my first day of kindy and told them I was too old to call them mommy and daddy anymore and never did again.

 

My dd6 calls me mama or mommy, the rest call me mom, or "the most wonderful mother in the world" when trying to win me over for something and  "mooooooooooooom" when complaining about something. The older 3 all called me mommy until they were each around 7, dd6 I hope sticks with mama, I love being called that. 

 

[LucyStoner]

I called my mother mom when she was alive.

 

My older son called me mama or mommy when he was little and then switched to mom when he was older. My younger son, mimicking his 5.5 years older brother pretty much went straight to mom.

[Isabella]

I called my parents Mum and Dad.

 

My kids call me Love or Lovey 90% of the time, and occasionally Mum or Mama.

Dad is Dad, except middle dd (20yo) often calls him Dadda - especially when she wants something!

[LLMom]

I call my parents mom and dad. Kids call them grandma and grandaddy. My kids call me mom or marmee (after i had my 4th dd, my oldest dd started calling me that because she loves Little women and my grandmother name is a form of marmee--grandmarmee but.  that is a mouthful so its marmar) Kids call dh daddy and his grandpa name is Pappy.

[Joyofsixreboot]

I called mine mom. 5 of mine call me mom. 12 yo calls me mamacita and 6 yo calls me mama. (15 yo has just started calling me Mutti). I have no idea why or where they got these names for me. I refer to myself as mom. I hope someday to be Oma.

[Mimm]

My kids still call me mommy. I keep expecting them to outgrow it and call me mom. I call my mother mom.

[mmeblue]

I called my parents Mama and Daddy when I was growing up.  These days, it's mostly Mom and Dad.  Well, and with Mom, we joke about how we're standing up and call her Blessed (see Proverbs 31:28).  One year for Mother's Day, my middle sis and I (without discussing it) each sent Mom a card addressed to "Blessed" and noted that we stood up while writing the card.

 

My kids call me Mommy mostly, sometimes Mama.  I think I had planned to be Mama, but DD#1 was in daycare for 3 years and heard mothers referred to as Mommy so often that she picked it up, and I really didn't care.  Occasionally, DD#1 will use Mom, but I usually respond with a chopped-off version of her name that she doesn't like. ;)  I'm not quite ready for her to be old enough to call me just plain Mom.  They call DH Daddy, with DD#1 doing the occasional Dad (usually at the same time that she tries out Mom).

[Night Elf]

I call my mother mama or mom. When my dad was alive, he was daddy, but he died when i was 21 so I don't know if I would have changed it.

 

My kids call me Mom and DH dad.

 

My mother calls her mother, Mother.

[Heather in Neverland]

I call my mother "mommy salami" and she calls me "Heather baloney". :)

 

My kids call me mom, mommy or momma. Although my middle ds likes to call me "flomsy" for some unknown reason.

 

Wow... Completely unrelated... This my 7000 post!

[Amber in SJ]

I call my mom, Mom, when I am talking to her and I call my dad, Dad.  The kids call them Grammie & Grandpa.  I call my ILs  Grandpa Dave & Grandma Debbie, just like the kids do.   My children call Dh, Dad or Daddy, and me Mom or Momma.  My Dh has expressed his opinion that the kids call me Momma at 19, 16, 11 & 9 is "weird."  In fact what I hear most is;

 

"But Mommmmmmaaaaaa.....I don't want to."   

 

Amber in SJ  

[Tap]

I call my mom, mom.

 

I get anything relatively close: mom, ma, mama, mother, mum, mommy.....

 

 

Ds usually calls me mom

Dd7 calls me mama when she is happy and a very abrupt mom when she is mad. 

Dd15 calls me ma, mom, mum and if she really needs me 'mommy'.  I call tell immediately if she is just wants me to do something for her, or if she really needs me to do it for her based on if she calls me mommy or not.  I don't think she even realizes that she does it, and I am not going to tell her my secret. LOL  

 

DDs boyfriend calls me 'ma' as do most of his circle of friends that hang out at my house.

 

 

 

[KRG]

I call my parents mama and daddy

#1 calls us Mom and Daddy  #2 calls us Mommy and Daddy 

[Laura Corin]

My sons call us Mum and Dad - when they were small they called us Mummy and Daddy.  

 

I call my mother Mama (although I called her Mum when I was a child).  I called my father Dad.  

 

Husband (Texas) called his parents Mom and Dad.

 

The children called their English grandparents Nana and Granddad, their Texas grandparents Nanny and Papa.

 

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[mytwomonkeys]

I call my parents mom and dad. If I was mad, I said "mother". My kids usually call me mommy, mama, or mom. My husband is daddy or dad.

[AimeeM]

I call my mother "mom" or "mommy".

I call my father "dad" or "daddy".

 

My children call me "mom", "mom-mom", "ma", and "mommy" (depends on what kid we're talking about, lol).

My children call their father/DH "dad", "da" (the 19 month old), and "daddy".

[Peaceful Isle]

My boys call my dh dada, my girls call him daddy. They call me mommy. My mil is called grandma by the kids, mom by my dh, and her first name by me. :)

 

My parents have nothing to do with us, so rather not go there. ;)

[Kathryn]

My parents are mom and dad. Our children call us mommy and papa.

[alisoncooks]

My kids say Mommy & Daddy.  We've told them they can change us to Mom & Dad until they're teenagers. :p

I call my parents Mom & Dad... but I remember calling my dad "daddy" (pronounced "deddy" :D) when I was little.  I don't remember what I called my mom.

 

My kids call my parents Mama & Papa.

[ereks mom]

I called my mother Mama and I called my father Daddy.  Both of my children have always called me Mommy; even at ages 23 & 19, they STILL call me Mommy. I thought they would shorten it to Mom when they got older, and I told them it would be fine, but neither of them ever did. 

[Jilly]

My twins called me mama for a very long time. Now they call me mom. 

 

My youngest called me mama when he was young. Then he stopped talking due to selective mutism and didn't call me anything for years. It was a very sad time for him and me. Now he calls me mutti which I have grown to love. I have shared his story before, but if anyone would like to read about his journey you can read about it here. 

[coralloyd]

I call my mom "Mommy". I am "Mama" or "Mommy" to my kids. They say they will never call me "Mom".

[Mandylubug]

I call my mom Mama. When I am referring to her while speaking to my kids I state Me-Me. When I see her I greet her as Mama and my Kids greet her as Me Me.

[IsabelC]

Kidlets call us Mummy and Daddy. My parents are called Grandma and Grandpa by all of us - I've got so used to it that I even call them that when the kids aren't in the room. I also tend to call my husband Daddy, which I admit isn't the best when we're alone. I'm trying to make an effort to call him by his name.

[Laura Cook]

I call my parents Mama and Daddy. Occasionally I think that maybe I'm too old to be calling my father Daddy, but after all this time it would feel weird to switch. Plus, I think it might break his heart a little if I did. Our children call us Mama and Daddy. They call both sets of grandparents, Grandma and Grandpa. I guess we are a little boring! LOL

[DB in NJ]

My kids call me Ma & they call dh Daddy.

 

I called my mom Mommy, Mom, and Ma - it evolved as I grew up :)

[Tmhearn]

What do I call her to her face, or when I'm talking to my dh? ;-)