Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Mom or Mommy?

Solana, at 5 years-old, has taken to calling me "Mom." I don't think it was a conscious decision. It just seems to come naturally to her. And I suppose that's ok. But I don't want to be Mom. I want to be Mommy! I still call my mother "Mommy" and it's never occurred to me to do otherwise. I keep correcting Solana and she's more than happy to oblige but she slips all the time. The other day she called Dave, "Daddy," and then called me "Mom," within the same run-on sentence. I said, "Hey, why does he get to be Daddy and I have to be Mom?" I don't think I'm getting anywhere with this. Tell me. Is it possible for me to turn this around or am I just stuck?

P.S. After posting and reading this I feel kind of silly and suppose maybe I should just get over it and be happy that I have a sweet little girl that draws pictures of me and writes "I Luv Mom" at the top. Oh well. Mom it is :-)

4 comments:

The Hillbergs said...

I prefer "mommy" too! "Mom" sounds so grown-up, like I don't have cuddely little ones anymore. My 4 year old mostly calls me 'mom' now. He's even tried calling me "jennifer"! Which I promptly squashed!!! At least she isn't calling you "Mother Dearest" - which reeks of old England or something. Keep trying with the Mommy talk, but it may just be a lost cause... sorry!

Angela Maggard said...

I fought Kylie on this and won; so, you can too! But, now I kinda feel bad cause I don't want anyone making fun of her at school for it... I hope they don't! I was SO sad when she started doing it because I was sure Ari would follow soon after... Thankfully, they still call me mommy!! :)

Holbergs said...

Mia's tried that a couple of times and she immediately gets corrected (in a sweet way). Do I need to have a little conversation with my little niece and tell her how it's gonna be? :o)

meredith said...

Meghan went through a phase where she called me Mama. I wasn't a big fan. Thankfully, we're back to Mommy.