Mommy to Mom

A couple of days ago my sweet boy came to me with a sad look on his face. I asked him what was wrong and he told me he was fine. He continued to stare at me with a pair of puppy dog eyes and then grabbed my waist and just hugged me. Nothing wrong my foot! I again asked him if he was OK. He told me he didn't want to tell me because it might hurt my feelings. I assured him that he could tell me anything. I told him my feelings wouldn't be hurt. (and if they did get hurt I would never tell him!) I told him that if something was bothering him that I'd really like him to tell me so that we could talk about it and try to figure it out. Finally he told me. "Well you know how you always call yourself Mommy? I was wondering if you could stop. I'm six years old now and the name Mommy is kind of baby-ish. I want you to just be mom now". Really bud?? Darnit! I have love-hate feelings towards him growing up. I love watching him grow and learn and move on to the next stage. I hate watching him grow and move out of each stage. I'm going to try really hard to be Mom instead of Mommy from now on. When did your kiddos quit calling you mommy?