Re: when baby says Mummy to his Dad...


"KLIL" <les.sab.en.chine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello everybody
I'm a newcomer seeking help. Doctors haven't helped much so far. Our 20
month old son has started saying Mum to his Dad since December (no
reason for : no argument or whatsoever). At first we thought it was a
"normal" confusion due to age. Then that it might be a game for him and
we pretended not to pay attention. He perfectly knows who is who (if we
ask him to bring sthg to his Dad, he'll do it). But dad is getting
really upset. Has anyone experienced this ? Thanks for your help. K.

Mine didn't really have this problem, as far as I can remember, but I have a
friend who's almost 3 year old son calles everyone "Mam"... My son, 5, plays
with this boy, and DS sometimes gets upset that his playmate is calling him
"mam" all the time. The kid knows who is mother is. He knows that I, his
friends or complete strangers aren't his mom, but he's just at the age and
level that everyone is mom. Yes, he is a bit slow and has shown to function
at a slightly lower level than he should, but he still understands. I have
held out his jacket and I have said, "Is this Bryce's jacket?" and he does
say yes. I ask if this is Mommy's jacket or Leland's (his infant brother)
jacket and he tells me know. I have asked him to point out Mom, Leland,
Bran or Zach (DSs) and he points them all out with no problem, he just calls
EVERYONE 'mam', but when told to go see mom, he goes to his mom, not me, not
DS, not a stranger.
Your DH needs to calm down. It's nothing personal and getting upset is NOT
going to help the situation. Steer your son in the right direction and use
everyone's name or names of objects in a proper, every day manner without
putting huge emphasis on it. He's still a baby. I wouldn't even know if
I'd go so far as to say it's a confusion thing... You've said he does know
the difference of who is who.


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