Mummy versus Mommy

My parents wanted to be called Grandma & Grandpa, but Noah just one day started calling my mother Momma Lois & my dad PopPop...he calls my inlaws Momma Jean & Granddad Ian...

Funny that.

Up until August Esme called me mama.  Then one day out of the blue she started calling me mummy.  I tried for a week to get her to call me mama again but it was no good.

My son's too young to say anything but I refer to myself as Mommy when talking to him. Mummy just seems foreign to me.

I agree, mummy sounds foreign and a bit out of horror movies... I've been referring to myself as mommy, but hubby refers to me as mum. I guess our son will decide in the end. Thanks for the responses!

My 2 year old has taken to calling me Mom (as opposed to Mommy), much to my dismay. He's waaaaay too young for that!! I think he does it because he knows I don't like it. Cheeky wee thing.

My 2 year old has taken to calling me Mom (as opposed to Mommy), much to my dismay. He's waaaaay too young for that!! I think he does it because he knows I don't like it. Cheeky wee thing.

My sister is 22 and she still calls our mom 'Mama'.  It cracks me up.

My sister is 22 and she still calls our mom 'Mama'.  It cracks me up.

My boy uses "Ma" which also cracks me up for some reason and makes me think of Cleetus

"Hey Ma, the pig got stuck in the outhouse again"

My 2 year old has taken to calling me Mom (as opposed to Mommy), much to my dismay. He's waaaaay too young for that!! I think he does it because he knows I don't like it. Cheeky wee thing.

My niece did this at about 2 and my sister kept correcting her and became known as 'Mommy-Mom'


My sisters and I all still call our parents Mommy and Daddy and we range from 31 - 46. I think having little kids at home kept the oldest calling them that and it just stuck...

My sister is 22 and she still calls our mom 'Mama'.  It cracks me up.

My daughter is 20 and still sometimes calls me Mama or Mommy.  

My boy uses "Ma" which also cracks me up for some reason and makes me think of Cleetus

"Hey Ma, the pig got stuck in the outhouse again"

Two of my mother's children call her Ma.  I'm one of them.

My sister is 22 and she still calls our mom 'Mama'.  It cracks me up.

I'm 35 and still call my mother 'Mama' and my father 'Daddy'

We all call my mother "Momma" - and so thus, my sister's kids call her "Momma" and that will probably be my preferred name when I have kids as well. 

My father is "Daddy" still.

I don't see "Mam" on the poll list. (I really hate that one)

Ha. Well, I was a young addict to Louisa May Alcott, so my mom became "Marme" quite quickly.
I imagine that when we have kids, we'll use "Mum".

My dad has always been "Dada". And still is.  (Of course, I had a Jewish grandmother, so we had the full range of "bubbe", "zayde" etc).

I used to like mum/mummy but after the Dr Who episode I can't stand mummy. i just hear that creepy little kid wandering around asking, "Are you my mummy? Are you my mummy?"

I used to be Mommy but now both of my kids (10 & 13) call me Mom.  They will refer to me as "my mum" when speaking to other (English) kids though.