https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:31:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33370 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:36:52 +0000 cyndistar3 33370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yea it irritates me a bit. My little girl is three years old and people say shes a baby... She really isnt even almost a baby anymore lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33364 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:33:00 +0000 tequiero21 33364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: haha @ calling your dog that. that's so hilarious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33259 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:35 +0000 sorrycharlie 33259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: haha, I love saying little man! I call our dog and our nephew that..is that just as weird? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33167 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:28:01 +0000 Navy_Mommy 33167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mleh, wouldn't bother me. I'm still referred to as the baby of the family even though I'm 23, married, and pregnant with my own baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33147 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:07:59 +0000 rachiecakes 33147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandmother was the baby of her family and they called her "Babe" until she passed away :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33037 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:20:48 +0000 mamabolt 33037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good friends of ours did this until very recently with their 3 1/2 year old...he would say, oh, have to go put the baby to bed, etc. DH and I thought it was weird but it's their kid so whatever floats their boat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33025 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:08:39 +0000 tequiero21 33025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have to stop myself by calling my friends' kids "baby".... cuz, they're not babies anymore lol. i call my nephew a lil man now. he's so big! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33022 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:05:10 +0000 MegWag 33022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...Um my dad still calls me "the baby" or "the baby bird" and I'm 32... :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-33008 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:53:56 +0000 katdevargas 33008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call kids baby or honey or sweetie, but only kids that I really know &amp; as pet names, not because they are "the baby". I'm also southern, so that might be part of it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-32997 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:46:08 +0000 Rosie Girl 32997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It would bug me if they were constantly referring to my child as "the baby", but I still will call him "baby" every once in awhile, despite the fact he is almost 4! He still is my baby :) But I also tell him all the time how big of a boy he is now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-32977 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:30:34 +0000 mediagirl 32977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! I mean, I get it, he or she is your baby but he or she is now running around, using words and not just laying around all day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-32960 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:21:46 +0000 Mrsbells 32960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call kids babies until they are atleast 3 lol.. They still are babies to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-32895 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:47:07 +0000 HabesBabe 32895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call kids babies pretty much until they're in pre-school... I think some people are more sensitive to it than others. My friend has a 3 year old and I still consider her to be a "baby." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-32892 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:42:58 +0000 prettylizy 32892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My niece is 20 months old and I catch myself calling her 'the baby' from time to time. She's the only little one right now so it just slips out. Once her brother makes his grand debut in January I'm sure that will change, and then of course when our little one comes along in March she'll for sure be the big girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-32890 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:39:16 +0000 heffalump 32890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think people just get used to calling their kid/grandchild a baby so they just keep doing it even when they've grown up a little bit. That's what happened with my BIL and my niece. They'd also call her a baby, and she was 3 when I met them so I never even knew her as a baby. Finally one day my husband did say, "she's not a baby anymore."</p> <p>I usually correct people who call toddlers babies (not their parents of course, they can call their kid whatever they want). I say that if they're toddling, they're a toddler and no longer a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-it-irritate-you-when-people-refer-to-a-child-as-baby#post-32884 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:35:10 +0000 sorrycharlie 32884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nephew is 2 and a half, and does not look like a baby at all. He is tall, very active, and has a temper. He has little speech, and gets his way no matter what. </p> <p>My ILs constantly refer to him as, "the baby," which drives me nuts! I feel like he has a name, and he is constantly babied, which is not going to help him become more independent. </p> <p>I don't want anyone to jump on me that the way I described him is horrible at all, I love him to death. My annoyance lies in where the family treats him - sometimes, when MIL says "oh the baby did this.." I say, "crazy that he's gotten so big, huh? he's a little boy now!" I'm sure they don't want him to grow up (he's currently the youngest) but they've got to let him at some point!</p> <p>Does this drive anyone else bonkers? </p>