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Do you call your lo by their full name or a nickname?

  1. travelgirl1

    cantaloupe / 6630 posts

    Full name, she doesn't have a nn. I do call her a few other cute things, but they are unrelated to her name.

  2. bunnylove08

    grapefruit / 4442 posts

    both. she has a name that can't really be shorten. I sometimes call her Monkey

  3. avivoca

    watermelon / 14467 posts

    Usually her full name. If she's being naughty, we use the first and middle name.

  4. looch

    wonderful pear / 26210 posts

    Depends, usually full first name only, but sometimes I shorten it, sometimes I call him a nickname derived from the shortened name.

  5. littlebittyhouse

    pear / 1570 posts

    LO1 we use his full name but I mostly call him chickadee

    LO2 I think we will mostly use her nn but time will tell!

  6. Mae

    papaya / 10343 posts

    Mostly I call her boo or booba. I have no idea why. It is not remotely close to her name lol. If I do call her her name it is her full first name. Although when I talk about her to other people I often call her by her (name related) nickname. Although that may be because I'm lazy and her nickname is faster to type. My husband equally calls her boo, her full name, or a different name-related nickname than the one I use (I use fia, he uses nona-- so not at all close). It's entirely possible our daughter won't know what her name is until college.

  7. LuLu Mom

    GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts

    Nickname usually, but I will pull out her full name every once in awhile when I mean business. She prefers her nickname and will correct me at times saying "my name is nickname, not fullname"

  8. littlejoy

    pomegranate / 3375 posts

    Our little one's name is already short, but half the time, we just call her Al.

  9. Mrs. Twine

    blogger / nectarine / 2608 posts

    Ellie is just Ellie. I am pretty sure she likes it that way. Lorelei is "Flea" most of the time, and Ellie calls her "Lita Flea." Sometimes we call Lorelei "Lita" (we pronounce it Lee-tah), but she's mostly Flea.

  10. HLK208

    pineapple / 12234 posts

    Two of them by nicknames, one full name

  11. birdofafeather

    pineapple / 12053 posts

    a mix of nn and full name. she calls herself a nn, but responds to it all.

  12. fairy

    persimmon / 1343 posts

    DD is Luna and we usually call her Luna, though occasionally Lulu or Duda which is what my nephew called her for a while haha.

  13. namaste

    persimmon / 1313 posts

    Right now we're calling her by her full name or Bobbles since newborns bobble a lot.

  14. Mrs. Oatmeal

    blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts

    She calls herself by a nickname, so we do too. Only about 1/2 of the time, but I think it's cute. She shortens her name to Dee Dee.

  15. Mamasig

    pomegranate / 3565 posts

    Both - nickname in English but full name in Spanish.

  16. CatchAFallingStar

    nectarine / 2806 posts

    Our daughter is Quinn, but we call her Quincy. Kind of a reverse nickname!

  17. DillonLion

    GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts

    Almost exclusively by her nickname, but I introduce her with her full name.

  18. Corduroy

    pomelo / 5258 posts

    No nickname for our LO. Her name doesn't lend itself to it. We add -girl to the end of her name like "Laura-girl." She calls herself "first name last name" every time.

  19. yellowbird

    honeydew / 7303 posts

    Full name! I do have a million nicknames for her but they are silly and not something I'd regularly call her

  20. snowjewelz

    wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts

    Right now I call DD a variety of things since she doesn't know!

  21. Finfan

    persimmon / 1436 posts

    Nickname almost exclusively. She is named after another family member and it helps to avoid confusion!

  22. hotchildinthecity

    nectarine / 2272 posts

    I always thought we'd call J by a nickname most of the time but I've really come to prefer his full name and i call him by that.

    My mom hasn't called me by my real name since i was a baby and I actually find it so annoying.

  23. littlejoy

    pomegranate / 3375 posts

    We almost always call her by her nickname, "Al" ... Do you guys remember the show Step by Step? I always thought it was so weird that they called their daughter Al, ha. So much for that ...

  24. littleblessings

    pear / 1739 posts

    Depends on the day. I use both kids full names and nick names. They both answer to their names and nicknames.

    DD goes by her name S or bee
    DS goes by his name H or buddy

  25. Alivoo01

    wonderful olive / 19353 posts

    We call him by his first name. Once in awhile, DH will call him by his first and middle because he's frustrated or exasperated. lol

    My mom calls him by his Chinese name and he's totally clueless.

  26. mrs.shinerbock

    pomegranate / 3779 posts

    We usually use her full name, even though I love one of the nick names for it. The nn just doesn't seem like her. Occasionally we will call her Ayaya - which is what her 2-yr old cousins call her. (Not really close to her real name other than first and last letter. )

  27. Anagram

    eggplant / 11716 posts

    I call her her full name 50% of the time and a nickname the other 50%. It's not a real nickname, it's "My-my", hahaha.

    Funny this is, if you ask her what her name is, she'll say "MyMy". So cute!

  28. artsyfartsy

    cantaloupe / 6692 posts

    Full name. We don't use his NN often. Although he does have a bunch of silly pet names that we say often. Lol

  29. getjazzy

    persimmon / 1179 posts

    LO's name doesn't have a short form so full name, but I have plenty of non-name related NNs for him haha.

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