Calling baby "it"?

P&Slove · December 2013

We just say baby but when "it" is said by me or others, it doesn't really bother me.

dollface777 · December 2013

We call the baby a "her". I think it's another girl. My husband has been calling it "they" but it weirds me out because it sounds like we're having twins. It'll be nice to finally say he or she after our a/s on Tuesday!

Christinaruth74 · December 2013

Ours is Poppy.... Mainly because it was once the size of a poppy seed. Now we're at navel orange- my how they grow up so fast!

ETA it's awkward when people think we have nicknamed it "papi".

talkthewholetime · December 2013

We called our baby they/them or KJ (for Kevin Junior - not a name we ever actually considered). We got sucked into "he" for a little while too

SMM1986 · December 2013

getitdone said:
We call ours Chalupa Batman or CB for short.

I freaking love that show!

Mamazon2014 · December 2013

We call ours Baby B or Chunk. I hate calling them "it" so I use the plurals all the time which always garners "oh, are you having multiples?"

MeredithElese · December 2013

DD decided to name the baby Coco, so that's what we're going with until we come up with a real name.

cristykaye · December 2013

I call the baby Pepper. That's the name were using either way so that's what I try to use but sometimes I say "it".

ebox322 · December 2013

We called DS "Todd". My sisters used to have a boy Polly pocket when they were littler and they called him "Todd...first name Todd last name Ler" so now whenever my family refers to little kids they always say "the todds" or just Todd. Like toddler I guess? Sounds way bizarre now that I'm trying to explain it haha.

People would get so confused when I was like "and when Todd gets here..." Or "Todd's having a dance party" they'd be like aww is that the name? *cue long awkward explanation*

Mikki62 · December 2013

Sometimes I say they because I also don't like calling the baby it. I also say the baby or the mini because we always called DD the mini DH's name because I was sure she'd be just like DH, she is, and so this one is another mini.

MissLadyTay · December 2013

Oops. We are Team Green and we have always used "it" or "the baby."

hfooter · December 2013

It, baby, or we go back and forth calling it by the name (male/female) we have picked out.

heartlikeminexo · December 2013

I always say " he/she" moved, or he/she is quite active. My a/s is Monday I'm sooo ready to know!(:

Jillzy86 · December 2013

I slip and call my baby he or she all the time. I just tell people I change he or she regularly till we find out the sex on Jan. 6th.

Hedgessm · December 2013

Until we knew the gender we used Sock. If anyone watches How I Met Your Mother than you know Lilly's whole thing about seeing a baby's sock and knowing she was ready for kids. So everything cute that made us want kids we'd just say sock. Then the baby became sock. Or leech... meant in a good way of course. My stepdad calls him Flipper even know when we know the sex.

talkthewholetime · December 2013

Christinaruth74 said:

Ours is Poppy.... Mainly because it was once the size of a poppy seed. Now we're at navel orange- my how they grow up so fast! ETA it's awkward when people think we have nicknamed it "papi".

BAHAHA at Papi!!!

bunnii86 · December 2013

before i found out my baby's gender, i always refer to my baby as peanut lol. Saying it sounds so weird. Btw im having a girl.

bunnii86 · December 2013

lol at spawn

FutureMrsMJ12 · December 2013

I've been using "it" but get yelled at by all of my family members. We typically refer to him/her as Squirt or the baby since then.

Turn4Cindy · December 2013

I rarely use "it". Between H and I we seem to use "he" a lot even though we don't know what "it" is. We use "bean" often and I also say "kid". Like, "this kid was kicking all day today". I feel weird saying "baby"... Don't know why. Maybe that's too real for me still. Haha

ttayl088 · December 2013

We call the baby peanut. We even have my family calling the baby peanut:) we are trying to be team green so it's easier just to say peanut since we are not finding out the gender.

Happypost · December 2013

We call him/her "baby" or by the fruit size it is that week ie "the little orange is making me sleepy"

SMM1986 · December 2013

I caught DH saying "he" this morning and I told him he's going to have to come up with something since he's finding out the sex but I'm not. He said he was sticking with "he" either way.

CMDR513 · December 2013

I refer to "the Baby."

bstephy718 · December 2013

Baby (your last name)

deanna1313 · December 2013

My husband calls the baby Sticky because it is stuck in there. Haha! It cracks me up Everytime I hear it.

knash87 · December 2013

I say it quite often, though I like the nickname idea. We do call him or her piglet once in a while, maybe I should try using that more as sometimes I feel bad for saying it so much?

QOTR · December 2013

I know we're having a boy and I still sometimes call him It.

Surreal123 · December 2013

I was doing the same with DD1 and we weren't finding out the gender either. I felt so bad, I decided to find a fetus name. We ended up calling the baby K1 and now we call the baby K2. We aren't super affectionate, so we felt weird picking very cute names. We thought something more funny fit in with the family better.

Tnpeach · December 2013

alphalyrae said:
We've referred to baby as "they", "the baby", "velociraptor".

Our announcement was, "We are expecting a baby. Or velociraptor. One or the other." And now everyone refers to our new dinosaur.

We do say he a lot, though.

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