What was your LO's nickname before you knew what you were having, and why?
We have been consistent with calling our baby 'Carlos', especially because we still do not know what we are having - by choice. As soon as a couple of our friends found out we were expecting they named our LO 'Carlos' after the baby on The Hangover and its stuck ever since. Some people probably think it's stupid but we get a kick out of it and so do fans of the movie.
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Our very close friends who have 3 always called their babies "Rufus" before they knew the gender, so we did the same. It was a fun way for his wife and I to bond while we were pregnant together the last 6 months. I'm a FTM and she had her third - and she claims final - on Friday night.
A fast, healthy, uncomplicated delivery and she was home by Sunday mid day. Hoping it rubs off!
We are having a girl though, so not sticking with "Rufus", although her husband insists it is a gender neutral name!
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I occasionally called him "the fetus"...sorta feel bad about that one!
I called him "mommy's little monster" lots too as well as the name we had chosen for a boy. I knew he was a boy the whole time.
Roar!
I don't know why, but DD was there when we had out u/s to find out the gender. We immediately looked at DD and said "You're going to be a sister! What should we name her?" She immediately said "Roar!"
I'm a little worried that this one will forever be Roar....
We've been calling him Gozer (from Ghostbusters). We started with that around week 5 or so and it just kinda stuck. We figured it was gender neutral (Gozer can take whatever form, therefore worked for a boy or girl) and also thought "The Destructor" would be a great nickname for a toddler lol!
We have also, unoriginally, called him Baby lastname, but more often Gozer.
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DD1"s nickname was Pele b/c she was incredibly active and liked kick me in the ribs.
DD2 was B.B. for Baby Bed and later it ended up being her initials
We referred to the boys as just "the twins", until we knew that they were boys, then switched over to calling them "the boys" - incredibly original LOL
We call her "Little Tiger" and still do. It was a nickname my older brother came up with when he emailed me about being pregnant.
DH's family isn't allowed to know until Little Tiger's born, so in that circle of family and friends, baby is still "Little Tiger" and "unknown" as to whether we're having a boy or girl. FiL does not want to know until baby's born, and someone has to respect his wishes at some point because God knows MiL never will and pregnant SiL (6 weeks ahead of me) spilled the beans on their kid, too.
You guys have some cute nn's! I don't think I had one before I knew she was a girl, but now I tend to call her Molly Bean since she has no middle name yet... I'm a little worried she's going to end up with Bean as a mn! lol