Getting your adoptive child to call you mom

I agree with Riley.. I am not sure that 3 weeks in long enough.. they have to want to call you mom and not be "pressured" into this. Our current foster daughter (who we hope to adopt) is alomst 16.. she was with us for 8 months before she felt like she wanted to call us mom and dad.. prior to that she called us by our first names. She was originally adopted at age 8 and was told she HAD to call them mom and dad and she has always resented them for that.. for not giving her the choice.. I would tell them that you would love to be called mom, but that you also want them to be ok with that.. if you don't like the "Ms... " then maybe you guys can come up with an alternate name in the mean time. It will come.. just be patient and give them time. Good luck Mandy