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Oh Mum.(yes still here,having me toast n marmite) I hate that too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sadly I can't remember. One thing I can't stand is hearing children call their parents by their Christian names and not using those special titles of Mum(my) and Dad(dy). Liz

Hi Penny, With my five it was around about 7 with them all, Caz xxx

Gail I just think it's a sign of them growing up & so just wondered how much longer until he is ''a big boy now'' & just says Muuuummmmm :-)

Hi Penny. Just wondering if you do or do not want your children to call you mummy? I live in Scotland, and maybe things are a wee bit different up here. But I still refer to my mother as Mammy, and I am a grandmother myself. I lost my father when I was 31, and he was still always my daddy.I will be 50 next year, by the way! It doesn't matter what they call you, so long as they acknowledge who you are. Gail

I have alway's been mum even when they were little. Easier for them to say. Also saves them changing when they get older. I think mummy is for little ones, thats my opinion :(( Marion

Both of mine stopped saying it around 5/6 :( They are 7 and 10 now and if I ever say something like 'give your mummy a cuddle' they just go MUUM! but then cuddle me anyway!

Mine never have Penny,we don't say mummy up here!! lol.... ...it's Mam

l'm still called Mummy by my daughter or mum. My son calls me Mum and they are 32yrs and 30yrs blessem:o))))

Do you know I cannot recall.

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

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

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!!!!

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

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

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 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'!

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 .

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