To really dislike people calling their unborn babies things like Sprout, Bean, Lentil, Bubs etc?

[rollyrabbit]

Or am I being unreasonable? I personally find it nauseating.

mine were both the beast or the beast that lurks within.

Mmmm, not a fan of the cutsey cutsey foetal names, but think most people are just trying to find a way of speaking about their impending baby whilst acknowledging the possiblity that it may not actually succeed, hence they don't want to call it a "real" name. And "it" isn't very nice.

So you are sort of being unreasonable. But sort of not.

How rubbish am I at judging MNers!

I've had Apple seed, Peanut, Grape and Pumpkin. I still call DD3 pumpkin (Halloween BFP)

"the dirty squatter" now that is provocative!i unimaginatively used "baby"

all mine have been junior or jr as never found out the sex.

I don't mind 'bump' but I would find the other examples rather twee. I don't like 'bean' due to its other euphemistic meaning.

I called my twins one of two and two of two when they were in situ. A reference very few get.

I don't see there being a problem with people calling their baby a nickname before it is born. Lets face it the brain goes to mush anyway.

YABU. Who cares? My dh has named my current bump "Fudge", it's sticking so well that it might be in the running as a name when baby arrives

A friend of mine insisted on calling my last child Jelly Bean whilst she was in utero. To me, she was the Inner Beast. Totally suits her.

I don't know if YABU or not, soz. This comes under the 'have no opinion' category.

Mine was "the parasite"

yabu
I called mine boris
I got fed up with people at work asking me what i was going to call it, one girl believed me though lol

It iS wank i agree.

I had christmas cards written to the bump. I wouldnt even sign them from bump. Ours have names generally before they are born but are referred to as the baby/they/ he or she depending.
I have occasionally referred to it with such delights as this brat or leech but only when I'm grumpy.

my brother is called Bubs

RubyRedfort you called it wank

dd4 was frogmella lol.

Agree with OP. It is too twee for words.

Let people do WTF they like. Who cares? Get a life.

We've always had a bump name, better than just saying baby or it. This time it has been FiFi because Tink has decided that's the baby's name. I had Herbert (my triplet m/c) Bean (Lily-Hope) and Ollie (Tink).

I was George and my brother was Sid.

Some people have changing nmes dependent on size.

sprout, banana, pineapple (ouch)

mine has been named Kung Fu Panda

aka 'ow, stop that!'

Oh please...how it is foul?

Greedy iron-thieving parasite.

How d'ya like that one?

well all mine were bump when inside and the last one was gecko once out