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writes: My daughter is 14 months old and saying quite a few words but she wont call me mum/mummy. She can call me by my name and she knows who I am if someone says mum/mummy. I gave up work (very happily)to be a stay at home mum, so I spend all day with her playing with her etc and as soon as Daddy comes home that is all she says, sounds really petty but im beginning to get upset with it and feeling quite hurt. Reply to this Question
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reader, SassySarah +, writes (4 October 2006):
ignore your child when your called by your name just simply say my names not that its mummy then turn your back on her then praise her when your called mummyits hard but its the only way i could get both my kids to call me mummyalso get your hubby to call you mummy in front of her and you call him daddyit may take time but it works eventuallygood luck
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reader, Ang-soph +, writes (3 October 2006):
Ang-soph is verified as being by the original poster of the questionThank you very much for replying to my question. My partner does do this, but his mother insists on encouraging my daughter to call me by my name as she thinks it is funny even though we have told her many times to stop, but i think she is just a nasty horrible women.
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reader, Jadzia1127  +, writes (30 September 2006):
 Toddlers use the names they hear. To learn the name Daddy she had to hear you, daddy, grandparents, etc say it. If she is calling you by your name and not by a pet name it is because she hears you being called by your name more then anything else.
Take your name out of her hearing range and she will quickly pick up on the pet name of your choosing. You have the right to correct anyone who is talking around your daughter using your name, you have the right to ask your husband or any other family member to use the pet name you want to be referred to around your child.
This needs to be a permanent change until she is old enough to understand that parents have their own name, kids pick that up between 3-5yrs of age usually.
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reader, fallenman  +, writes (29 September 2006):
 Possibly your daughter has latched on to your husband as daddy and because he calls you by you first name so does your daughter. She will probably grow out of this, but a more direct and impacting method is to ingnore her when she calls you by your first name. Your daughter is highly dependant on you and does not understand the pain you are suffering and therefore it is not done with malice. You might also try telling her in a matter of fact way that you want her to call you mummy or mom.
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