https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:30:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008226 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:27:45 +0000 Dandelion 1008226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It only took a few days to adjust to his name, but 6 years later and I still call him everything under the moon. Once in a while I use his real name, but it's definitely natural to call him that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008215 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:23:37 +0000 katsupgirl 1008215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh gosh! I think I just got used to it and she's like 10 months. Mostly I use it when she's doing something naughty. Oh wellz. She's "the baby" otherwise. Plus we're weird in my house and rarely use our first names. I call my sisters "sister" or "sibling". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008135 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:48:49 +0000 aprk 1008135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah it definitely took a while. Maybe 2 months at least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008111 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:33:13 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1008111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took a while. Maybe a month? I called her "the baby" too.</p> <p>Now, with #2, I keep calling her "it" even though I know it's a girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008104 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:25:54 +0000 Lindsay05 1008104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have always said monkey or monster until she started walking and had to chase her. Her name became instantly natural! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008099 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:23:55 +0000 Boheme 1008099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rarely call him by his name! Since he's so smiley, he earned the name Cheeseball, and I call him Turkey when he fusses... So somehow my husband has evolved that into 'My little turkey cheese sandwich' hahaha.<br /> And when I'm tired I always accidentally call him the dog's name, which also starts with a C :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008092 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:19:03 +0000 Bookish 1008092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol I still only use pet names or call her baby :p it feels weird to call her by her name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008079 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:07:26 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1008079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took a few weeks. I kept saying "whoa, this is her name and I had the power to pick it!". And then I was like, what if I made a mistake? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008068 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:56:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 1008068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still call her baby girl a lot, but I think her name feels pretty natural already. Saying my daughter does not- looked when you have to get used to saying my fiancé or my husband. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008061 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:47:34 +0000 lomom 1008061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 4 months and I call him little man more than his name but we've had some run-ins about his name so little man is pretty low conflict (he's a Junior and we call him Junior but some family members call him by his whole first name, which is what DH goes by, then they bitch that its confusing and we should've given him "his own name") so not using his name avoids drama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008058 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:44:15 +0000 blackbird 1008058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took awhile!! Only recently has her name really sunk in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008057 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:44:02 +0000 Espion 1008057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We probably call him "budgie" more than his real name, heh. Or "little guy", or "baby", or "the one who has been assigned to us", lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-calling-your-baby-by-hisher-name-become-natural#post-1008051 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:39:54 +0000 Cherrybee 1008051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 2.5 weeks old and I still refer to her as "the baby". I try to use her name when I speak to her but, even then, I tend to call her "baby girl" and a series of pet names. </p> <p>Did calling your LO by his or her name come naturally to you? If so, when?? </p>