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My partner and I have recently become pregnant with our first child. I'm currently 7 weeks pregnant and we have no idea what to have our child call us.
"Mom, Momma....is that too close together? will we know or someone else know which of us they are talking about?" So yeah, we are obsessing! LOL So any advice would be great as to what names your children use. Or if we just need to relax and wait and let the baby formulate its own names for us. Posted on 02/16/09, 05:02 pm |
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Our daughter will be 2yrs in March. Right now I am momma and my partner is mommy. She is ok with that even though she is only two. As she gets older, we are ok with whatever shes ok with. You are not obsessing because we struggled and finally decided on this for now. People will know which one your child is talking about. All of our family knows whos who. Enjoy the ride and everything else will fall in place. Enjoy sleep for now too!LOL. Good Luck. Having our daughter has been a total joy and the best move I have ever made in my life. 
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From everyone I've spoken to, you'll know who the child is talking to. It's rarely confusing.
Mom and Mommy....whatever you guys choose. Just be consistent. My kids call me Mom and their Step-Mother by her first name, but in conversation refer to her as their Step-Mother. They'll often say they have two Moms. Take it easy and enjoy the next coming months...things will change ALOT when they are born! Cheers!
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Are either one of you a different nationality? My mom is gay and my kids call my mom GRANDMA and her partner NONNI (which is grandma in italian) She doesnt speak italian but she is italian so we thought that would be a great way to tell the 2 apart. ALSO....when i was kid my grandma and my great grandma(her mom) Lived in the same home..so I used to call my grandma..grandma and my GREAT grandma I called mime (not sure of the spelling on that) but its french for grandma. And thats sort of a tradition in our family now. Just some thoughts. Hope I helped.
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We both refer to ourselves as mom or mommy. Kids have two grampas and two grandmas and don't get confused so we felt no need to differentiate one from the other either. If he wants to adopt some different term later we'll let that develop naturally.
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i have a good friend who's had 3 children with her partner, and they're planning on having more. so far the kids call her ''mommy'' and her partner (who bore them) ''momma''. the oldest is 5 and the twins just turned 2, and none of them seem confused about the distinction, so based on the other posts here, it seems to work. all the best to you.
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