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Originally Posted by MidasCloud
Certain children, after learning just to talk, are taken care of by a babysitter while parents are at work. This can be very confusing for the children, especially when they haven't identified who their mother and father are. If the child identifies the babysitter or kindergarten teacher as the parent, then that can affect the child permanently as he or she grows into adulthood; this effect carries with the person his entire life.
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It is quite common and normal (ask any child development expert) for very young children (1-2 years old) to call their caregivers mommy and daddy even if they're the nanny, aunt, uncle or grandparent. The reason is their limited vocabulary and limited understanding of language and the fact that they associate people who they love and who take care of them and love them must be mommy and daddy. My niece would call me mommy when she was little when I visited her. It didn't mean anything other than she loved me and knew I loved her like her mommy.