My daughter wont answer to her name, why?

Question

She's 14 months. If her mom calls her by her name she atleast turns to face her moms direction for a second but if I call her by her name she just keeps doing whatever she is doing. I have to call her by her nickname to get her attention. Why?

Answer 1

Because she is more use to the nickname.  But a lot of time when a young child is busy at play they tend to ignore us.

Answer 2

it could be because she's used to it. my sister is 2, and when my mom says "go see courtney" she won't respond, but if my mom said "go see court" she would go. she was is just used to people calling me court, so maybe your daughter is used to hearing her nickname from you.

hope this helped! :-D

Answer 3

Because she has learned that is your name for her.  She's fine.

Answer 4

That reminds me of a funny story.  

My two oldest children were 2 and 3 and they were mostly not paying attention to me and not answering me.  I told my husband that I was worried that they might have hearing problems.

He said he thought it was nothing and proceeded  to begin talking and referring to ICE CREAM while carrying on a conversation.  He said things like, "I guess they don't want any ICE CREAM.  I guess it will all be for me...etc"  It was amazing to see their responses.  Their little ears pricked right up!

They were testing...and they did a pretty good job.

Answer 5

Keep trying to use her real name when you are around her, but if she only responds to her nickname then maybe she is letting you know that she likes it when you call her that. She is used to hearing your voice calling her by that name and not her real name. My son was the same way, but has several nicknames that my husband has chosen for him. He is totally fine now, and answers to them all.

Answer 6

If you only used to call her by her nickname then she is only going to respond to it. She has gotten used to it and learned that her daddy calls her by her nickname and not her real name. If her mum on the other hand calls her by her real name all the time then she's going to respond to it. But if her mum calls her by her nickname then she's probably not going to respond to it. When you call her by her real name she might think that you are not calling her because she knows you call her by her nickname.

Answer 7

She's testing YOU. Just ignore it and proceed like she does answer you.

However, if it keeps happening...esp to the both of you, please have her hearing tested. I "ignored" my mom for almost two years until she got me tested and found my hearing to be horrible. :)

Answer 8

Well, what I would do is tell her- whenever anybody, including you, call her by either her real name or her nickname that she should listen. Also you might want to refrain from calling her by her nickname for a little while until she learns better. Also, you might want to say her name, walk over to her, and say it again. It would teach her that you can call her either names.

Answer 9

Probably because your the only person who calls her by her nickname so she knows that thats your little special thing. You should be proud. By the time she is like 10 she'll listen to her name. At least by 6, but probably by 3

Answer 10

STOP CALLING HER BY HER NICKNAME! she thinks that is her real name

Answer 11

wow thats the coolest yet wierdest thing i evr heard. she'll learn wen she's older. happened to my little bro

Answer 12

Don't worry.  She just knows that her nickname is the special name daddy calls her.  Just wait until she gets a little older and decides to change her name.  At age 3, my daughter decided she wanted to be called "rocketship".  I am no kidding.  She even signed her artwork with that name.  It lasted about 6 months and she went back to her real name.  Now, I kinda miss Rocketship.