https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:46:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754696 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:03:17 +0000 Applesandbananas 1754696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think he knows his name. He responds well to it but it'll be a long time before he can say it himself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754579 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:12:55 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1754579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She uses the name that her friend uses for her. We call her Livy, but she and her friend say "Divy". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754577 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:10:52 +0000 californiadreams 1754577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>since about 18 months I think, LO learned his name. When we say "where is LO", he points to himself. And when I say "where is a picture of LO", he points to his picture on the wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754491 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:42:29 +0000 googly-eyes 1754491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: that was in the first 5-10 words for my LO too! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754487 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:38:27 +0000 cascademom 1754487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO knows his name, but refuses to say it. He'll answer to it, but will respond to it as "me." His receptive language is awesome, but he still won't call himself by his name. He inherited the stubborn gene. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754479 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:28:27 +0000 sera_87 1754479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He knows what his name is/that it's him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754478 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:26:02 +0000 yoursilverlining 1754478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 2 and knows her name. Sometimes she will also tell you her last name, so I know she knows it although she doesn't always say it. At school they've worked a lot on names, so she knows her own as well as all the names of the kids in her class.</p> <p>She responds to many different nicknames and pet names </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754365 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:56:10 +0000 littlek 1754365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He knows his name is Brennan.. He will tell you.., I Brennan... Or Brennan milk, Brennan truck, etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754360 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:50:12 +0000 autumn865 1754360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Norah knows her name and will say it after several prompting questions. But when first asked she will say her name is "cookie" not sure where that one came from lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754340 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:26:16 +0000 Mrsjets 1754340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Joel calls himself "Joooew" but responds to Joel, J, Joely and Joel Joel.</p> <p>Also, I wish he responded to "no" :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754334 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:19:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 1754334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She definitely isn't verbal enough to call herself anything (11.5 months) but she seems to respond to her name. She fails to respond to her other name, which is "C, leave the dog alone!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754318 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:05:28 +0000 cyan 1754318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, good. I'm not the only one that thinks about this! My LO will respond to her name and nickname (and her cutesy name). She is just 12 months, so she isn't verbal enough to label herself. I can't wait to see what she picks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754254 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 08:05:03 +0000 cmomma17 1754254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO thinks his name is "boo boo" or "baby" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754242 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 07:53:02 +0000 rachiecakes 1754242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: J still does this!! He knows his name, can spell it and write it, even! But calls himself "you" haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754152 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 02:56:48 +0000 Cherrybee 1754152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Elliott answers to her name but I'm pretty sure she identifies more with "babba" - which is what I call her. When she's pleased with herself, she cheers "babba". When she's sad, she says "mama" but if she wants something (her bottle, for example) she cries, points at it and says "babba". She's always babbled the sound.... but now I really do think it means something (her!)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754116 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:50:04 +0000 googly-eyes 1754116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter knows her name but she sometimes calls herself "you" as well. She's getting better about using I, Mine, yours, you, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754095 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:43:57 +0000 HLK208 1754095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She calls herself El-wee (Elly) but responds to her full name, Elizabeth (she just never calls herself that!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754088 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:39:33 +0000 sandy 1754088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She used to call herself "care-wah"</p> <p>Then it was "care-ah" </p> <p>Then "Claire-RAH"...huge emphasis on the rah</p> <p>Now she can say Clara just fine. Sometimes she calls herself "baby girl" or "my baby" or monkey bc I'm always calling her stuff like that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754078 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:33:14 +0000 yellowbird 1754078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She knows her name but she can't pronounce it correctly yet. Do you ever ask her what her name is? How old is she?</p> <p>I'm pretty sure my LO thought her name was baby up until 2 months ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754055 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:11:51 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 1754055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It comes out more like Pad-rick. That T is tricky ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754053 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:04:54 +0000 lilyann 1754053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 21 month old calls himself "car" when he sees his picture (his name is Carter) :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754048 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:59:52 +0000 birdofafeather 1754048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we've stuck with her name and then row row more recently, so i think she knows, but she's a parrot these days without really understanding what we're asking! so we'll say, who are you? row row? and she'll say roro or something along those lines. but we could probably say anything and she would try to repeat it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754010 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:34:13 +0000 cyan 1754010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: that's cute. "You". I love it! My LO isn't quite verbal enough to give us any gems like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1754003 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:29:55 +0000 lovehoneybee 1754003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Evan thought his name was "you" for a long time! We would point to a family photo on the wall and say "that's you, that's Evan!" and point between him in the photo and him IRL, but the part that stuck with him was "you". Eventually he would point to any picture of himself and say "you!" </p> <p>We've made a point to try to teach him his actual name, now (although it's Eb-an :grin: ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-wonder-what-your-toddler-thinks-hisher-name-is#post-1753997 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:25:11 +0000 cyan 1753997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Or is it just me?</p> <p>We probably call LO 3-4 different things on a consistent basis, between her name, nickname, plus a hand full of cutesy nicknames. I sometimes wonder which one she really identifies with.</p> <p>Or maybe she just thinks her name is "no". That is entirely possible, too, I guess. :silly: </p>