That it is ridiculous to refer to an 11 & 8 year old as 'babas'

[Travelfairy]

My DSis refers to her kids these ages as 'the babas'. My kids are a similar age and I never refer to them as this. This is the same DSis that allows the 8 year old have a dummy and sees nothing wrong with it 🙄 my DM also refers to them as this 'Oh X said she is calling in later with the babas!' It just gives me a massive ick. AIBU

This just makes me think of Neil.The Baby. Now a hulking great teenager!

I think its harmless. An 8 year old having a dummy however, is not...

@Travelfairy I think babas is okay. I don’t think the dummy is though. Does he have problems with his teeth?

My cousin had a dummy until 9. She ended up with buck teeth which took braces 4 years to correct.

I sometimes call my dog baba or baby. Obviously, being 13 and a dog she is not in any way a baby, but it’s just a term of endearment. No big deal.

I love that.
My dad had a nickname for me that only he ever called me. Now he's not here and I'm never getting called that name again I realise how
lovely it is to just have your own special nickname and how lucky I was.

I heard my DH call our 15 yo ‘pickle’ today!

He was just being affectionate.

Indeed. Like “Neil, the baby” in G&S.

We all dd "the baby". She's 28!

My dad still sometimes referred to us as his babies when we were in our 30s. My sister sometimes calls her 11 and 13 yos the babies. It's sweet and doting.

Mine are 21 and 18 and are "the bairns". Even when they’re 40 they’ll still be the bairns! My 18 year old recently got his first tattoo and I dramatically declared that "my baby has been defiled" 😂

Just the original name carried on as they've got older, not a big deal. No to the dummy though.

Not a mum, but I think it's quite sweet when I've heard it used😳.

I generally hate the use of "babba" or "bubba" for kids, regardless of age - every other person is wanging on with it at the park, makes me 🤮

So YANBU

I referred to my ds as my baby boy the other day.

He's 21 🤣🤣

I refer to my young kids as babbies (with two Bs) or baby boy / girl because it's a cute affectation that's carried over from when they were actually babies. They'll be my baby boy and girl for the rest of time so no harm calling them that. I think it's fine and if someone took issue with it I'd think less of them.

Yes teeth in an awful way. She said she thinks its 'cute' he still uses one. His speech is also affected. She just wont be told......even by dentist 🤷‍♀️

I guess they are still her babas to her but the 8 Yr old having a dummy is a bit 😨

🤣🤣🤣

That's lovely, I love it when kids inadvertently rename stuff with something adorable.

Completely. She wont listen to anyone though..she knows best 🤷‍♀️

Go no contact. That’s fucking disgraceful. 🤬 consider reporting to social services

A friend of mine refers to her 10 year old daughter as “the little one”. She’s an only child and by no stretch of the imagination is she little.

It makes me smile inside and I know that she’s the apple of her mother’s eye.

I agree the dummy is not good. The pet name? Couldn’t get upset about it.

Is there something else going on here? Eg is he very hard to support/sooth due to neurodivergence, a trauma, etc?

I’m in the Black Country too. Bab is nothing like calling them “the babas” 🤢 just ick