GTKY - Nicknames for the Baby

saladflambe

Anyone else decided on a silly nickname for your babe til you find out sex & decide on a real name? lol.

saladflambe

I'm such a loon.

I'm referring to this one as a little marshmallow..or just "mello." 

alli392

Our first one we called "Smaug" from the Hobbit. I'm a literature teacher so no one was too surprised Once we knew it was a girl though, she just became baby girl til she was born!

runwmusic

I need to stop calling it #2 that's for sure. 

pourmeanothermocktail

First was leech, second was .... I will remember later, but equally endearing. Not sure for this one yet. Thinking shrimp. 

Eta-second one was the larva!

chaos-and-coffee

My first was baby k until he was born. For now this one is bk2.

saladflambe

@runwmusic I just got why calling it #2 might be problematic 

hayhay2501

Two be honest for me it’s too early for this pregnancy to feel real and bond with it enough to have a nickname! I think I’ll come up with someone once I get to that first scan milestone. The nickname for my DD was butterbaby aha

diagonalley

I refer to this one as the oops I always wanted hahaha.

diagonalley

Also, likely 3.0 or 3rd edition will be used

NikkiSings

Since we're not sure if there's one or two in there yet (we did Invocell IVF and transferred 2 embryos), it's things like 'little(s)" and "bean(s)". 😂 

kberm3

@hayhay2501  Same!!  I’m sure it’ll change with time, but despite all the symptoms I’m feeling it doesn’t quite feel real yet so I have no nickname in my head yet.  

My first was “pumpkin” because she was due right near Halloween! 🎃 

begging4abump

H is pushing jellybean, but it just doesn’t feel personalized for this one. I think I’ve been saying June bug in my head, but I just googled them, and geez those things are creepy looking. Maybe “tad” short for tadpole? Still searching for the right fit. Can’t wait to decide on a legal name later on. 😬

ladyscientist823

My friend called her second baby "Sequel"--thought that was pretty cute! 

I'm in the still undecided what I'll call my little one. Maybe something will come to me after the first ultrasound. I like hearing all of your ideas so far, though!

thorsenme

We’ve been calling this baby “Muffin.” Not really sure how it started, but it’s already stuck. 

parkerschewymumma

Babybot lol! DS is a wild one and we called him crackpot one time while he was running around like a maniac and I ended up calling him crackbot because I thought it was funny

akoros

I'm leaning towards "bug" or "bugaboo". While we were engaged we had a conversation about kid names and all I remember was that we ended (jokingly) on "Beauford Ulysses" (last name starts with G, so initials would be BUG, which is kind of cute).

Husband wants something "cool" to say, like "Bugatti" (i.e. "the Bugatti's still in the garage")

bbluemoo

I’m referring to this baby as junebug. My husband’s nickname for me has always been ladybug (or just bug for short), so it fits ❤️

The baby we lost previously we were referring to as (little) turkey. Mostly because we had planned on announcing that one at Canadian thanksgiving so “turkey’s in the oven” was our cutesy joke.

kyrwyn

We sometimes call DS our little monkey, so we've referred to a second as "monkey two" throughout our year of TTC.  I think we'll stick with monkey two until we find out more info!

We called DS "raspberry" when we first found out, because according to my LMP he should have been the size of a raspberry.  Our BFP day was "raspberry day."

mommallama17

When I got pregnant with my daughter, we called her out little sea monkey. With our baby we miscarried, we called it bean. This pregnancy, I've been calling this baby Squishy. 😂 I hate referring to them as ITS. So I had to nickname all mine lol

runwmusic

@mommallama17 I called ds my sea monkey for a long time because that's all I see in the first ultrasound 

hewg1287

We call ours Squeaks. I just cute and different from nugget, peanut, etc.

baybeesunflower

Right now I am referring to it as the mic drop... we called the second "the encore" and seeing as this is a HUGE surprise, mic drop feels appropriate for now 

ttmills620

So I have been calling the little one TJ, which is the first initials of me and my husband's first name. I guess it just stuck because DH has been calling the little one the same name LOL. 

hayhay2501

We’ve started calling the baby round two but I’m hoping we get something better ha. Last time we referred to my daughter as “it” most of the time so this is a lot better 😳😐

SpartanCat

We go between a play on our last name and little fetus. I was hoping something would come to mind organically lol

youaresoenough

Hubs and I are calling ours “Ponyo” because that’s what he said the 3D rendering I showed him on the app at 6 weeks looked like 😂

akoros

Update: In my head I'm still using "bug", though out loud we probably more refer to it as "the kid" or "this thing". 

jennybeans13

My name is Jennifer and my husband usually calls me Jennybean. Since getting pregnant it has been Jenny and the Bean. 

lo_c

Eggie 🐣

vfwill

Bambino for some reason...lol

akoros

We've now switched to Stanislaus. Pretty sure my husband will continue to call it Stanislaus after it's born 

kyrwyn

Since our first appointment earlier this week, we've been calling the baby "wiggle." Because they were so active during our scan. With our first, he was much earlier (gestational age) and we didn't to see him move until much later. Wiggle, however, was waving the whole time! 

MssyMmmy

We’ve been calling ours Princess Peach or Mario because that’s what our 3 year old wants to name his brother or sister. 🤣 not happening