On a first-name basis with 2-yo

[sharkdive1]

@youngdad98763 Haha, it's funny how they don't always see the difference at first. I'm surprised it hadn't been seen at daycare before

 

[snazzle]

@youngdad98763 My 23m old does the same thing but with mama. It’s funny bc he said dada first, but now he never says it. Everyone is mama.

 

[tarag]

@sharkdive1 My 11 month old calls both me and my husband “dada” he also gets excited when he sees my boobs (he’s breastfed) and goes “dada!!!” When I pull them out

 

[sharkdive1]

@tarag My boobs have definitely been called mama, too!

 

[intuition888]

@sharkdive1 We were both mama too

 

[perplexed812]

@sharkdive1 That’s because “dadadada” is an easier sound to make than “mamamama” so it’s normally one of their first words.

 

[sharkdive1]

@perplexed812 I had a feeling his might have been mama as it was a sound he babbled from an early age - I can't wait to see my husband's face when he does finally call him dada. But for now he's Mama 2

 

[staxx]

@stop_cern_idea That’s a good thing. My mother always believed in making sure we knew her first and last name along with dads and grandparents names. It was in case we ever got lost or kidnapped. If the police ask what’s your mom’s name and the kid says “it’s mommy” well that’s no help. Better to know your first name and maybe even teach them their last name and a phone number to memorize. My mom was old school she made me watch forensics files at like 6yrs old. Haha she did not sugarcoat stranger danger to me.

 

[yurtiestv]

@staxx This is exactly why we started teaching our daughter our names at 2.5. She still calls us mommy and daddy, but if you ask "what's mommy's/daddy's name?" she'll tell you the right answer.
I'm still trying to figure out how to get my phone number in a memorable format for her, but that's definitely next.

 

[landbasedstudies]

@yurtiestv I read here recently someone used their mobile number as the iPad passcode… kid learnt it fast!

 

[deniseja9]

@staxx Wow, this has completely shifted my perspective. I never even thought of this. Thank you! Teaching my kidlets our names right now

 

[candyfloss28]

@staxx Same here! Both our 2 and 4 yr olds know our full names and my 4yr old knows our address (2yr old at least knows the town and sometimes the street). Working on phone numbers next!

 

[perplexed812]

@candyfloss28 My sister taught all her girls to recite their address, parent names, and phone number (they still had a landline) by 3 just in case they ever needed it.

 

[mark7871]

@stop_cern_idea My oldest does this occasionally but not consistently and it’s hilarious. It’s also often accompanied with the pet names we call each other, so “name-babe” and “name-baby”. She’ll especially use my partners first name if she’s upset and wants his attention right this second which is hysterical lol this little person running through the house yelling “daddy come back FIRST NAME COME BACK HERE NOW”

 

[autism]

@mark7871 I love the energy with that last quote lol

 

[xpertboy]

@stop_cern_idea We are NOT on a first name basis because my toddler purposely mispronounces my first name and then laughs about it. (In his defense, my name rhymes with one of the words that commonly appears on this sub in the "funny toddler mispronunciation" posts).

He also claims his last name is "Doo Doo" so I figure I got off easy.

 

[wrm11]

@xpertboy Ours pronounces part of our last name as ‘nude’. He doesn’t know it means naked, but we get some strange looks when he tells people his full name.

 

[2tim_215]

@xpertboy

my name rhymes with one of the words that commonly appears on this sub in the "funny toddler mispronunciation" posts

Truck, what an unusual name.

 

[xpertboy]

@2tim_215 Hahaha that reminds me that I know a girl named Tucker and I hope she never has to endure toddler mispronunciations of her name!

 

[joshuascribewell]

@2tim_215 Glad I’m not the only one going through the list