I don't have children, but I do have a nephew, who was 8 when I transitioned. He switched from calling me "aunt deadname" to "uncle newname" straight away, and had no difficulties with doing so.
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Not a parent, but a child of lesbian parents. When I was a child, I think I mostly just used names but had one parent I used mom for. When talking to other people I would call them both my mom (the one who gave birth).
That parent is no longer part of my life (she's alive as far as I know) and I only refer to her as birth-mo. When directly referring to my other mom, I still say her name tho. I also have a stepmom, who also sometimes gets called mom when talking to others and sometimes stepmom.
My cousin has a child who refers to her parents as two different versions of mom (like mama and mom, but I forget exactly what they use) and that seems to work fine too.
Two father household here. We are Dad and Pop. We’ll use it until they’re old enough to want to call us something else if they choose to. We felt it was important to establish unique names for each of us from the outset to avoid the situation of having to use our first names later on, which is a personal choice.