How your kids call you at home ... ?

Dear Lahy,
I used to call my parents mummy and daddy and now my daughter calls us mummy and appa!! She was taught to speak with respect ie., neenga, vaanga etc right from the beginning.She addresses all her relatives appropriately as mama, athai, chithi etc.

Dear Dolly,

You must definitely speak to your child in your mother tongue! Do not worry, he will not be confused at all. My daughter picked up tamil at home, Telugu when she joined pre-school, Hindi from her playmates and English from her teachers !! By the time she turned 4, she could speak to our maid in Telugu and switch to Tamil immediately when she spoke to us.( that she has forgotten Telugu now is another matter!!)

Children learn languages very quickly and do not find it confusing at all.

Cheers
Jayanthi

Dear Jayanthi,

Thank you so much for sharing here and also giving some suggestions for Dolly too ......

Hi

I am called maman, mum, mumsy.

bye

No..No.. You are getting me into trouble.
Why don't you start a thread with the title ,'How do you call your MIL n singles out there.. how will you address your future MIL?'

Ok. Dont worry. Will not disappoint you now without answering. If someone finds a single small stone by chance in the rice served n if they blame me for that, then i am a person who will put ten stones wantedly the next day i cook. So now got the answer for ur question? It all depends on how well my MIL to be behaves. Chumma kidding.

Originally Posted by Arunarc

My dear little Meena kutty
You have put in how you call your mom,
Now write to me How do you want to be called by your kids.
How are you going to call your future MIL................she is also ur mom right

Thanks for Sharing Huma ...

hi,

she calls me amma and my hubby as appa. we r open for ma or pa along with our name. but not for mummy or daddy.

Hi

I dont think there is anything wrong in calling your parents Mummy and Papa. I have called my parents mummy and papa, because in north india there is hardly any other name for parents, and even if there was, I dont think calling your parents by any other name makes them any less of your parents. So I think what's important is that you should have the respect and love for your parents.

I even call my Mom by her name (the way my dad does), when i'm joking sometimes, and call my dad by the name that my Daadi used to call him. Its real fun.

Take care and Shine

Some how missed this thread.

My kids call us amma and appa and vaa po. Proabably they see me call my mom vaa amma and their father call his father vaa appa. But with all other relationships including cousins who are just 2 or 3 years old it is anna or akka vango pongo. We just have to teach our daughter and son followed her path. Though I dont mind kids calling me anything, their father cant tolerate mummy or daddy(probably he is seeing his sisters kids call them so and he is not so happy). So we are called only amma or appa. But when my son sees me angry he just addresses me as RajmiAmma.

But....., when we were kids, we had my grandpa (father's father) living with us and my mom used to call him appa and when I started talking looks like I got confused with appa and so my dad was addressed as daddy and till date he is daddy to me and my mom is amma to me. I always address my dad vango pongo. (This could be probably because I have seen mom calling both the elder male of the family vango pongo). After marriage I call my fil appa. But I am still unable to change to call my dad from daddy to appa and when I called him once or twice I felt that there is no closeness between us which we share when I call him dad.

Hi Lahy,

Our children call us as Mummy and Daddy.

why is there anything wrong calling your parents as mummy & Daddy?

we used to call our parents as amma & baba.

Dear Shree, Thanks for sharing here friend ....