It depends on the context for me... if we're playing a board game as a family, then I'll refer to Bee as "mommy". If we're on a playdate with another family, I will use her real name. As the kids get older, I'm pretty sure we'll only use our real names.
What's your "mommy"/"daddy" policy?
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
When speaking to the kids/in front of them I say Dad/daddy. the few times I've used his first name, we get a week of LO1 using his first name because she thinks it's funny 
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
@LuLu Mom: cute!
One of my friends parents still refer to each other as mom and dad. He said they always used it because he was an only child. I'm not sure what I will do. So far when I speak to fetus I say "your father" or "daddy."
grapefruit / 4355 posts
My parents still refer to each other as "your mom" and "your dad" when talking to me!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
No, and as a result my son refers to my husband by his first name.
eggplant / 11824 posts
Yes, most of the time. Unless I'm specifically trying to get my husband's attention or something, then I'll use his first name. My parents still call each other mom and dad in front of me, and I'm nearly 34!!
pineapple / 12793 posts
Always. If you ask DD what mom's name is she says "Mama." I'm happy with that.
pomegranate / 3565 posts
If I'm talking to my husband, I say baby. If I'm talking to my son about my husband, I say daddy. We don't really call each other by our 1st name.
apricot / 343 posts
We always use mum and dad. So do my parents, as in your dad/ your mum. I think my grandparents do the same as well!
grape / 80 posts
I didn't used to but then our daughter started calling her dad "Mark." Soooo....
nectarine / 2280 posts
We call each other "mama" and "daddy" mostly. My DH has a nickname I use frequently so she sometimes calls him by his nickname too.
It gets confusing because my sisters and I still refer to our parents as mommy and daddy.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
We always do, but she knows our names and calls us them occasionally.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
Only when I'm talking to her. Like "Go see dada," "Go ask dada," etc. Otherwise first names. LO knows both of our first names but still calls us mama and dada. She does call DH "dada first name" sometimes which I think is kind of funny 
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Only when talking to her. She has called us both by our names a couple of times. I think it is hilarious.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Only when I'm talking to him "Go ask Daddy". He does call us by our first names sometimes, but we've also been teaching him what our names are, in case he gets lost
"What do you if you get lost"
"Find a police office or a mommy with a stroller"
"And what do you tell them?"
"I lost/want my mommy and daddy"
"And what are our names?"
"Sarah McK and David McK"
(and Oma McK...even though his Oma's name is Katie D, which he now knows 
)
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@lovehoneybee: Yep! We taught her our first and last names for safety reasons as well.
coconut / 8483 posts
I say things like "give this to daddy" "daddy is funny!" "Where is daddy?" To my son, but when talking to my husband I call him his first name.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@Mrs.KMM: mine too!!!
We basically do the same as your family Mr. Bee but we have more opportunities to call each other mom/dad because our children are still very small.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
If talking to her we say mommy/ daddy (daddy is on his way home! Let's let mommy sleep). If talking to each other more often name unless we are being funny.
C know dhs name and sometimes says it to be funny- like if I say something in an annoying voice she repeats his name in the same tone and laughs, which makes us laugh. And if you say "who's b---?" She says Daddy! but if you say what's daddy's name, she says daddy.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
Yes - and we are those people that call each other Mommy & Daddy even when LO is not around.
When I'm on the phone or talking to someone and say DH's first name, she will say, "Daddy!" So she knows his name. Not sure if she knows my name.
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