My 2Yr Old Has Been Calling Me by My First Name...

That is soooo normal! My daughter does that from time to time. It might be because my husband, and others call me by my first name, which is normal from them...I used to think it was weird, but now it gives me a chukkle.!!

Hey I actually think that in the end it will be something helpful. I have a 5 year old and all I do is remind her that I am "MOM" but yes my name is "D.". When I worked at Walmart there kids that would get separated from their parents, most did not know their parents name it was difficult so you have to describe their clothing but this way you actualy hear your name. Thats is why it doesnt really bother me. Hope that this helps!!

Right no big whoop....I go through the same thing with my 4yr old daughter. She goes through squirts calling us by our first names and sometimes its only one of us and sometimes both. I made a huge deal out of it at first and that made things worse. Now we just answer her just as if she called us mom or dad and the phase passes. Its a thing to see how far they can push us and if we act like its not even happening it goes away very fast. It also helps if you call your hubby "daddy' and vise versa him calling you "mommy" b/c I think that has caused some confunsion when we call each other by our real names so she cant understand why she cant do the same thing she hears. I think that has made the most impact and also telling our family not to laugh and say its cute or make fun of her if she does it and to just ignore it like we do if it does happen. Well good luck and I fully understand where you are comming from on this matter.

Mom, mother and mommy are special names, which should denote, love and respect and give a warm feeling when you think of your Mom. You have earned the right to be called that. Don't let it get started, because later on down the road it will make a difference, especially in the teenage years. Hopefully you will be your child's friend, but when it all comes down to it there will be times when you are just Mom and that is more than a friend. The best way to stop it is to ignore her until she calls you the right thing.

I think most kids go t hrough that stage. It's good that she knows your first name in case she ever gets lost but I would just remind her to call you mom or mommy or whatever you go by and tell her that your first name is for emergencies. I think calling you by your first name is disrepectful although I know at that age she is not doing it to be disrespectful. My sons are 5 & 3 and they occasionally call me by my name when being silly and I just ignore them and they get the hint. :)

i have read the other mother's responses and i am shocked. i was raised to believe that mom is mom and not whatever your first name is. my son has never called me by my first name. i find it very disrespectful. yes he does know my first name. however i explained to him that to him i am mom or mommie and that everybody else uses my first name. he also understands if he ever were to get lost or simply asked my first name that it would be okay then to refer to me by my first name but only then in that kind of a situation. i am a firm believer in this!!! i feel like little things like this will only escalate to more disrespectful things.

My daughter did this for a while around that age. No biggie to me. I would just say "Yes, that's my name! But what do YOU call me" and she would say "Mama" and that was that. Sometimes she'll call my husband by his first name too and I'll go "Oh, you mean Daddy?" or "Yeah, that's what I call him, isn't it?" and then just move on.