https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 11:10:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132933 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:19:22 +0000 Mrs. Pen 132933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's 2 mos old and it's still kinda weird haha. I call him lovey, or little love a lot, or just baby :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132914 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:35:51 +0000 eeh 132914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been calling her by her name since we found out we're having a girl so I don't think it will be too much of a transition. The only other thing we ever call her is baby girl. Before finding out it's a girl we never really had any nicknames. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132899 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:39:19 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 132899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pointybird: "Pointy birds, oh pointy pointy birds, oh pointy pointy, anoint my head..."</p> <p>Love! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132895 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:35:02 +0000 plaidpants 132895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Nobody gets it! It's my username all over and you are the first person to comment on it! I'm happy to find another mom/Steve Martin fan here :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132892 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:32:07 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 132892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pointybird: I just wanted to say that I love your user name and I wonder how many people get it!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132888 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:04:40 +0000 Honeybee 132888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: DD has like a million nicknames. :) One is a shortened version of her first name (like Beth instead of Elizabeth); most of them are random little names I made up (like Farty McGee).</p> <p>I mainly call DS by a nickname that is his first name and middle initial, but he gets called a lot of random names, too. I do use "lovey" and "honeybear" a lot for both of them, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132885 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:56:42 +0000 pastemoo 132885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: Is the nickname like "pumpkin" or like her whole name? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132806 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:00:40 +0000 Honeybee 132806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still hardly ever call DD by her full name; 90% of the time we use a nickname. Actually, I don't call DS by his name most of the time, either, unless I'm talking to someone outside the family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132800 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:57:30 +0000 regberadaisy 132800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We actually have started calling her by her name so I don't think the transition will be bad. Although I suspect we will call her a whole host of different nicknames along with her actual name! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132798 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:55:23 +0000 pastemoo 132798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pointybird: In think this will happen to me!<br /> @tequiero21: LOL, cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132770 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:28:23 +0000 tequiero21 132770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it's easier for me to say baby girl and baby boy. lol. they're a lil over 3 weeks old now and i've already tried to call them by other names we were thinking about.... but i think i got it down now. lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132751 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:03:46 +0000 plaidpants 132751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use pet names all the time, probably more than we should. I think we got used to just calling her "baby" when I was pregnant because we didn't choose a name until 2 days after she was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132736 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:43:06 +0000 polkadots 132736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we are still getting use to it and DD is 7 months! :) I think we used nicknames too much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132731 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:41:21 +0000 pastemoo 132731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Awww. Cute.<br /> I am trying to adjust--and trying to come up with a good nickname that's baby like and realated to his real name but not "lil guy." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132719 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:25:28 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 132719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It felt foreign for the first few days each time! With Maisie it was hard because we didn't want to call her by the name we chose in front of her birth family because they chose a different name, so we used nicknames while in the hospital... bug to be specific. We couldn't wait to call her Maisie though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132717 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:24:10 +0000 heffalump 132717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I called her by name in my belly, so I think that helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132714 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:20:24 +0000 mediagirl 132714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a feeling we'll take to it right away. We're so excited to call her by her name~!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-used-to-names#post-132711 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:04:27 +0000 pastemoo 132711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How long did it take to get used to calling your LO by his/her "real" name (not baby or buddy or lil guy, etc)? </p>