In hating the term LO

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

My very first AIBU.

I cannot stand the term Little One or LO. Its a phrase that is creeping out everywhere. Its so ugh and cutsie and twee. They are children. We don't need a euphemism for child.

diminutive names and familial fond terms are nice.YABU

a light through yonder windows break?

Am having a tot of whiskey now, so actually, I don't care any more! (survived dds birthday party - I am celebrating!)

(lol Pavlov! )

kiddywinkle - hmm. nope, not for me.

I like little ones. And little darlings, and littluns. So there. But you are certainly not BU to have an opinion

bigger,wittier things to obsess about than what someone else calls bubba

tragically, I am not very witty. But I have accepted that as one of my personal faults.

but not at all a bad stab at AIBU.no mauling

yanbu -awful

Well, I thought I'd start with something small!

(tries to think of something at least a little interesting)

Little sods is my preferred term

I tend to call them pickles, or monkeys.

Bad Kitten, all in all your first AIBU has gone alright!

My first one was about the DH, DD, DS nonsense, as I also hate nauseating acronyms - think you got a better ride

While we're here may I also complain about people who refer to their '42 month old' child?

42 yo child?wet boak

I think I've had too much wine to work out the nearest year to that amount of months.

Little Sods. I can live with that. I suppose I can tell myself that LO stands for Little (S)Odds!

rock - you know those individual months - sooo important for comparing

Oh and when people refer to two year olds as 'babies'.
Yes they are very young but they are not babies. You have a toddler now, accept it.

To me, LO = Learning Objective. But I NEVER let them write L.O. instead, despite them asking every damn lesson .

Agree that LO is handy when enquiring politely after child of colleague/acquaintance, when you can't actually remember the gender...

let there be rock

two year olds are babies imo

YANBU

I loathe term TODDLER

They aren't technically babies though are they? A baby is a child up to one year old,or at least that's what we were taught in child care and development classes.

YANBU - it is not as bad as 'little man' though

Curiously, I love the word 'toddler' - sorry gingerbread.