Comments on: Pretty girl

By: Heather of the EO

Heather of the EO — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:37:59 +0000

We call our one year old “the lil’ chunk chunk.” He’s always been a big boy (born 11 lbs.) He’s not even really chunky anymore, but the name stuck.

I also can’t stop calling him Baby Bop. It reminds me of Barney the big purple dinosaur’s friend Baby Bop and that annoys me. But it just fits him!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:16:20 +0000

I call all of my kids angel babies. I call the baby by our last name.. hope she doesn’t think it’s her first…

By: misi

misi — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:46:17 +0000

I don’t think there is anything wrong at all w/ calling “pretty girl”. When she gets bigger so many insults: sad but true will be thrown at her and her first memories of Truth will be her being Momma’s Pretty Girl.
Go for it Jordan.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:41:14 +0000

My Paw Paw called my Uncle Paul “boy” so much Uncle Paul was convinced that his name was Boy A. Lastname.

@Sarah—that’s a great point! (But I thought you weren’t supposed to be reading blogs today!)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:36:55 +0000

We called Samuel Buddy so much when he was younger that he would respond to it if anybody anywhere called out, “Hey buddy!” Everybody still calls Esther pretty girl and, guess what, she is convinced she’s pretty. I think that’s great, and I think it only gets messy when you don’t teach your kids to value other people in addition to themselves. I try to point out other kids to her, “Look at her hair, isn’t it pretty in braids?” in an effort to get her to appreciate the beauty of others.

By: warillever

warillever — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:15:27 +0000

Bud. I cannot believe that “bud” and “buddy boy” come out of my mouth spontaneously in reference to both boys.

I didn’t realize how often I say it until I heard my 3yo daughter calling P “Buddy Boy” as if it were his name.

By: Melonie

Melonie — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:05:49 +0000

We called Drake (our 6-year-old son) “Bugsy” for the longest time, starting at about 2 weeks old…but then the nickname just kinda died out. I guess around the time baby #2 was born 18 months ago. Maybe he just seemed to old for it or something? We still occasionally call him “Bugs” for short, but I really have to work at it because it no longer comes naturally. It actually makes me a little sad, because I thought he would always be Bugsy. We call Levi (the 18-month-old) “Bucky” – and it’s still going strong. It gets shortened to “Buck” a lot, and I think it may stick a little better, because it doesn’t seem as babyish.

By: Michelle at Scribbit

Michelle at Scribbit — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:56:36 +0000

Lillian’s name is Lillian Day so I often call her my day lily. Or even Lilly Day. It lends itself to a lot of fun nicknames.

By: Twisted Cinderella

Twisted Cinderella — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:49:45 +0000

I have nicknames I use, but I don’t mind using them. I call my older daughter, Pumpkin pie and honey bear. (pumpkin pie came from the fact that when she was little, I called her pumpkin and honey pie eventually they got smushed together into pumpkin pie) I call my baby girl, Mag-pie and honey bunny.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:42:26 +0000

Maybe that’s why Jeffrey gave people blank stares until he was almost three when people asked his name…I hadn’t thought of that. I pass all sorts of nicknames between my boys. Bubba is a common one, but practically every time I say it I picture a large, scary, dirty man and wonder why I’m calling my skinny little kids that. I’m trying to morph that one to just “Bubs,” which reminds me of Homestar runner…maybe in a few years all the nicknames will just remind me of my cute boys’ faces. And hopefully they won’t cause any psychological damage.
P.S. I think pretty girl is fine as long as your not dressing her in “spoiled brat” shirts and letting her use make up when she seven years old:)