My best friends child will be 3 in 2 weeks and he always calls her by her first name...."Kerry come here....Kerry I need you..." He calls here mommy sometimes too, but he knows that when he wants to make her mad he calls here Kerry. Also he calls her "babe" because that is what her boyfriend calls her....I've talked to him and told him only her friends can call her Kerry and only he can call her mommy....yea...that just made it worse...please help!
2006-12-14 13:49:27 · 8 answers · asked by antiditz05 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
P.S. It DOES bother her...she corrects him everytime....but it seems to me like he does it just to spite her cuz he knows she doens't like it....also, I'm trying to find an answer to this because she has FAR too much other stuff on her plate then to deal with this less important issue.
2006-12-14 13:58:52 · update #1
It may sound silly but when you are around you call her mommy.... it worked for me my kids refused to call their farther daddy so I started calling him daddy now it's a habit for me, but my children now call their farther daddy instead of Sam...
2006-12-14 13:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by Alicia S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think a three year old does things "to spite" anyone. Tell her not to answer him unless he calls her by the name she prefers to be called by. It might take a little time and a lot of patience, but it will work. If she has bigger things to worry about, then are you sure that it is she who is really bothered by it, or are you the one who doesn't like it? Maybe she is just bothered because she's been listening to you go on about it.
2006-12-14 22:21:36 · answer #2 · answered by Ella S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe u and ur friends should call Kerry mommy for a while until Kerry's child will say mommy instead of Kerry, and when he finally knows names and such continue calling Kerry.
2006-12-14 21:52:41 · answer #3 · answered by hell_kimchi_ops 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally I would have told you to let your friend take care of this, but if this is your BEST friend, well that's different.
At 3, it's way to hard. He will think its a game, but you can TRY this: call your B/F "MOM" and if he looks at you crazy, you can say yes, this is my mom! And your BF should respond to you whenever you say "mom" and not respond as fast to her son (like a game). The age is young and you shouldn't worry about it too much. He gets more out of the reaction than actually saying the word.
2006-12-14 22:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by LittleFreedom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey, I don't think this is your issue. If she just lets him do it without a scene, the novelty will wear off. (My son called me 'Bob' for the longest time-no idea why) I love the idea of everyone else calling her Mommy-that's also a terrific suggestion. And like you said, she already has enough to deal with.
2006-12-14 22:58:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly unless she tells him to stop and don't think that there is anything that you can do about it. She has to let her child know what is the right thing to call her. Also stop replyin to him when he calls her anything else other than mom or mommy.
2006-12-14 21:53:46 · answer #6 · answered by pecarican 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He isn't YOUR child to correct. Besides most kids go through this phase of development, they are identifying with their parents, trying to figure where they fi. If it doesn't bother HER then you have no right being bothered and YOU have no right correcting someone else's child whether it's your best friend's or not.
2006-12-14 21:54:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
that's really common. My nephew did it and grew out of it.
Let your best friend deal with it....she's the mommy, right??
2006-12-14 21:52:35 · answer #8 · answered by Kiss My Shaz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋