tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post8157733525434089491..comments2023-11-02T08:09:02.234-04:00Comments on Her Bad Mother: What's In A (Nick)Name?Her Bad Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-5123783472024870942007-06-20T15:11:00.000-04:002007-06-20T15:11:00.000-04:00Stink...but, more like a little song: Stink-stink...Stink...but, more like a little song: Stink-stink-da-dink-dink-dink. No clue why or how but, she loves it.<BR/><BR/>Also, Fatty Mcfatfat. This is because she is ginormous. She is 8 months old and weighs about 24 lbs. wears size 18 mos. clothes and size 5 diapers. Did you know they only go up to size 6? I guess we will start wrapping her in shower curtains if she doesn't stop the madness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-18374940110168244062007-06-19T17:23:00.000-04:002007-06-19T17:23:00.000-04:00My sister-in-law's goddaughter is also nicknamed B...My sister-in-law's goddaughter is also nicknamed Budge. But her parents called her that because she's stubborn and won't "budge". How cute!<BR/><BR/>I love the new header, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-87959288831114763632007-06-19T13:43:00.000-04:002007-06-19T13:43:00.000-04:00My son is called Bobie or it Bobey? I never spell ...My son is called Bobie or it Bobey? I never spell it; I only say it. It has long O sound.<BR/><BR/>He's almost 12 now, and I call him the Bobe-i-lizer. I also call him "B."<BR/><BR/>And yes, we say things like, "That's such a bobey thing to do."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-5961241311876798542007-06-19T11:57:00.000-04:002007-06-19T11:57:00.000-04:00My son, Owen, is sometimes called "O-Dog" (or "O-D...My son, Owen, is sometimes called "O-Dog" (or "O-Dawg"), his rapper name coined when he was just a baby. It still amuses me. We call our Lindsay "LuLu" - it started off as "Lindsay-Lou" and evolved. Funny, my adored grandfather was named Lou - should've changed her middle name to Louise. She was "Hani" for a while when she was wee little, as that was what her brother insisted her name was. (From hearing us call her "honey," maybe? Who knows.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-44238221288672412112007-06-18T22:03:00.000-04:002007-06-18T22:03:00.000-04:00I think ours is probably more cultural (Mexican) t...I think ours is probably more cultural (Mexican) than nonsensical, but from the beginning we called Alliclaus "Mamas." In the beginning we called her "Little Miss" or "the little miss," and I have sometimes referred to her as "Missy Mae." But "Mamas" is the name that has stuck and it is the one she knows is hers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-18555672240474548252007-06-18T11:24:00.000-04:002007-06-18T11:24:00.000-04:00i have no idea where i came up with pooka for daug...i have no idea where i came up with pooka for daughter #1, but it gets morphed into pooks or pooka-dook. bug has been bug ever since we decided on her name, as it comes from a misreading of the name written in cursive. bug lends itself to a host of sickeningly cute things, like stinkbug (obvious), lightning bug (in the bili-blanket), etc. pooka has in the past declared her real name to be pooka. bug isn't old enough to have a preference.megachickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803819761757537823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-5922241558689848142007-06-15T22:53:00.000-04:002007-06-15T22:53:00.000-04:00No nicknames for as-yet-unemergent little one, exc...No nicknames for as-yet-unemergent little one, except for the wee one, or the wee dragon, on my blog, for fear that if I assign him a nickname I might let it slip in conversation, and if it happens to sound boyish, they might guess that he is in fact, a boy. As for my brothers, I call them:<BR/><BR/>Matt (oldest): Midget, as he was always very short until he hit about 15<BR/>Sam: Monkey, or Spazhead, or Samsam.<BR/>Alex: Benjo. Don't ask me why. It doesn't make any sense, especially since Sam's middle name is Benjamin, and you'd think he'd be assigned Benjo. But somehow, it just fits alex.<BR/><BR/>And I call my former best friend's daughter Buffin, a conflagration of Baby Muffin.<BR/><BR/>As for me, I have been alternately Tanie, Peaches, Bubbles, and Klondike. yeah, wierd, I know.Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698870119394137697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-6470707060860595022007-06-15T19:26:00.000-04:002007-06-15T19:26:00.000-04:00My oldest, 6 year old boy, is Bug. It started when...My oldest, 6 year old boy, is Bug. It started when I would call him Love-Bug, and it eventually shortened to just Bug. The other day I called him that in front of his friends, by accident of course, and boy did I get "THE LOOK." Guess I'll work on that.<BR/>And my 2-year0 old's daughter real name is Nia which has turned into Nini or Nini-nunu...kind of strange that a kid with a three letter name would need nicknames at all! Oh, well!<BR/>Love everyone's name comments, though!traci bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747752525267111393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-8032109983738609952007-06-14T20:40:00.000-04:002007-06-14T20:40:00.000-04:00I have an Ivy J (because Ivy was too shorted to ni...I have an Ivy J (because Ivy was too shorted to nick, we had to lengthen), Bumble Bea and one Chunky Beef Noodle. I know, I KNOW I wrote a post about it. I'm saving for her therapy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-79964765464960771892007-06-14T02:52:00.000-04:002007-06-14T02:52:00.000-04:00My parents called me Tird Bird. Because (they said...My parents called me Tird Bird. Because (they said) I looked like a plucked chicken when I was born. And I pooped a lot. <BR/><BR/>"Budge" is beautifully, sweetly elegant in comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-46262129310404749182007-06-14T02:04:00.000-04:002007-06-14T02:04:00.000-04:00Miss Fancy dubbed her brother Juji baby (pronounce...Miss Fancy dubbed her brother Juji baby (pronounce joodge-gee) I am in constant fear this is some obscure racial epithet.<BR/><BR/>Miss Fancy has a few nicknames mostly the one that rhymes her name with Pakora. Which is likely why I rhymed Budge's name when she toddled off a bit far near the dolphin tank when you were here.<BR/><BR/>I tend to use nicknames for issues of security. Just like I use name escalation for discipline/pleadings.. I notice you do that, too.<BR/><BR/>Anyway.. I regretted rhyming Budge's name instantly. It doesn't suit her. I wish I'd known then what I know now.<BR/><BR/>Back to my girl... I do adore that one of our neighbours has nicknamed her. We know J. from walking her dog and she calls my girl Bubbles.mo-wohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934156423936866994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-3012693727967159582007-06-14T00:08:00.000-04:002007-06-14T00:08:00.000-04:00She looks like a budge.I seem to pick a new nickna...She looks like a budge.<BR/><BR/>I seem to pick a new nickname for my baby every month. Right now, it's shmoopsy. I figure I can call him shmoopsy only before he grasps language skills....Damselflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139191935886860839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-55856921477631216802007-06-13T23:50:00.000-04:002007-06-13T23:50:00.000-04:00We use the names Pookus, Whoot-ie, or Puppy Pupper...We use the names Pookus, Whoot-ie, or Puppy Pupperton ( and he calls me Mommerton)for the toddler, Lucas. Yes, at the park or the grocery store...and he call it right back "You're the whootie!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-88624391699134787702007-06-13T23:26:00.000-04:002007-06-13T23:26:00.000-04:00My girl has so many nicknames! Her name starts wi...My girl has so many nicknames! Her name starts with a B and has no definite nickname deriving from it, logically. BUT her middle name is Addison, and I've always called her AddyBuglet. It's sometimes, AddyBugs, Addy, Bug, Addy Brown, Baby Girl, Muffin, Little B, Miss B, Munchkie, Pumpkie, and Freckles. Her Daddy calls her Addy, B and Tootie. He used to call her Little Chicken. when I was pregnant and she was at the rice grain stage, we called her Colonel (a military style version of "kernel" which they said she was the size of). My bf calls her Little B and I love how he says it. He also refers to both of our kids as "pampers". As in, "gotta love our pampers".<BR/>bsmommy99.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-85013176063893060642007-06-13T19:15:00.000-04:002007-06-13T19:15:00.000-04:00Delurking to join in the nickname fun~My kids have...Delurking to join in the nickname fun~<BR/><BR/>My kids have had various nicknames during their lifetime but the ones that have stuck are: (oldest son)Bub, (middle son) Roundhead (cause he had a perfectly round head at birth)and occasionally we called him TataHead (short for Potato Head), youngest sons we called Webster (as in Dictionary) because he was like a walking encyclopedia for sports trivia. My daughter is the one who has had oodles of nicknames:Mrs. Peepers (because as a newborn she was always peeping around with one eye opened) Tilda (short for Matilda)Freda, Ducky, and the Corkster. <BR/><BR/>My granddaughter is known as the Peach or Peachie. She was such a good baby and I was always saying she was such a Peach. So that stuck and we all call her Peach now.Poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05923400820390663172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-7422033244172947212007-06-13T16:40:00.000-04:002007-06-13T16:40:00.000-04:00hey! that's MY name!hey! that's MY name!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-48579209697237950342007-06-13T16:26:00.000-04:002007-06-13T16:26:00.000-04:00Poopsie-Doo was my childhood nickname and my fathe...Poopsie-Doo was my childhood nickname and my father still calls me "Poops" and never calls me by my first name. Every card, email, phone conversation, etc. starts with "Dear Poops" or "Hi Poops". I hated it in high school, but being pregnant with my first child now, I love it. We've been calling our unborn baby girl "Uncle Ben", because the ultrasound tech told us she was the size of a piece of rice at our first ultrasound. Wonder if that will stick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-61085789312345154692007-06-13T14:41:00.000-04:002007-06-13T14:41:00.000-04:00My sister and I are named after children on a 70s ...My sister and I are named after children on a 70s television show: it was the only english-speaking show my father "got" when he first immigrated.SciFi Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479890087443823197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-36930941676012386482007-06-13T12:06:00.000-04:002007-06-13T12:06:00.000-04:00I sometimes wonder if our kids even know what thei...I sometimes wonder if our kids even know what their names really are. <BR/><BR/>Our daughter is 3 1/2 -- she has been sweet pea, pea diddley, pickle pea, and almost any other variation on pea something or something pea you can think of. We've also been known to call her pumpkin poo, which I swear has no potty reference at all. I'm sure she'll hate that one most of all later on. <BR/><BR/>Our son is currently beebo (because he walked around saying that for a few days, and it stuck), but also bubby, bubby boo, beebo boo, and, again, almost any variation on something with boo.<BR/><BR/>At least we stick to a theme for each of them -- I'd hate for them to be too confused.Maewen Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740660002168077471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-25642358459962773732007-06-13T12:03:00.000-04:002007-06-13T12:03:00.000-04:00Me and my husband used to call each other bear bef...Me and my husband used to call each other bear before the baby was born. Now we just call each other names. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-67803816709631565422007-06-13T11:52:00.000-04:002007-06-13T11:52:00.000-04:00Ah, so WB is not the lone Budgie! I can live with ...Ah, so WB is not the lone Budgie! I can live with that. Especially since she is, in all likelihood, the only Budgie Jones McBudgalot.Her Bad Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-41889631082506754322007-06-13T11:36:00.000-04:002007-06-13T11:36:00.000-04:00Years ago I babysat for a little boy whose nicknam...Years ago I babysat for a little boy whose nickname was Budgie (his real name was Solomon, so serious for a charming little preschooler). His baby sister was Pipsy.<BR/><BR/>We do call our Opie just that; his real initials are O.P. so there you go. Also bugaboo, bug, crankypants, stinky dinky doo, messy marvin...whatever fits.<BR/><BR/>Jo is Jojo, Jo-G, Jojo Pumpkin, or the old classic, Honey. And her "regular" name -- the one that everyone calls her -- is itself a nickname. We chose that first then worked backward to give her a formal first name. "For when she's president of General Motors," said my mother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-59948226163736646802007-06-13T09:40:00.000-04:002007-06-13T09:40:00.000-04:00I am kidless but I refer to my two rabbits (whose ...I am kidless but I refer to my two rabbits (whose actual, dignified names are Ashley and Calbert) as bun-o and ash-o. My roomate calls Ashley Squishy, for reasons mysterious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-77060293885402754062007-06-13T09:05:00.000-04:002007-06-13T09:05:00.000-04:00I take your tag! (Did it on my blog)I take your tag! (Did it on my blog)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-91421335816770982412007-06-13T08:17:00.000-04:002007-06-13T08:17:00.000-04:00My little girl is "Bug" or "Sweet Pea" or "Shatz-e...My little girl is "Bug" or "Sweet Pea" or "Shatz-em-platz." Her daddy is "Bear", "Sweet Potato" or "Daddy-o". I don't have any nicknames....as far as I know. Sometimes, my husband calls me Mommy Awesome, but that doesn't really roll off the tongue the way a nickname should, does it? HeatherFeather, that's another one that gets used every now and then. I want a nickname. (pout)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com