My partner has a 2 year old son, lovely little boy and we have a close bond.
He knows what my name is but he also calls me big boy. This has stemmed from me calling him a big boy - For intstance I would say ‘where’s the big boy?’ And he would go to the mirror and point to himself which is pretty darn cute if you ask me.
He then started coming into the kitchen when I was washing up and said ‘big boy’ and handed me his cup or something. My partner said he thinks your name is big boy but I didn’t think he did as I interpreted as ‘I’m a big boy for finishing my drink/whatever it was he was giving me’
Fast forward to last week, we FaceTimed him and he said hi daddy to his dad and when I came on camera he said hi big boy.
He knows my name as if you ask him where I am he will come and find me and he can say my name. Should I be correcting him and get him out of the habit of calling me big boy? I don’t mind it personally but my partner doesn’t like it for one reason or another. He did go through a phase of calling me mommy but I always corrected him as it is definitely a boundary I would never cross (we are on really good terms with the little boys mum for context). He can speak well for his age (just under 2) I can’t hold w conversation with him but he say robot is sleeping or no want to go sleep for an example.
I’m kind of inclined to let him carry on with the name because it’s causing no harm or upset to anyone and it’s kind of our thing but do I need to correct him and get him into the habit of calling me by my name so it’s less confusion for him and also because his dad doesn’t like it?