AIBU to hate the term ‘little one’ so much?

[Blanchedupetitpois]

Ok I know IABU but I LOATHE it. It’s such a cutesy, self-important, twee, naïf term. It immediately makes me bristle 😬

I’m not so bothered about it as “baby”. As in “what does baby like?” Or “waiting for baby to be born”. It’s THE baby!!!

It makes me irrationally angry.

It saves me having to remember the name!

I use little one when I can't remember or tell if it's a boy or a girl or remember their name!

I hate the “DH/B/S/D” convention. And when the OP (don’t like that either but, hey!) is complaining about what a bastard their “DH” is, it seems especially incongruous.

I worked with a woman who called her son “lit lun” (that’s what I heard due to her accent) and for the longest time I thought that was his name, which was something like Brian.

I use little one if I'm not sure if it's a boy or a girl as well :)

YANBU

“little man” sets my teeth on edge.

The worst...seen on Instagram...”ma lil bub”

🙄

“Little man” or “Little lady” are way way worse.
Although YANBU anyway.

Oh, and “lit lun” was 12!

The worst...seen on Instagram...”ma lil bub”

Could have been “ma lil bubZ.”

I like references to “the wean”. Hear it a lot where I live.

Oh no I use little one all the time, when I can't remember the baby's name, or if I'm not sure if they are a girl or a boy..... going to have to come up with a new phrase

I say the wee one but I'm Scottish so allowed
Also if I've forgotten someone's child's name or don't know if it's a girl or boy.

‘Little man’ does it for me. I can’t stand it

YANBU

But worse - my mum text me asking if there was any sign of the “new bubba” making an appearance yet.
Aside from the superfluous “new” and the fact that of course I would tell my own mother if I had given birth - fucking bubba????

butchy noooo!

Don’t put that thought in my head 😀

L'il man/L'il lady/l'il bubba make me want to 🤯 If you are old enough to have a child, you are too old to talk like one

I don’t mind little one so much. I don’t like little man though, not sure why exactly. There are much worse things for a baby/toddler to be called. Like sexy. My sister says stuff that to babies. “You are so sexy!” And “look at your sexy legs!” I can feel my teeth set on edge and my face twitch whenever she says sexy < not envy.

Eurgh, sexy is much worse!

My sister says stuff that to babies. “You are so sexy!” And “look at your sexy legs!” I can feel my teeth set on edge and my face twitch whenever she says sexy < not envy

What do people say to her when she does that?

Can you just imagine the response if a man told a baby it was “sexy”? 😬

A lynching?

I prefer little un

Sexy to a child is completely wrong.
Little one is a statement of fact usually. I call my youngest little one or kitten and she’s 20 ( but small). Not all the time, obviously.

What about "The Boy"

People referring to their male child as "The boy"

WHY!???

I absolutely loathe and detest little un 🤢 closely followed by lil man, lil lady. Just fuck right off argh 😤

So, what is the suggestion when you need to refer to a child and you haven't a clue of their name or if the child is a boy or girl. Little one seemed unisex to me. "How's your kid/child today?" seems a bit blunt