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Baby's nickname

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Rauby · 26/09/2017 20:22

When I was pregnant with my little girl we decided not to find out the sex, so until we met her we named her 'little bean'. We still call her that now, but now we've expanded into 'pickle' too. I'm curious to know what nicknames everyone has given their babies, before or after birth?

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 26/09/2017 20:24

Bean is common. Ours was bean. He's now 21. It didn't stick Grin

RefuseTheLies · 26/09/2017 20:25

My dd was and is 'bug'. She's nearly two now.

CrystalMethHog · 26/09/2017 20:26

Our DS is bobs. No idea why, his real name isn't even close!

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AccrualIntentions · 26/09/2017 20:27

Not born yet, but so far it's the gremlin.

ASqueakingInTheShrubbery · 26/09/2017 20:50

Tiberius, as DH wanted to name the baby after Captain Kirk, regardless of sex. We didn't call her Tiberius, and she now has a nickname loosely associated with her actual name but not related to to the word itself.

TeaAndToast85 · 26/09/2017 20:51

The little smurf. God knows why

BikeRunSki · 26/09/2017 20:57

Mini C, where C is our surname.
We also drove a car of this name at the time.

FartnissEverbeans · 27/09/2017 17:13

Sausage. I don't know where that came from but I'm surprised he doesn't think it's his real name!

Now that he's bigger he's also Cuddlemonster

thethoughtfox · 27/09/2017 18:38

Tummy Bunny ( cause I used to picture a bunny thumping its feet on my insides when she would kick me)

Dreams16 · 27/09/2017 19:05

Tinker poo 😂 the one nickname I use for my DS

Youvegotafriendinme · 28/09/2017 07:29

We found out we were having a boy but decided to keep the name to ourselves until he was born. We called him Gaston. Me, DH and all our friends and family referred to him as Gaston. Once he was born it wasn't said again. He does has one aunty who calls him baby G though.
Me and DH now call him the beastie

Gillian1980 · 28/09/2017 07:42

Bubsy.

She sometimes calls herself Bubsy too so perhaps we need to use her actual name more!!

wildone81 · 28/09/2017 07:59

We have a chicken, which bears no resemblance at all to her actual name! Husband also affectionately calls her shtinky....

UserThenLotsOfNumbers · 28/09/2017 14:36

Boo

RosyPony · 28/09/2017 14:39

Our family life is just a series of constantly evolving nicknames, even the dog.

queenofthedump · 28/09/2017 14:40

Our dd was Derek before she was born.

Santawontbelong · 28/09/2017 14:40

Ds 5 told everyone on holiday he was having a db called Oleg soon!!
Def wasn't but ds now 3 has a worse nn really!!

ohfourfoxache · 28/09/2017 14:42

Ours didn't have nicknames before they were born.

But we now have a Squiggles and a Scrunch!

dontquotemeondailymail · 28/09/2017 14:45

Spud! No idea how it came about though

DappledThings · 28/09/2017 16:56

Moo and variations on a theme; Mootron, Mooboo, Monkey Moo and once when DH was really running with it - Mootros Mootros Ghali.

EssentialHummus · 28/09/2017 16:59

Was the creature in pregnancy, now Squidge/Squidgey.

emmeline7725 · 28/09/2017 16:59

Chops!

BertrandRussell · 28/09/2017 17:01

"Our family life is just a series of constantly evolving nicknames, even the dog."

Us too!

Mumof3wunnerfuls · 28/09/2017 17:11

My youngest (dd) is nearly 4 and wencall her schnitzy. Have no idea why. The other is chickaletta. Grin

Lemondrop99 · 28/09/2017 20:17

Our bump never evolved a nickname. He just gets called Baby. But it's Baby used like a name, which feels nicer than 'the baby'