To wonder if you would randomly rename a child?

[IneedAsockamnesty]

A child that had already been registered, with a name that had apsolutly no relation to the child's actual name at all,so not just a shortened version with a word that is not even a name.

Oh forgot to add its not your child and there is no history or cute back story to the rename.

So would you just decide someone else's child was called something completely different and that was that?

Baby Boo, Babyy Boo just doin' the do
And you are through, ah, and there's nothing you can do
Baby Boo, Baby Boo just doin' the do
And you are through, ah ah, and there's nothing you can do

Sounds great, it's good to have a kid that's already got their own theme song! Embrace it!

As your mother hasn't yet met your new baby, I'd say she is unreasonable to give baby a nickname.

My dd2 is called Betty by my mum. It's nowhere near her name but as she has masses of dark curls and big eyes & forehead, the likeness to Betty boop was drawn and thus shortened to Betty.

Keep calling your mum a NN you know will annoy her until she gets the message as she's clearly not taking the direct approach.

(((hugs))). It must be hard for you with her being little and having been in hospital for that time. I hope you're getting lots of support.
I can't speak for your mum and her motives. Who knows what goes on in our DM's heads?
I love NNs personally.i had given my niece a nn before she was born and still use it (as does everyone else now) 20 years on.
But maybe your mum has just become stuck on baby boo and can't help but use it now??
It seems you suspect there's more to it. An avoidance tactic to keep some distance between herself and the new baby? Or a way of exerting her cntrol and influence over the event? Do you have an jdea about why she is jsing the nn instead of your baby's real name? If you don't like her using baby boo it's perfectly reasonable to ask her not to.
I like phantomnamechanger's idea

I'm not bothered if she wants avoidance or anything like that or distance, I only see her 3 times a year tops so it really is no big deal.

I'm just really perplexed as to why all of a sudden she's decided that its the done thing.

I'm going to directly ask her,I've got to its far to much of a mystery and so unlike her for me not to ask.

And then I'm going to take up calling her nana moo moo.

Ppl can be funny.
My DFIL calls DS a name that is a "version" of his real name. Nobody else does it. He has never used his real name. I suspect he does it because he thinks he doesn't like to be told what to do/ say. I know that sounds like I am overly suspicious/ reading too much int it, but that's what I believe. he is a bit like that.
But it doesn't really bother me so I don't say anything and, of course, everyone might look at me a bit

Nana Moo Moo

My niece (who lives with us) is stinky may and my ds is dizzlington...
They're 7 and think this is hilarious! Crikey, am I one of those annoying people!?

My friend attempted to NN DS1 with a disliked short version of his (short) name. It didn't last long as we chanted out an annoying rhyme featuring his DS's name. He realised that we were going to be more persistant and annoying so reverted back to DS's real name.

Oh no don't stop at nana moo moo

Really go for it, why not.

nannie poopsie poo

nannie big hips

nana blam

the Occluding Miasma

Or perhaps Robert Featheringston, or James Wilberforce.

'No, I know it's nothing like your real name. I thought you were into that?'

To really piss her off it would have to feature nanny or nana (the yells about not being a goat are priceless) and nonsense words she hates those

People who have had a shock react out of character like this.Has she had bad news regarding her health?
Sending flowers and trying to establish a bond with baby Boo quickly?Mortality and all that.Just wondering ?

Nope no shocks at all and that's exactly the sort of thing she would tell me.

Is she a Monsters Inc fan?

It's a bit surreal, that's for sure.

I would be surprised if she had even heard of monsters inc, she has no TV set has not been to the pictures since I made her go in about 1989.

Its possible she may have a secret tv stashed somewhere but animations being her thing? Nope more likely poncey documentaries about scrabble or at a push of imagination tipping point.

Why not just say to her that you are not keen on your dd being known as Baby Boo and you would prefer her to be referred to by her real name?

because its much more entertaining calling her silly made up names and pondering as to why she's done it.

I will

Opps

Say at some stage before it becomes entrenched

Just rename her Fred.

If you ask her to stop, will she do it all the more?

Does she dislike the name you have chosen?

Everytime she says it ask her who this "Babyboo" is to whom she is referring?

Or ask her why she insists on using such an awful/ridiculous nn?

Ah, nothing like a new baby to bubble up all those mother- daughter issues.
Good luck with everything Sockreturningpixie
I hope you had a good night.

Sock know how your feeling, my mother calls our LO squidge. I fucking hate it. I've told her that unless she refers to her as her proper name then she will be on the end of a DFOD.

There's various reasons why I hate it but mainly because she calls her friends daughter that - her friend is more like a daughter than I am apparently. And her little girl is more of a grandchild. They're welcome to each other!

Congrats on the baby!