How do you deal with a toddler calling her mom by her first name?

It's actually really good for a toddler to know your first name. You should teach her your last name too. Just tell your daughter "Yes, my name is....but you call me Mommy". My son went through that phase and now we've got him reciting his address and able to give directions on how to get himself home if ever put in a car....phone number is next. I actually teach him that he lives at my parents house and he's going to learn their phone number because they will never move...where as we're trying to buy a house and only use cell phones which are ever changing.

All children enter a phase where they call their parents by their first names. One reason is because they hear others around them call their parents by their first names and the other is that at that stage the child is learning to identify with the parents. My daughter has started calling me by my first name and I don't make an issue of it. It is my name, there is more to me as a person than "mommies". I have no problem with my almost 3 year old calling me Jerilyn, my parents gave me that name and I love them both. Stop pushing your daughter to call you Mommy it will come back. There really is no reason to get upset over this. I can understand why your toddler laughs about it...it is rather silly.

First of all, not cool that ur mom is upset w/ something u dont want ur daughter doing. She's ur daughter!! And no one wants their toddler calling them by anything else but Mommy. Def need to have a talk w/ ur mom even if it upsets her....hello....she's upsetting u. And u may have to ignore ur daughter until she does reference u as mom. Say...if u want this, u have to say please mommy. And do have ur husband call u mommy and u call him daddy. This helped us, hope it helps u. good luck!

Ignore her when she calls you Jen. Don't give into what she wants until she calls you mommy. Have your husband refer to you in context as Mommy whilst in front of her, even if it seems a little silly. Make her believe your name is mommy. And have a sit down with your grandparents that she is too young to be calling you Jen and if they don't stop, you won't trust them watching her.

I would try to ignore her when she says your first name and nicely say 'My name is Mommie" and ignore what follows after. She is only repeating what she is being taught by your parents. Also, tell them you do not want them teaching or reinforcing that to her. You can't get upset at your daughter...she is only saying what she is being told to say! I am sure if you ignore it for a while she will soon forget about it...good luck

well first off tell your mom that its really upsetting you and ask her to even refer to you as mom or mommy when she is talking to your daughter and when your daughter calls ou jen just ignore her untill she says mom or mommy then after a while she will get fed up and just stop

hope this helps :)

My daughter started doing this as soon as she learned how to talk. We just ignored her and then she would call for mommy. Now she is 4, and we are back to her calling me by my first name and her referreing to her dad as his first name. I actually found out if I call her by her sisters name she gets upset cause that not her name!! (haha)then I explain to her, that my name is mommy, and only special people get to call me that. every day its another battle... don't sweat it... but if you want to show your mom how it feels tell your daughter that her (grandma) name is "insert first name"

Is it really that big of a deal? So she calls you by the same name lots of other people do.She's only 20 months old AND she was taught to do it. Just ignore it and eventually when shes older you can explain it to her. Until then just don't draw any attention to it and she'll get bored with it. And whoever coomented that said you should pop her in the mouth...sounds like a great parent, kids copy what they hear so if the parent says a bad word and is shocked when the kid repeats it...who should be popped in the mouth the parent or the kid? THE PARENT!

yep, even 2 year olds can be devious! she is only copying what she hears - so the simplest solution is to use the names that you want her to use, when she is around - I know it may seem silly for you to call your man "Daddy" and for him to call you "Mommy" but it surely will not work to keep asking her to call you that when she keeps hearing your given names. I suspect you may have a tougher ride, getting your mother to stop what she is doing, and use a suitable granny name (or Nana, Nanny, etc) instead!

She will stop calling you Jen when you start ignoring her when she calls you that.

If you respond to Mommy, she will call you that.

My son knows my name, but really prefers not to call me it. He will name his dad's name, grandparents name...but I am always Mommy.