When did your little one start calling you Mom instead of Mommy?

Mason is three and thats exactly what he calls me and "dad". I loved mommy and daddy when he was saying it, but in movies and at daycare he always hears mom and dad and really picked that up. Granted he really only says it when he wants our attention or something terrible is wrong. . . but he still says it.

Just continue to gently correct her, laugh it off, try to make a joke of it for his sake. You can also bring up conversations with her about her 'real' mommy. If you know she has gone or will be going to see her ask what they will or did do, etc. Talking about her like that will also help her little mind work out the difference between you two. Since this little girl obviously reguards you so highly try to give her the best female role model while you are around. You said she doesn't see her own mother very often & even at her young age having positive role models in her life are very important. If it makes you feel any better one of my nephews would call me 'mommy' from the ages 2-4 right in front of his own mother!!

My daughter is 3 and calls us mom and dad now and then. She still calls us mommy and daddy for the most part. I wouldn't ignore him for calling you mom and dad because it's just something your going to have to get use to. At least he's not calling you by name, and you both are his mom and dad. If you ignore him, he'll think he's doing something bad when all he's doing is calling you. He's not growing up any faster by not saying Mommy or daddy. My husband was sad the day our daughter started saying daddy rather than dada, but she knows calling him dada will have him wrapped around her finger and get her what she wants!

my 2 and a half year old calls me mommy or mom. Once she called her dad by his first name. lol. But usually its daddy or dad. She also took to calling me Mr. Noodle for a while, and then I guess I upgraded to Princess Fiona. When she was between 10-13 months she called me "milk" so I was very happy when I got the mom or mommy, I didn't really care which version she used. I'm sure your 2 year old is not trying to annoy you by calling you mom. He is just probably fascinated that you could have more than one name. It seems like such a little thing to fuss about. pick your battles :)

Why are you being SO stern about him calling you Mom and Dad thats kinda strange if you ask me do you want him calling you Mommy when he is an adult? My kiddos are 10, 7, and 2 years old they call me Mommy or Mom and I would never ignore them.

My son always calls me Dad. At first, I was Da-Dad. He's 13 months. My favorite is when sometimes I call out to him he will respond with "Dad?"

He must of heard someone call their parents mom and dad, but at least he didn't call you by your first name. My daughter called be Mom when she was 12

my son was 2yrs old but he never really called me mommy it was usually Ma or Ama(my kids spoke spanish first lol), then it became mom, my daughter is going to be 3yrs old and she has called me mom since she hears my son, so she never called me mommy either.

same with my boyfriend my son called him Pa or Apa, then dad.

Wow, I really wouldn't ignore him when he called you Mom or Dad, that's just like... I can't even think about how awkward that is... he's growing up. I think you should probably get used to the idea.

i've always been "mom". both kids went thru the phase of referring to us by our first names, though. what's in a name??