My two-year old kid keeps calling me by my first name
By aileen2008
@aileen2008 (838)
Philippines
June 2, 2010 5:34pm CST
Terrible twos. I did not believe this until my son, who will be turning three in December, became a little monster. LOL. He seems to, well he wants to feel, and show off, that he is in control of his life.
He calls me and his Dad by our first named. He decides what to eat, what to wear, what cartoons to watch. He even wants to be the one to operate the dvd player and the computer.
It does not piss me off. He is kinda cute, anyway, but he drains my energy, specially when he runs around and I ran after him.
Oh, I love my kid, even if he is in this "terrible" stage. I don't know how boring my life will be without him. I love you son!
5 responses
@benhail10000 (121)
• India
14 Jun 10
haha, even my eight year old sister calls me by first name instead of " big brother" in my language. but children should not call their parents by their names. it is a sign of disrespect in my country, india. i think you should teach him to stop doing that now itself. because it will be difficult later, when he grows up.
@aileen2008 (838)
• Philippines
14 Jun 10
That is what I am trying to do, I call my husband Papa also so that he will imitate me.
@newtalent (1112)
• United States
7 Jun 10
hi, they are testing the waters to see what they can do and cannot do when they are around you. I do not call them terrible twos though. It is more like exploration of newly acquired information channeling through their little minds. the first five years of their lives is vital, they will absorb so much information and it is our job to steer them right. They are looking for direction from us. The little people are a product of us. they are born with a clean slate so whatever they do is because we taught them to do it. We created these babies and they learned from our behavior. They learned how to do things by watching us. I believe that they should learn to do things themselves but, I learned that there needs to be limits because you want them to come to you when making decisions and taking it upon themselves to make life decisions. What is cute now may be a cue of what will bring in years to come. I actually encourage exploration in moderation. I wanted to be around when they did things to make sure they did not get hurt. or they would come and get me if they wanted something and if it was monitored, we allowed them to do it not on their own. that is just my opinion and how we did things.
@newtalent (1112)
• United States
7 Jun 10
We would correct them when they called us by our names and not respond until they called us by the way they were suppose to callus--of course we were watching them to make sure they were not hurting themselves. It did not last long them calling us by our first names..
@getbiswa2000 (5544)
• India
3 Jun 10
Hi,
I am feeling so happy after reading your post. I don't know why, but being with children always makes me happy. I believe that God has a very strong connection with these children. Wherever there is simplicity, there must be divinity. I couldn't help smiling while reading this, and look, I am still smiling, very happy from inside. Thanks a lot for sharing this wonderful experience with us.
God bless you
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
3 Jun 10
Your son might sound disrespectful but I find it funny. My nephew never called me aunt when he was still young. He also called me by my first name and I kinda liked it. Now that he is older, he still calls me by my first name and it doesnt bother me at all. Its okay since he is used to that and I am used to it too.
@aileen2008 (838)
• Philippines
3 Jun 10
That's why I am afraid to bring him to my office. They might get culture shock. Hehehe. He seemed to be in control of himself but actually he is still a baby. I might try to discipline him, one of this days.
