Same with the father. I'm not a parent, so do parents point to themselves to the child and say "mommy" or what? .
2006-08-18 13:00:09 · 5 answers · asked by uglyvanity 3 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
They learn it, mostly from the mother and father living with them and caring for them.
I call my wife 'mom' or 'mommy' around the baby, so I would imagine thats where they pick it up.
2006-08-18 13:14:29 · answer #1 · answered by p_rutherford2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, parents constantly give babies the names to the people and objects around them and teach them their own names by repetition each day.
2006-08-18 20:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by Jerry L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is what they whisper in the babys ear right before smacking it on its ***.
"Call this woman mother or there will be more where this came from."
2006-08-18 20:05:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the parents, and other people, tell them....sort of. But they just catch on...though my nephew called me (and everyone else) Mamma for the longest time! haha
2006-08-18 20:24:00 · answer #4 · answered by Scoot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhhhh... i think the kid lives with mommy since birth.
2006-08-18 20:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by doctor_bee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋