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Just wondered as eldest has just turned 9 & wondered how long until he grows up & calls me Mum :-(

At what age did your children stop calling you Mummy?

My daughter is 9 and she still calls me Mummy when she wants something, if she is having a strop its Mum. Funnily my 18 year old also does the same for the exact same reasons!. Scarlett.

My daughter calls me Mama she always has done and she's now 10 catherine xx

My Daughter (27) still calls me Mummy on occasion, signs cards and stuff to Mummy too, one of my Sons (25) now calls me Mumma (lol) the 3 other Sons call me Mum, 35, 33, 23 and 11yr old uses Mummy when he is sick (so does 25yr old!), wants something or comes to tell me he loves me. So they never really seem to lose the use of it, it seems to come in handy when they want something... Nanna-Moo ;-)))

Im 44 and still call my mum Mummy. My aunty is 58 and still calls my gran mummy

Wow - I could have years to go before he grows up :-)))

I'm in my forties and still refer to my mum as Mummy (usually when talking with my siblings) - although when speaking directly to her it's just Mum. My daughter was probably around the 8-10 yrs mark when she switched from calling me Mummy to Mum. She laughs when she hears me or my sisters talking about our 'Mummy', she says we sound like a bunch of little kids LOL. Athena

I love it when they call me Mummy, still my babies at heart!!! Nanna-Moo ;-))

I always thought that only the 'posher' kids (no offence to any one intended) called their parents mummy and daddy, but my soon to be 13 year old stills calls us mummy and daddy. I must admit I find it hard to refer to OH as Dad when he is in the company of his friends. I dont want to embarrass him but that is the way its always been with us. Im sure he will stop soon tho... Thinking about it, not even sure if he still believes in father christmas as hes never said anything about it, even when Ive tentatively raised the subject with him in the past, hes not given me a straight answer!! Perhaps Ive bought him up too naieve (!?!?)... Clare x

Cher stopped calling me mummy about 12/13 when she realised she hates me lol Luke stopped when he started secondry school but I still wind him up a bit by referring to myself as mummy lol Boo has always called me mama but is starting to drop that now even though she is only 7 Jax xx

my grandson always called mummy by her christian name .she was manager of a nursery all the kiddies called her julie so why not him .

My little girl - 7 going on 27 - calls me Mommy but when her little friends are around I'm Mom! It must be genetic, I did the same with my 'Mom'!

They still do from time to time .... usually when they want something or they're poorly My son's nearly 23 and my Daughter's 21 Ahhh Gaynor :-)

My son was 7, approx. My daughter was 5, approx. Baby not talking yet.

My youngest is a strapping 15 yr old 6'3 rugby player and he still calls me mama or mummy.strangly his older brother and sister have always called me mum. Angela x

My son aged 11 calls me mummy, sometimes mum and when he thinks I am being silly he says 'Oh Mother' in a particularly superior tone of voice! lol Rose xx

I stopped calling my mother 'mummy' at 13 when all my friends laughed at me. All my children call me Mum (youngest is 15) except when they want something. About the posh people hypothesis. I have some friends whom you might consider 'posh' whose children say Mum, even the 5 yr old, and, to be a tease, the only family I know who refer to themselves as mummy and daddy are really ordinary nice people but who, if I dare say it, feel they are something different. If you catch my drift!! Good friends of mine but with a few pretensions! I love 'em just as they are though!!!!

we're quite a mixed bag really aren't we :-)))

I'm 32 and i still call my parents mummy and daddy(daddy more so when i want something!!);0) Oh and i aint no posh bird!! PMSLxx