Nicknames for babies

[diamondsndaisies]

Anyone have nicknames for their babies yet? We aren't going to be find out the sex and I can't spend the next 9 months calling it "it" and it feels weird to call it "the baby", so I have been wondering about giving the baby a neutral name until its born. Anybody else? 

[valie]

This one is January, I've been trying out "Jan". DS was June; poor kiddo had a girl's name the first 20 weeks.

[14joa31]

We called DS "Little Ape" because my DH is such a gorilla. We haven't come up with a nickname for this one yet.

[silverspoon]

I just call it squish or "it". Squish seems nicer.

[ruthgoose]

Right now it's the entirely unoriginal "little bean." Though I anticipate it may change. Major kudos for choosing team green, a friend of mine decided the same and it made the birth story that much more wonderful.

[silverspoon]

Sometimes when I'm particularly cranky and miserable it's "your baby".

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May 15, 2015 10:26:26 GMT -5 ruthgoose said:

Right now it's the entirely unoriginal "little bean." Though I anticipate it may change. Major kudos for choosing team green, a friend of mine decided the same and it made the birth story that much more wonderful.

This is what I call it too! Although everyone else is calling it "bacon". My husband and parents think it's funny because my SIL is due in a few weeks, and they call hers "noodle" because that is what my niece named her. So they thought mine needed a funny food name.

[diamondsndaisies]

I've been mulling around calling it Love. DD's name is Preslea, after Elvis Presley. I am a huge fan and Love was Elvis' mothers middle name. Andplusalso "It" was created out of love and it is loved already. I will see what DH thinks.

[mrsoscarfelix]

I was using squish as well but someone over on CAR referred to it as Baby Felix and then I just starting referring to it as that, so I guess that is sticking for now.

[peaseblossom55]

None other than the baby. I already hate referring to the baby as it. I think we will probably find out the sex.
Eta I'm up for nickname suggestions too

[Sparkly]

Just "Baby" or "Poppyseed" ... even though we're up to pea-size now.

[itsmeally]

Our last name sounds like coconut. So I always called my DD "coconut", I have been referring to this one as coconut 2.0

[Deleted]

We have been calling ours "pepperki" or pepper. My H is Macedonian and it means little pepper ( you know when the green/red peppers have one growing inside....Pepperki)

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diamondsndaisies we're team green too, though I won't lie, it's going to take ever once of preservation to not ask what it is during the anatomy scan

[diamondsndaisies]

May 15, 2015 13:31:44 GMT -5 @tko86 said:

diamondsndaisies we're team green too, though I won't lie, it's going to take ever once of preservation to not ask what it is during the anatomy scan

I completely agree. We are team green because of DH's strong dislike for knowing the sex before its born. He doesn't even like to know what other people are having before. I am a serious planner and its going to kill me not knowing. I considered finding out and just not telling DH but I would slip and wouldn't be able to hold it in, so best that neither of us know. 

[reagan1010]

We have been calling ours Bebe so far. We mostly spell it because we haven't told DS yet. We aren't telling him until after our ultrasound at 6 weeks when we find out if we are having 1 or 2.

[icequeen]

I usually go by whatever food name is in my ticker. I have to admit I have used "your baby" when talking to DH a few times, but I don't think it was out of irritation. Maybe it was.

[tromeo]

Just have to chime in... my sister and BIL for my first nephew called the baby "Twitchell". They saw it in a baby name book and couldn't stop laughing, so it just kind of stuck. We haven't come up with a cool name or anything yet, but we are team finding out. I'm not sure if we'll reveal the name beforehand or not. I have mixed feelings about that.

[Lollipop]

DS was called Smudge. He's still called that, actually. So this one has been Smudge 2.0 or just 2.0, unless I'm feeling particularly crappy, then I call it "your spawn" to DH.

[Sparkly]

May 15, 2015 15:07:48 GMT -5 Lollipop said:

DS was called Smudge. He's still called that, actually. So this one has been Smudge 2.0 or just 2.0, unless I'm feeling particularly crappy, then I call it "your spawn" to DH.

lol @ your spawn

[Sparkly]

I just remember my parents nicknamed me "Albert" when my mom was pregnant. They didn't know if I was a boy or girl.

[Lollipop]

May 15, 2015 15:53:19 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

May 15, 2015 15:07:48 GMT -5 Lollipop said:

DS was called Smudge. He's still called that, actually. So this one has been Smudge 2.0 or just 2.0, unless I'm feeling particularly crappy, then I call it "your spawn" to DH.

lol @ your spawn

I blame the fact that we're giant nerds for that one.

[cindylouwho]

May 15, 2015 10:29:00 GMT -5 silverspoon said:

Sometimes when I'm particularly cranky and miserable it's "your baby".

I say this to H when DD is being cranky or naughty. I'll say, "your daughter..."

[missglitz]

So far, we have no name. DS is 5 and extremely aware of every conversations. All baby talk is off limits if he awake.

[amandflo]

May 15, 2015 10:29:00 GMT -5 silverspoon said:

Sometimes when I'm particularly cranky and miserable it's "your baby".

lol I do this as well. Normally we call it 'bug' which is what we called DD1, but when DW is annoying me or I'm being crabbit I call it 'your baby' as well. DW HATES it.

[tez]

Since this baby is the reason behind my wanting to maim DH on a semi-regular basis, I'm referring to this one as my dark passenger.

[Lsquared]

tez that's freaking hilarious

We don't really have a name? At some point after DD was born MH started calling her "baby one" sort of like how you would say little one, not like baby #1. The new one sometimes gets referred to as "baby two" or "number 2" or "the nugget". I know. Super boring.

[blondemum]

We called DS "M" (our last name starts with M) so we have started calling this one "M 2".

[kingsqueen131]

I have not come up with a nickname for this baby just yet, but we called my daughter Tulip and with my son we just called him baby, or him because we knew we were having a boy.

[diamondsndaisies]

Well I spoke too soon. DH has decided to call it Goliath. His first name is David, so its humorous to him.....oh well.