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Adopting, how to address parents??

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Okay, let say a single parent adopted a baby that was a year old, did you think that parent will feel kinda weird or etc., about having to teach any adopted child to called them, mommy or daddy. thanks

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  1. No, seems like a child that age would be perfectly agreeable with calling you mommy or daddy (whichever you are).


  2. Is this a serious question?  Of course, the baby would have no trouble calling their parent Mom or Dad!  Why would they?  Not sure at all where you were going with this, but children and dogs are VERY smart and ALWAYS know who to trust -- and in this case, who to call Mom or Dad!  Simple -- it is the person who kisses them, holds them, feeds them, bathes them, rocks them, puts them to bed everynight, wakes them up with a smile very morning -- is always there!  Pretty simple, don't you think?  Smart baby!

  3. No- When you look at them you know they are your baby and teaching them Mommy/Daddy just makes sense. It may feel weird the first time they say it but it will become natural in no time.

  4. My situation is a bit different, I placed my little girl for adoption at birth.  But I can tell you this:  I HOPE she calls them Mommy and Daddy.  Because in all sense, they ARE her parents.  If she were to track me down in the future and start to call me Mom, I would feel that is disrespectful to the loving couple that took the time to love her and teach her and help her on her path in life.  But even a child who is a year old will call the one who loves them Mom or Dad.  Nothing weird about it.  

    If the child were older, I would not press the Mommy or Daddy issue.  Let them call me by name until they feel comfortable calling me Mom.  I think that "teaching" them to call a person mom or dad would only confuse them or cause them grief if they are still mourning the loss of their birthparents(whether it be from death or from being given up or taken away)

  5. at a young age it normal i called my parents by those names till i was 10.

  6. Maybe at first.

    Once the parent and child were comfortable with each other though, it would just come naturally.

    You will find yourself over time referring to yourself that way, and baby will just pick up on it.

    Example:

    "Momma's going to make lunch now junior" or " Do you want to come with Daddy to the store?"

    It just happens. It's hard to explain.

  7. Nope it comes natural with time.

  8. um... I am single and adopted my daughter the day before she turned 12 months.

    It was not weird at all. My daughter at 13 months was calling me Mama. When everyone refers to you as her Mama when talking to the child the child just learns that is your name. How does any child learn to call their parents Mama or Daddy. Oh and to add a twist to it, my daughter had not heard English prior to meeting me. For a couple weeks I would pat her and say her name and then pat myself and say Mama. (Mama is easier for children to say than Mommy)

    My foster children just started calling me Mama the day I met them. I never said anything about it but their case worker had already warned me they called all of their foster mothers Mama.

  9. Not at all, my girlfriend is adopted and to this day she still calls her adoptive mother mom, so i think its natural for a kid for whoever to raise them to respect them and stuff that they would call you mom-dad.

  10. No just introduce your self as mommy or daddy.  And keep it up.  That is what you are when you adopt.  Maybe not biologiacal, but your there mommy or daddy!!

  11. year old will adjust quickly

    older kids...takes longer to trust you enough to call you mom or dad

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