first name only?
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Topic: first name only?
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: first name only?
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 1:00pm
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my 20 month old wont call me mummy...
after having the step son for the first week of the hols, at dinner after he had gone my boy called me by my first name...i was so upset i burst into tears..(baby blues didnt help that tho). 
still he wont say mummy, mumma, or even mum. lots of daddy and yells out to him too. its breaking my heart... i always knew he would break my heart when he got older, but i thought i had a while to go.  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 1:06pm
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Kids usually copy other kids....so I am sure it is just a phase. He should be back to normal soon. My 3 year old causin use to call her mum by her name, because every body around her called her by her name. But now she is calling her Mummy.
May be you should ignore him when he calls you by your name and only respond when he calls you mum(my)...he should soon get the point. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 1:50pm
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yep that's a great idea, or explain that your stepson calls you that because you aren't his mummy, but that he should call you mummy.
Paris calls me mummy, but she calls her dad any number of things, from mike, michael or daddy. if she's tired it's dad, if she's being silly it's mike and if she's trying to be angry with him it's michael "no michael, stop!" i hardly ever hear daddy very often at all unless she's annoyed with me, then she'll deliberately go to him and cuddle himand call him daddy. sometimes kids can be so catty.. lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: kbushnz
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 3:00pm
Yes i agree - explain to your child why other people/stepson call you by you first name - and when your child does it tell him/her that yes that is your name but you would like it if he/she called you mummy because that makes you feel special. Good luck  ------------- http://www.baby-gaga.com/"> 
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 5:41pm
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Maybe get your hubby to refer to you as mummy when he is talking to your son. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 7:58pm
| I called my grandfather by his first name because he used to take me to his work when I was little. I copied everyone else. Didn't mean I didn't love him any less. I adored him!!!! (Jake's middle name is from his great-grandad)..so remember that your baby may not say mummy, but he still loves you lots and lots. |
Posted By: kbushnz
Date Posted: 27 July 2005 at 10:18pm
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That's the truth............ The other thing i do is when i ask briana to do something for me i say "can you please get so and so for mummy", or when i get her something a drink or a sandwhich i ask her to say "thank you mummy".......if you speak about yourself using the word mummy then your child will eventually do the same. ------------- http://www.baby-gaga.com/">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 9:22am
thanks guys... we do all that - and he has stopped calling me by my first name -now he doesnt call me anything. i do know he loves me tho, its the little things like the arms around my neck when he is behind me on the floor and the kisses .
this is a pic of my little man - just cause i can.  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 11:04am
ooooh, that is so cute!! He could be on one of those telecom ads with the mini business men!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 28 July 2005 at 12:31pm
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LOL Ana I agree....
Looks like the sports page...he he ha typical Kiwi bloke huh? He is sooooo cute... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kbushnz
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 8:21am
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What a little sweetheart............and reading the a paper it his age..........wow!!!!! My little just destroys it lol ------------- http://www.baby-gaga.com/">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 11:23am
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thanks guys... i think he was being nice to the paper cause he saw the camera come out. he is a sweetheart too tho, so caring towards his new little brother, but such a boy when he lies on the floor playing with thomas or a car. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 2:00pm
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OMG he looks like his Daddy!
Maya calls me Emma occasionally but I just tell her very firmly "I am Mama, not Emma to you". And she seems to get the message. LOL at her little friend Milan tho, she calls me Mama too, I think they get confused! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 29 July 2005 at 3:47pm
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He's such a cute little boy! Very grown up
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