My son, Andrew, is 2 years and 5 months and he will NOT call me moma...instead he calls me MAWMAW!! I'm getting to where it's really starting to get under my skin and I don't know how to go about it!!! He's old enough to understand and I keep on and on and on telling him moma moma but he laughes and ads the "aw" to it after. I'm just to the point I don't know what to do!!
Any suggestions or similar stories?
Re: My son won't call me the "correct" name...I'm so upset
my advice - find something new to be upset about it.
Seriously - he consistently calls you something, right? And, it has a an "M" sound? Good enough.
The bigger deal you make this, the more fun it is for him to call you the wrong thing. Just go with it.
This.
DS sometimes calls me MAW-me, then the next minute he will be back to saying it the "correct" way (in my mind) which is Mum-my. It never occurred to me to be bothered by it, everyone says things different ways.
I think some of it has to be with him used to staying around his grandparents alot too Thanks for the helpful insights...Scratch the rude comments.
I think it's how you titled this that comes off a little wrong- your 2yr old son won't call you by the "correct" name. I'm in agreement that it sounds like this is just the way he says it right now based on his developmental stage. Kids can have little speech quirks for a long time! Also, the more you make it an issue, the more he will probably call you that.
Thank you! I do tend to word things wrong. I didn't mean to sound smart..I was just worried if it was normal. Non of my friends have babies so I can't really relate to anyone. I'm just gonna ignore making it a big deal and just let him know I'm moma. if somebody asks where's moma he will point to me so I'm sure he understands.
My cousin called his mom "Bill" for a year. He wouldn't accept she was mom, and she had bigger things to be concerned about. I would not even correct him any more. He will figure it out eventually.
yeah.... ds has a speech delay and didn't start calling me "monie" until he was almost 3.
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