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What do you call your bump?

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chocoraisin · 04/03/2017 23:03

Help! DP has started calling our baby 'shrimpy' and I hate it. I need a new name asap before it sticks!! Bean is out (still call DS2 bean as a nickname today) as is peanut (DS1 calls his private parts his peanuts)!!

Please help me come up with a better name! TIA

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drinkyourmilk · 04/03/2017 23:04

Ours is pip.

Sparklingbrook · 04/03/2017 23:04

Bumps don't need names. Do they?

chelle85 · 04/03/2017 23:04

Mine is bubbles on account of the amount of wind it has given me!!

Sunseed · 04/03/2017 23:04

Dave

SelfObsessionHoney · 04/03/2017 23:04

We just call it baby.

Lostmyemailaddress · 04/03/2017 23:05

Kids named this one flump

welshmist · 04/03/2017 23:05

Mine was worm, because he was such a wriggler, my friends spider for the same reason she reckoned he had at least eight legs kicking away in her tum.

wildone81 · 04/03/2017 23:09

We have a spud! Couldn't face anything other than chips and pasta whilst dealing with the morning sickness so something potato related seamed appropriate!

KatnissMellark · 04/03/2017 23:10

The baby??

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 04/03/2017 23:12

Horace.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 04/03/2017 23:13

Although I'm not pg, that was what we called the bump when I was.

Samatamfabahaba · 04/03/2017 23:13

Ours is Buddy. Mostly because I love Elf and am immature as fuck.

TiltedNewt · 05/03/2017 06:53

Thing. Usually prefixed by a swear word.

MrsB12345 · 05/03/2017 06:54

I call it pebble. It's the first name that I thought of so stuck 😊

OpalFruitsMarathonsandSpira · 05/03/2017 06:56

I cringe at bump names now but when I was pregnant we had one and I look back on it with shame!

Ecureuil · 05/03/2017 07:02

Baby

octonuddle · 05/03/2017 07:08

DC1 was Poppy as it was a poppy seed size when we first found out I was pregnant and i was completely convinced it was a girl (it was!). Currently pregnant with DC2 and the poor thing doesn't have a nickname, partly because having time to sit and ponder the joys of pregnancy is non-existent, what with running around after a rambunctious toddler and working full time! Pregnancy 2 has been vey different!

Oddsocksforeveryone · 05/03/2017 07:17

Mine have been: Dave, Squiggle, Bumpy, Betty and currently Beany Baby.
Betty isn't the baby's name but our 4yo ds was adamant it was going to be a boy and must be called Betty (even after we knew she was a girl)

Peacelover1975 · 05/03/2017 07:21

Mine was called Bumpy Smile

confusedat23 · 05/03/2017 07:24

Mine is called Bubble... even the family have adopted the name lol

ImLadybird · 05/03/2017 07:30

Didn't name my first. Second was Bubs. It was rarely used once born.

ADuckNamedSplash · 05/03/2017 08:43

Squishy (inspired by Dory and the jellyfish in Finding Nemo).

We're now starting to discuss baby names and I'm finding it very weird to think of the baby as having any of the names we're considering because I'm so used to Squishy now Grin

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chocoraisin · 05/03/2017 08:57

thanks everyone!! I just know DP will use the nickname after baby is born too so I cannot bear the thought of shrimpy sticking around lol. I love poppy as it was poppy seed size when I found out too - will try and make that one stick! I'm hoping for a girl too :) Bubble is also very cute! And Buddy made me laugh.

No, bumps don't need names but it's fun and we name them cos it feels a bit more personal each time. To each their own!

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kshaw · 05/03/2017 09:09

Beefy - she's a result of drinking a lot of beefeater gin! (Won't tell her that though when older) and as it turns out she is a substantial baby so quite fitting!

Hollyhop17 · 05/03/2017 09:22

Mine is pip as it was the size on an apple pip when we found out! Nice as we dont know boy or girl yet and seems unisex. My DH also plans on using it after they are born which I am less keen on!