pimmo2000

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The baby (2 yrs) came home yesterday from nursery very clearly pointing out he now knows mine and the misses name.

I know its all about safety, but it just felt odd .. I have to say I don't like it.

addi monster

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lol,, my 2 year old calls me dad and his mam by her real name somtimes and it really annoyes her, it does sound weird though,.

cookstar

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My daughters (2YO) friend calls me "Daddy Mark", so she sometimes calls me that when she is being cheeky.

Very odd to start with, but just find it funny now.

Turbohot

A two year old learning parents' names is a normal thing. What comes pretty soon after is them learning their house phone number and their address. Its good for safety reasons. I was pleaesed to hear when my kids started to know mine and their dad's names at right age. That made me think that their brains were developing at correct speed. They didn't stop calling us mummy and daddy, though. Its different if your cocky child speaks your name for comedy reasons; once in a blue moon. You just give them a slap, and they start calling you mummy and daddy again.

Older step kids (6+) are generally heard calling their step-fathers or step-mothers by their first names. I think that's normal if they have a fully functioning biological mum or dad in another house, who still carries out parental responsibilities towards them.

My kids called their nana "nana", but I found it very odd that they called their late great grandmother Nana Steadman. They should have called them Nana 1 and Nana 2, like Godfather 1 and 2. Or, they should have called them Nana Senior and Nana Junior. But they couldn't, because their nana 1 (their dad's mum) taught them to call her mum with her tail name added to her "one above" nana status. Lovely great granma was chilled about it, though.

Turbohot

Your daughter's friend calling you with your first name is very normal. She calling you "Daddy" Mark is a bit dodgy, though. However, back to this "name calling", my nephew called my ex-husband with his first name all the time, since he started to speak. He never called him uncle, but it doesn't mean he didn't respect his uncle. Uncle never complained. Saying that, this nephew was super-cheeky (and smart-witted with it) from day one. He is a very decent young man now. He still calls his uncle by his first name- no change there.

bigredrob

I had my son believing that everything was in "black or white", as on the tv, when I was young, untill he was nine!!

Lydia72

When my niece was little she got obsessed with knowing people's full names. She wanted to know her Uncle Craig's middle name so I told her it was the same name as her best friend at school. She said to me "Oh, is it Puntab then?" and couldn't understand why I found it so funny

GazTheHat

I get called Dad or Gaz. Doesn't bother me.

alcazar

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You're lucky.

My kids refer to me as "Geez", "Jethro", "Jefferson", but very rarely as "dad".

Mind, they ARE 22 and 25........

Turbohot

You sound like fun dad to your kids.

Years ago, I found that a bit weird when I first heard people referring to their dads as "my old man". I ignorantly thought that was really disrepectful. Soon I understood that they mean no disrespect. That Its just a modern figure of speech.

chocolate_o_brian

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Trying to get them on the Jezza P train

Terminator X

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I still call my dad, dad & I'm fookin ancient! Am I weird?

TX.

Lisawrx

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No, I call my Dad and Mam, dad and mam. Although, I'm maybe not as ancient as you, and some may say I'm weird.....

When I was little, I knew most peoples first names, but I always called them uncle or aunty (insert first name). I'm think it was because my parents maybe thought it would be a bit strange or disrespectful for me to just use their name on its own??

pimmo2000

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I think it's down to my dad being very old school, older cousins were called uncle out of respect. Not a bad thing, I had trouble with calling my boss by his first name when I started work, not in a bad way, I just felt it was disrespectful.

He tried calling her by her first name the other day and got nothing back, so went back to mum. I've been teaching him his address in a rhyme, seems to be working, although when you ask him where he lives, he says "home" so you have to be specific ..

cookstar

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I have known her (and her little brother) from day one, we are very close friends with their parents. It just came out one day ages ago and kind of stuck.

Anyway we had the tests done and they came back ok.

mamoon2

9 though?

bigsinky

my sister's kids call my mum and dad granny and granda ireland. they call her husband's granny and granda wales. guess where they live

jef

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i think kids just notice it naturally through hearing non family members talk to you,

no need to start trying to teach them, it just happens.

different case where grandparents involved, possibly multiples if parents split up re-marry ect. my kids use grandad, and granpa to differentiate between said parties

my childminder basically has 4-6 kids in her care, all calling her by her name, and her kids also call her by her name, its a bit weird, but totally understabdable imo

pimmo2000

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I didn't teach them, the nursery did ..

jef

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ah right,

was just my veiw mate. my childs nursery dont teach it, no harm atall in doing so, but just didnt think it needed singling out for teaching

Leslie

I somehow feel it is a sign of respect to use mum amd dad instead of their given names.

Les

jef

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depends entirley on the given situation.

mine always use mum/dad as did i - but can easily see situations where its less important. altough would agree the number of those scenarios would i think be quite small.

never met anyone who just used names as a preferance tbh.