https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:17:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-886081 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:33:45 +0000 cheesetomywhine 886081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call R by her full first and middle names but I also will call her the nn for both. Example being if she was named Elizabeth Louisa the nn for both could be Ellie Lou. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-886005 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:18:43 +0000 babynumber1 886005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Thats an adorable name!</p> <p>We use a nickname all the time. Our LO is Katherine and she goes by Katie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885975 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:14:28 +0000 stargal 885975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we usually call him by his full name. sometimes pierce or piers. I call him Piercy a lot too lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885917 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000 anbanan15 885917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are dead set on the name for our daughter wayyyy before we found out we were having a girl. I picked out what I thought would be her nickname, but my one friend is using the nickname already and I'm not sure I like it now (the nickname that is) :/ We may just end up using her full name or a different nickname altogether. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885890 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:53:49 +0000 mrskc 885890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: That's my thought. He has the option to go by a different name. But other people call him by the shortened version of his name. I understand his name is a mouthful, but I think I want him to be called by his full name. If he wants to be called something else when he's older, that's ok then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885884 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:52:36 +0000 lomom 885884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is a Jr. and we always referred to him as Junior while I was pregnant. I get yelled at ALL. THE. TIME. for calling him Junior (by my grandmothers, random people who ask me his name, etc.) they seem to think Junior is a juvenile nickname and hate that I call him that. He was 4lbs, 4oz at birth and Junior fit better than I ever could've imagined (we also called him Junior burrito when he was swaddled). So I usually call him baby, little man, or Junior. Eventually, we'll bestow upon him a shortened version of his name as a nickname, but for now, he's Junior. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885868 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:48:53 +0000 Running Elley 885868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lindseykaye: I love the way that you spell Ellie! My full name is Danielle and I call my husband Joshy. He didn't like Dany so he used the last part of my name instead=Elley :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885865 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:47:39 +0000 lindseykaye 885865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: Thank you! I had a hard time deciding how to spell "Ellie" after seeing your name on here and thinking that "Elley" was so pretty (but the hubs won that one). And I had though I wanted to call her "Lora" for short but that one just never worked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885864 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:47:23 +0000 mrsjyw 885864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: right!? i feel the same way love his full name. at least they have the option? :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885858 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:45:40 +0000 mrskc 885858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: AJ's unite! :happy: </p> <p>I call him by his full name. Occasionally his nn, but I love his full name and I love calling him by his full name. Other people are the ones who call him by his nn. Maybe when he's older he'll go by a shortened version of his name or his initials, AJ. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885844 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:42:27 +0000 Running Elley 885844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Weird but I totally call your LO by her nn in my head :)</p> <p>@lindseykaye: I love the name Ellora! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885834 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:39:07 +0000 heartonastring 885834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, we call her by her nickname exclusively! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885829 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:37:00 +0000 mrsjyw 885829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet! His initals are AJ, but it seems more fitting for when he's school aged? We still just call him by his first name... or stinky poopoopants :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885825 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:36:21 +0000 lindseykaye 885825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! We use her full name and nickname at a 50/50 rate I would say. Though her daycare uses her nickname almost exclusively (one of the other mamas didn't know it was a nickname until recently and she has been there for 5 months now)! And DH's family uses her nickname more than her full name. My family uses her full name almost exlusively.</p> <p>Oh and her name is Ellora, nn Ellie - lots of Ellie's up in here! Nice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885227 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:47:51 +0000 ShootingStar 885227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is kind of funny for me to read. DS will be named Declan, and I've been thinking I'd call him Dex sometimes for short. But now I'm wondering if that'll actually happen, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885223 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:45:53 +0000 wheres_c 885223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we use the planned nickname. I also call him by the nickname Taco LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo/page/2#post-885203 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:38:15 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 885203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS doesn't really have a nickname but we sometimes call DD Squeakie because she squeaks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-885189 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:34:25 +0000 sorrycharlie 885189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yup! it took us awhile - we called her by her full name for months, but now we call her by her full name, or nn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-885185 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:33:43 +0000 NovBaby1112 885185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nope! we planned on her nn being mia but we have never used it- she just doesn't look at all like a mia! her full name suits her perfectly- we also use a ton of other nicknames though- honey, porkchop, minabean </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-885164 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:29:31 +0000 mamabolt 885164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, LO is Eleanor, nn Nora, and we call her Nora &gt;90% of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-885057 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:43:51 +0000 LulaBee 885057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: We called our baby nugget/nuggs when I was pregnant too! We were team green but we did think if we had a girl (which we did) we would use a nickname. Her name is Ellison and we thought we would call her Ellie, but it just doens't suit her at this point. So she's Ellison or "Elle" or Boo Boo (not a Honey Boo Boo reference!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-885056 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:43:49 +0000 Adira 885056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, Xander probably will have no idea that his real name is Alexander! We've been calling him Xander since birth (and even have personalized items that say Xander on them, nothing says Alexander). Oh well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-885031 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:34:55 +0000 photojane 885031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sadie doesn't come with a nickname. We mostly call her Sadie Bug/Bug/Buggie. Dan calls her all sorts of weird things... like Sadine (think sardine). </p> <p>@HLK208: FWIW, I would assume Elizabeth before Eleanor if someone told me their daughter's name was Elly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-885025 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:33:23 +0000 Mrs. Twine 885025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We planned on Laura or Laurel (more likely) for Lorelei and don't really use either that often. She will now refer to herself as 'Lita because I call her Lorelita so often. She also calls herself Lorelei now, which is too unbelivably cute in a third-person Queen of England sort of way. Ellie didn't have a planned nickname, but she is usually Peanut, which is more of a pet name than a nickname anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-884988 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:22:56 +0000 hellocupcake 884988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We planned on calling her Soph, but now we call her Soph-meister or Soso (because she's so-soooo pretty) :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-884986 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:22:34 +0000 heffalump 884986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't plan it. My mom asked me if I'd use a nickname, and I said I'd just have to wait to meet her and see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-884981 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:19:33 +0000 Andrea 884981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I think she means shortening names as well. Eli for Elliot. </p> <p>We use our nicknames but have come up with lots of other ones, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-884972 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:16:43 +0000 bushelandapeck 884972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only use his nn, as he is the third and I didn't want there to be any confusion :) We sometimes call him Charles for fun, but not often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-884966 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:14:29 +0000 regberadaisy 884966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really understand why people choose nicknames prior to the baby being here so we did not do that. To me a nickname is something that happens through the child not predetermined. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-use-the-nickname-that-you-planned-for-your-lo#post-884963 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:12:45 +0000 hilsy85 884963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo's name doesn't have a nickname...but I have plenty of other silly things I call him. Hopefully he realizes what his real name is! </p>