https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 02:56:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061478 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:12:40 +0000 Dandelion 1061478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call DS one of the pet's names all the time. I mix up the animals, too. Luckily, with the pets, I just have to call one and they all come, out of curiosity, lol.</p> <p>I also get DS and my younger brother mixed up ALL the time. It's so weird! My brother is 23! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061472 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:11:27 +0000 JerricaBenton 1061472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I call LO the dog's name, or the dog my brother's name! That's pretty bad! It's usually only when I'm tired or distracted :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061455 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:06:51 +0000 mrbee 1061455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Phew! :) I trick our toddler all the time like that... I wonder at what age kids catch on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061435 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:01:38 +0000 looch 1061435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: he kind of looked at me weird, but he thought I was calling my husband, so he repeated my husband's name, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061256 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:48:12 +0000 mrbee 1061256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Did he mind? I would guess that most kids would take being called their parent's name as a compliment!!</p> <p>Haha we will test this out on Charlie and see what he says! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061246 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:44:26 +0000 looch 1061246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom calls me by my brothers name regularly. I only have one kid, but I have called him by my husbands name, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061221 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:27:45 +0000 mrbee 1061221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: I actually haven't slept... worked all night on some stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061208 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:23:04 +0000 chopsuey 1061208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: why are you up so early?! Thank God for video monitors! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061192 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:15:20 +0000 mrbee 1061192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>&lt;&lt; When one of them makes a noise at night I need to check the monitor to see which one is calling for me! &gt;&gt;</p> <p>@chopsuey: I get confused at night too, if and when Olive (rarely) calls for dada! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061189 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:12:49 +0000 heffalump 1061189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only one kid so far.... but I will call her the dog's name, and I call the dog her cousin's name. Her cousin is Izzy and our dog is Lizzie and LO doesn't say the L in Lizzie so I accidentally repeat her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061177 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:05:42 +0000 chopsuey 1061177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I did for the first time yesterday! Only because their Korean names are so similar.<br /> Sometimes the kids sound really similar too. When one of them makes a noise at night I need to check the monitor to see which one is calling for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061169 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:00:20 +0000 mediagirl 1061169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've called M Thumper. Felt like an awesome mom afterwards!!! :)</p> <p>My mom calls me Patti all the time, Patti is her sister. Ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061148 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:39:27 +0000 artsyfartsy 1061148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO isn't here yet but my parents used to do this to me and my siblings/cousins all the time! I remember thinking it was funny. I never took it personally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061077 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 02:54:53 +0000 banana 1061077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! I used to hate when my parents did the same with my brother and I. But I can see why it happens now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061068 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 02:43:37 +0000 .twist. 1061068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! And sometimes we even mash their names together! Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061045 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:42:58 +0000 Cherrybee 1061045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have called DD the dogs name a few times!! Eek! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061040 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:39:30 +0000 mrs.cookie 1061040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not the kids yet... But I do mix up my son and the dog! Luckily Max the dog thinks he's human and Timmy the boy doesn't mind one bit being mixed up with his furry BFF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061034 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:31:10 +0000 lemondrop 1061034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will in just a matter of months, my dad still does all the time... and I'm very, very much like him :) As it is, I mix up pets and C easily enough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061032 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:26:27 +0000 autumnlove 1061032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! :-) Is it too late to officially swap their names? Just kidding! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-call-one-kid-the-other-kids-name#post-1061031 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:23:32 +0000 mrbee 1061031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't done this yet, by some miracle... but I often think that Charlie is calling for me, and I turn around and it's Olive!</p> <p>I guess I'm not used to thinking about Olive as a smooth talker just yet... but as her talking gets better, she's fooling me now and then! I'm learning to listen more carefully and then it's easy to tell them apart...</p> <p>Do you ever accidentally call one kid the other kid's name? Or accidentally referred to your LO using your dog or cat's name? </p>