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What to call baby?

BritnpatBritnpat member
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I refuse to call baby "it" and I'm tired of saying "he or she" already. I wanted a nickname for the little one so we started calling baby Nugget. Just curious what everyone else was nick naming their nuggets?
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  • mben1119mben1119 member
    We called DS peanut and baby a lot, but mostly just it. I dont' understand the big deal on calling an unborn child it.
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  • JeseyJoJeseyJo member
    We use 'baby' a lot or sometimes we'll refer to it as whatever fruit its the size of. That might be weird. Oh well, we just go with whatever comes out at the time we're talking.
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  • BritnpatBritnpat member
    It makes me sadto call it "it", can't explain my feelings, that's what happens when your preggers, oh well.
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  • alathamalatham member
    My SO calls baby "pea head". I have no idea why. I just say baby.
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  • skinamarinkadinkado2skinamarinkadinkado2 member

    imageBritnpat:
    It makes me sadto call it "it", can't explain my feelings, that's what happens when your preggers, oh well.

     

    ^^ thisss.. it just feels so impresonal if i call MY baby an IT... its gender is already predetermind even if we dont know it, and its a human just like us and i sure dont like being called an it >.<  ( i call my baby "baby")

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  • LovestruckAJLovestruckAJ member
    DH affectionately calls the baby, "Nubs" because that's all it had for arms and legs in our last u/s.
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  • KacyChicagoKacyChicago member
    We call ours Otter. Our first that we lost was Penguin, so we just stuck with the cute animal theme.
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  • beachcomberbridebeachcomberbride member
    Don't you know, if you called a child "it", they may develop gender confusion! LOL, just kidding, the snarkiness of TB is rubbing off on me I think. :) I don't get why people are bothered by calling a baby it either. 
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  • BCsSweetnessBCsSweetness member
    This little one has been nicknamed by my Hubby, "Cashew".  Still in the nut family, but my daughter was nicknamed "Peanut" during the pregnancy, so Cashew it is.  =)  Love my little Cashew already.
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  • ariaforte8ariaforte8 member

    I don't really mind calling the baby 'it'. We didn't set out for a nickname, but the baby "earned" one. My husband's nickname is ____ie Bear, so what caught on for the baby is "gummy bear". I'm sure I fit into the protective Mama Bear category too, so it all works. :P Just a little bear family.

     

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  • BritnpatBritnpat member
    By best friend was nicknamed cabbage patch when she was a baby so her children have been named Brussel sprout and redukio both in the cabbage family, lol
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  • BLT20051BLT20051 member
    DH's grandpa called LO tater so that has kind of stuck. Lol.

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  • Southernsunflower2012Southernsunflower2012

    I have been calling baby biscuit here lately!

     

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  • augrl0307augrl0307 member

    We've been calling ours "Nibbler" in reference to the Futurama character who can eat anything and everything because I was literally hungry ALL THE TIME the first 2 weeks or so after we found out. :)

    I can't explain why, but I didn't like calling the baby "It" either. It felt too impersonal. Somehow, giving it a temporary name makes me feel more bonded to it? Maybe I'm weird, but I like having a name for it. :)

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  • BritnpatBritnpat member
    Love it! I hope you know how to speak whale!
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  • Que*SyrahQue*Syrah member
    We just call it baby. So original.
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  • ChristyD6ChristyD6 member
    I say "Baby girl is hungry" sometimes... now that I think about it I don't know if I'm talking about the baby or myself because we don't know the gender yet. I think I call it baby girl bc our dog is a girl and we treat her like a child sometimes, so all babies around here are "baby girl"- watch it be a boy, poor little guy!
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  • gutsymamagutsymama member
    I've been calling it Sparky, because I'm due on the 4th of July (firecracker --> sparkler --> Sparky). Which means I've also been saying "he," because Sparky sounds like a boy to me. Saying "it" doesn't really bother me, though. 
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  • noraraeucnoraraeuc member
    we have nicknamed our baby Blueberry
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  • gamergirl522gamergirl522
    SIL and my brother call theirs "Perry"... short for Parasite...
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    SIL and my brother call theirs "Perry"... short for Parasite...

    Yes

    DH calls it our little alien sometimes. We also watched Prometheus the night before I got my BFP.  

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  • heatherallison9310heatherallison9310 member
    DH and I call the baby Squishy. My friend asked me what I was going to call the baby until it was born (we aren't finding out the gender) and the first thing that popped in my head was that quote from Finding Nemo "I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy" :)
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  • heatherallison9310heatherallison9310 member

    haha yes!! I posted mine before I saw this!! But yes, my thoughts exactly :)

     

    Woops! Didn't hit the right button. Definitely meant to quote the person that is also calling her baby Squishy.

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  • CorleyraeCorleyrae member
    Ours was "snowflake" due to our last name. But after finding out it was twins its boring "Baby A" and "Baby B". However B was caught on u/s dancing so all day its been She and A is now He. Hope I don't mix those up or give one a complex! haha
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  • CynthiaC1213CynthiaC1213 member
    I have no problem calling it "it" since I don't know if it's a he or a she. Other than that, we've mostly been calling it little squirt. Sometimes, my partner calls it Bill Clinton... he thinks it's hilarious.
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  • CbrennfleckCbrennfleck
    We found out on Halloween that we were pregnant so my family has named our little one "boo"
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  • opheliainwadersopheliainwaders member
    We call ours "The Tiny." Smile
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  • mama&babymama&baby member

    I called him Bubba and it stuck... I still call him Bubba a year later :-)

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  • YoungMommy2010YoungMommy2010
    lately I've been referring to my baby as "my bean" lol or just "baby" I refuse to call the baby "it" just doesn't seem right lol 
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  • theimpossibleastronauttheimpossibleastronaut member

    Lurking...

    I didn't have a problem with calling baby "it" before we knew she was a girl. We also called her Stormaggedon (DW joke), Spartacus, and Buddy. 

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  • mellieg8582mellieg8582 member
    DS was Noodle. When we found out Noodle was a he, I told my best friend my Noodle has a noodle. After he was born Noodle turned into Doodle and then Doodle Bug.

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  • JCRSMD17JCRSMD17 member
    We call ours "parasite" or "peanut" .... Depending on how bad my morning sickness is at the time.
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  • drealeeannedrealeeanne
    I call him (or her) Peanut and DH calls her (or him) Ducky. Lol
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  • doggiemom4doggiemom4 member
    The 1st ultra sound pic we got he looked like a gummy bear (if you were looking at him from the side).. It stuck until we found out he was a he.
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  • querylovequerylove member
    We called our first Jackrabbit because of how he was jumping around during our first u/s.

    This one is baby until we find out the gender so we don't confuse our 2.75 year old!
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  • nettie079nettie079 member

    We've decided to call it "Pixie" since we think pixie sticks contributed to our little miracle!

     


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