“Why is it that you call yourselves “mommies”? It’s infantile, like being called a girl instead of a woman. If giving birth (or adopting) and raising a child is so important, why don’t you insist on the dignity of the word “parent”? Or “mother” — if you insist on focusing on gender as well? I am a parent and I was “mommie” only to my children and then only when they were young. No wonder men and childfree women don’t take you seriously: You are endlessly self-absorbed, boring, juvenile, and have nothing to say for yourselves beyond your reproductive status and childrearing.”
I’m proud to be a mommy!
I’m also a mom, mother, mama… a wife, sister, daughter, friend…
I’m a mommy to my two little boys and will always be.
The term mommy is undignified… since when? 
Focusing on gender?
Hell ya!
I am woman, hear me roar!
Proud to be! Proud that I had the miracle of carrying two babies in my womb for nine months and then giving birth two my beautiful boys.
Proud to be responsible for these two precious lives.
Proud to have been witness to their first time smiling, laughing, rolling over, sitting up, standing, walking and talking.
Proud when they first called out to me, “mama”
Proud when they started calling me “Mommy”.
And they haven’t stopped since.
The most important job I will ever have in my lifetime is to be a mommy to my children.
As they get older, maybe they will call me Mom… (they will never call me by my first name or ‘Mother’ or else I will kick them swiftly in the butt) …but I will always ALWAYS be their Mommy… and that title, I wear proudly!
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I'll never forget the day my 9 year old called me "mom" instead of "mommy". It broke my heart.
I hope I have many years ahead of being called Mommy!
In my experience it is almost always the uninformed or inexperienced that make judgmental/critical comments like that. Their perspective isn't based on experience but on "knowledge". I've learned since having my first child that you really have no idea until you've gone through something for yourself… from breastfeeding & potty training to what you decide to do for you(stay at home or working mom)… to homeschool or not… etcetcetc…
and so what if "mommy"sounds infantile. It's usually coming out of the mouths of one of our children… and it sounds good!
Some people really need to get a life ya know?
Being called mommy is undignified? Really? Whats next?! Youre gonna tell me that being called a bitch is a bad thing too?! Psssssh please
This is such a silly insult to leave on ones blog…if the word 'mommy' bothers this reader so much then perhaps they should click the red X up in the corner of the screen. Nobodys making anyone read anything. So why do ppl take the time to read our posts and then feel complelled to talk shit? Be nice or be gone!
I stand by you ladies….Im damn proud to be MOMMY and Im also rather proud of my bitchtasticness 😉
XOXO
At some point, each of my kids has mentioned that they could call me "Jonathan". I have pointed out that any silly old body could call me Jonathan, but only three people in the world can call me Dad, or Daddy, or Father (or Fazhah… that was a weird month. Damn that Austin Powers). I am still happily enthroned as Daddy now, most of the time.
I ABSOLUTELY love to be called "mama"!
People are just looking for something to complain about. Come on…please..someone has a problem with Mommy? That is definately a person with "Mommy Issues". Give me a friggin break. I wouldn't want my kids to call me "Father" "Parent" or "Male that made a deposit in the female parent's bank for my existence". Daddy suites me just fine. Get over it. That commentor on your friend's blog sucked! Glad you called that ass out!