Toddler Calls You by Your First Name?

My son is 10 now but when he was 3 or 4 he started to call me Sally .He has Autism and to this day he still calls me Sally so, I asked him why he doesn't call me Mom and he said 'Because that's what everyone else calls you." right?.....He has a good point so , I let him call me Sally.

My children refer to us as Mommy and Daddy or Mom and Dad. That is our relationship to them and that is how they are expected to refer to us.

In our home, any other way is disrespectful and is not tolerated.

I did this and my parents had to really work to get me back into "mother" and "father". So I will work at it with my kids if I need to. No first names, we are old-fashioned. And other adults are "Miss Tracy" and "Mr John" too (we are in the South, so apparently they do this instead of "Mr Rogers" or whatever). Anyway, no first names.

my son calls me by my nickname (bibi) and if i ignore him enough thts when he goes "mommy" he's getting better with the mommy thing but growing up he was around kids who all called me "bibi" so kids just mimic what they see or hear sometimes.....bu when he calls his dad by his first name thts when its funny since its very rare he will go "rolph" and his dad gets very butt hurt.....but he's almost 3 so i thinks it alright for now

My daughter cause my husband by his name. She's three, and she just does it cause that's what she hears him get called. I either call him daddy or Jeremy and all our friends call him jeremy.

It's not a disrespect thing for her, it's just something that she has heard us say adn repeats it.

We make a game out of it.  If he yells, "Christie!" I say, "It's Mommy to YOU, Mister!" and I pretend, in an exaggerated way, not to hear him until he calls me Mommy.
I made a game out of it because I didn't want him SERIOUSLY calling me by my first name.

My 3 yr old does this all the time, but it's not to be disrespectful.  She just hears us call each other that, and other people call us by our first names as well of course.  I'm sure it is just a phase that she will grow out of, and most of the time I just ignore it until she calls me "mommy" or "mom,"  and then she gets the idea.  Toddlers and preschoolers learn and mimic everything they see, and this is just another one of those temporary things that they pick up and drop once they get bored with it.

I wouldn't like it as a constant thing, but periodically when were at a store and hubby has one kid and I have the other, he'll call across aisles to me using my name and then our 2yo starts in on it.  It's cute and funny, but I think I will always be mommy to her (except of course when she's not paying much attention and calls me daddy!!!!  I get a kick out of that one!)

Both of my children called me by my first name. I suggest a remedy that I used and it worked. First and foremost the child hears others calling you by your name. For example,if your mother wants your daughter to give you something, your mom should refer to you as mommy and say give this to mommy. If she is only calling you by your name when she is frustrated, I think it's because she knows it will get your attention. Explain to her that she is to address you as mommy.