Name change

Claudiaasked for a oneshot of Emma slipping more and more often into calling Snow mama. I went with your second option as you didn't give the chapter name and number for a sequel ;).

Snow hadn't said a word since she'd started noticing it. It started out only happening when she was sick or tired. Then it started to branch out to when she was hungry or frightened. Now Emma was pretty much calling Snow mama more often than she was calling her mom.

Snow suspected it was from referring to her as mama for Neal's sake to begin with so much that it had just become habit for her. But Snow was worried that if she made a fuss or pointed it out that Emma would become much more self-conscious of it and stop. Charming was walking on air along with Snow. He was also getting called daddy far more frequently. Again, Emma seemed oblivious to the name changes. Of course, people around her had noticed, such as Killian and Henry. But Snow and Charming had convinced them to keep quiet about the whole thing. They hadn't gotten a chance to be a proper mama and daddy to her growing up. They were sure Emma would notice the name changes soon enough. And when she did, they knew she would begin to phase back to calling them just plain old mom and dad. If she didn't just jump straight back in, that is. So they wanted to savour this for as long as it could last.