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I was looking for Mother's Day cards yesterday and as I saw all the cards that say "Mum" on them, I realized that maybe I'm being a bit silly to expect Elliot to call me "Mom". Usually, I try to go with the flow as an outsider living in Australia and adopt the Australian way of doing things (hence my Australian spelling of most words, as you've probably noticed), but I just don't identify with the word "Mum", nevermind "Mummy". But if Elliot grows up calling me "Mommy", am I just setting him up to be corrected by his school teachers, made fun of by the other kids, and aggravated whilst trying to find a bloody Mother's day card that doesn't say "Mum"?
2 comments:
You crack me up. And Dad giggled when he read this. Mom or Mum, either one will melt your heart once Elliot can say it well and know what it means. My 2 cents worth is.....if Australia is going to be home, then I would think Mum it is. Besides he might come up with something on his own to call you once he gets bigger. Who only knows with that little rascal.
We so enjoyed our skyping the other night. That was fun watching him eat his lunch and playing with his toys. I've decided he gets his "shameless" from you. While you weren't quite as flagrant as he at that age, you too knew how to work the "magic". Dad is still commenting on how when Elliott saw Grumpy on the computer he immediatly had a huge smile. And an infectious one that is! Still patiently waiting for a video of him walking and talking......
Love....your "Mom"
In England the posh folk say mummy then this changed to mum when they got older - now - where Paul was born the norm was mammy and that changed to mam when they were older so if it is mummy - mommy or mammy then mum - mom - or mam - it all comes out as a childs number one person - love mum or am I mam xxx
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