https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 11:02:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-18749 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:54:25 +0000 EloiseKE 18749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only when talking to our daughter. When she was younger, she started calling us by our real names haha so we quickly changed to calling each other "Mommy" and "Daddy" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-18698 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:57:52 +0000 mamatulip 18698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It doesn't come naturally to us -- feels especially weird to me to call husband "Daddy." But we used to call each other by name, and around 18 months the baby started regularly calling us "Tara" and "Ed." It was *hilarious* coming from the mouth of a toddler, but we figured we should probably nip it in the bud. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-18059 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:51:16 +0000 enjollah 18059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I have been doing it since we've had our furbabies!.. even before we got married. But when we're around people, we'll call each other by first names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17762 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:52:57 +0000 Rescuemom10 17762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! We do and even when its just DH and I around with our furkids. Haha! When we have his daughter up I def do a lot more so she can hear it and not be afraid to use it. (DH's DD is afraid to call him Daddy because it "hursts mommy's feelings and makes mommy cry", her mom is re-married and that is her "daddy" slowly getting better with this as she has gotten older. ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17728 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:55:18 +0000 mrsjyw 17728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katiekc: we're in the same boat. LOL no kids yet, but def do that around the furbabies. They actually really know DH as "daddy." Not as much with the mommy one. I'm just the one that feeds them, bathes them, and does all the dirty work. LOL can't wait for real babies? :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17716 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:34:03 +0000 Maysprout 17716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He'll sometimes call me momma, it felt really weird at first but I've been calling myself momma to her more so it's started to feel less weird. Though just the two of us he usually calls me by my name unless I'm not paying attention. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17593 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:36:12 +0000 looch 17593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, except he calls me "Mr. Moms." It got started when we would introduce the stuffed animals to our son...Mr. Caterpillar, Mr. Giraffe, etc. Even Sophie the teething giraffe is male in our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17583 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:09:57 +0000 SAHM0811 17583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We hardly call each other by our real names... That would be super weird for us! It's always been various nicknames... the most common one over the years has been "Honey"... Our 3yo will sometimes call my DH "Honey"... The way she says it isnt weird, just funny coming from her. And she doesn't do it regularly enough, so we don't correct it or anything... It's just funny :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17556 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:01:58 +0000 chopsuey 17556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Husband calls me Umma. I call him Appa. HAHA </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17517 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:46:36 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 17517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. Hubs refers me as "maman" and I call him "daddy" but now that You put it that way yes it seems odd </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17462 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:42:21 +0000 Rosie Girl 17462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH calls me mom to my son, but when he is talking to me, its by my first name. I never thought it odd because I grew up with my parents calling each other mom and dad. I never heard them say their names! We also call my parents Nana and Papa, with DS is around, and we seem to call my dad Papa all the time anyways now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17450 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:19:35 +0000 heffalump 17450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's all we ever use in front of our lo. I'm pretty sure she won't know we have real names.</p> <p>We never used our names before anyway. It's weird when he says my name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17441 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:05:22 +0000 Mrs. D 17441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ever since I got pregnant he's referred to me as momma or mama in private conversation, mostly about the baby,and I respond in kind, calling me poppa or papa. It's cute, I don;t think we'll have a hard time with it when baby comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17434 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:36:39 +0000 mediagirl 17434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyneswith: Hahaha...I was the same way! Had no clue my Mom had a name. I think we'll follow in my parents footsteps and just call each other Mom and Dad or Mommy and Daddy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17404 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:13:33 +0000 ALittleP 17404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have kids yet but a friend of mine calls her husband "Babe." Her 2 year old son picked up on it and one night shouted out for "Babe!" So hilarious! They've stopped using their nicknames in front of him and now just use Mommy and Daddy. LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17393 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:56:38 +0000 HabesBabe 17393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katiekc: I'm the exact same as you! Although I feel a little weird myself saying "Daddy" about our dog... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17391 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:56:14 +0000 oliviaoblivia 17391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@KATIEKC: I'm 'mama' to our dog too! No babies here yet, but I'm sure it'll only get worse when there are. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17375 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:40:34 +0000 themcmom 17375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like most everyone, I call him Daddy most of the time when Wombat's around and his name or one of his many nicknames when she's not. He is still getting used to calling me Mommie around her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17367 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:30:08 +0000 Red 17367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use Mommy, Daddy in front of our LO but switch back to our nicknames when she's sleeping. We only ever use our real names when we're pissed at each other, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17360 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:20:21 +0000 cyneswith 17360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't know my mom had a first name until I was five or six. I thought her name was Mommy. "Mommy, why did Grandma call you Becky?" "Because that's my name!" "But your name is Mommy!" "Well, I'm only Mommy for you and your brother. For everyone else, I have a different name." I knew my daddy was also Paul, though (which worked well anyway since "Pa" is an acceptable Daddy term.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17356 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:13:14 +0000 twinmama 17356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not there yet in our own relationship, but since having a baby, my SIL &amp; BIL refer to everyone in the family, including themselves by their relationship to their child! Like "Auntie M", "Grandpa", "Daddy" whatever, even in regular adult conversations. When you're involving the child, I think it's totally cool, but in a conversation between adults, I think it's kind of weird :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17352 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:08:26 +0000 mrskc 17352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha we don't even have kids yet and my husband calls me mommy in front of our dog, so I'm pretty sure he'll do it with our kids. I call him daddy in front of the dog too. Is that weird? lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17307 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:09:57 +0000 cyndistar3 17307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband calls me mommy when we are talking with our daughter because she is at the point when he says my name she tries calling me by name too. It is the same the other way around too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17281 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:22:53 +0000 Mrs. Marbles 17281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I forget when we're in public sometimes and call out "Daddy" to Mr. Marbles instead of his name! It definitely sounds and looks weird outside of the home, but it's natural for us within the context of our family. Mr. Marbles calls me "Mama." I think it's OK as long as I don't start referring to Mr. Marbles as "Daddy" in conversations with other people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-so-ever-call-you-mom-or-mommy#post-17266 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:41:37 +0000 mrbee 17266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I will refer to Bee as Mommy if we're all in a conversation together with Charlie. But if it's just the two of us, then I just call her Bee.</p> <p>I think as Charlie starts to talk more, I may have to call her Mom more. Because when I call her Bee a lot, then Charlie starts to call her Bee too. Which is weird.</p> <p>I'm not sure what is weirder: Charlie calling his mom by her first name, or me calling my wife "Mommy." If I had to choose though, I'd say that me calling my wife Mommy is weirder.</p> <p>Does your SO ever call you Mom or Mommy in front of the kids? What about when it's just the two of you? </p>