Do you still call your toddler a baby?

[tny915]

(Yes, I know they're ALWAYS going to be our babies. :) )

I think I'm in the minority here, but I find that in general conversation I still say things like, "The baby's sick so I need to go home." For people that don't know me well, they naturally tend to think I have a newborn or at least a crawler at home, definitely not a toddler. DD even calls herself a baby. Actually I should say she calls herself "Bay" or "Bee," depending on the day.

And if you feel like chiming in, I'm just curious, when'd you stop calling yours a baby?

[JElaineB]

We still call him baby sometimes to each other, but I'm trying to get away from it! With other people though I'm usually better at saying "my son".

Jennifer
mom to Jacob 9/27/02

[himom]

My DS is 2 1/2, and we still refer to him as "the baby." I guess he stays the baby until we have another one? If we don't have another one, I guess I should set a cut-off date so he doesn't grow up with "issues." :)

Jodi

[mudder17]

Yes, but she's only 16 months old. Isn't that still a baby? :) I imagine that as she gets older, we'll start calling her our daughter or just Kaya, but until then, she's still Baby. :)


Eileen

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif for Leah

http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 16 months & counting


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[zuzu]

Like Jennifer, DH and I still refer to Sarah as a baby at times, but officially she's no longer one. :(

If I do refer to Sarah as a baby, she will correct me by saying, "Mama, I'm not baby, I'm a little girl." She's right.

Melissa, mom to Sarah (5/03)

[alkagift]

I'm trying to transition to "baby boy" but I'm still saying "baby" to DH. DH thinks I'm nuts and says "boy" and "son" alll the time.

Allison
Mommy to Matthew, who is TWO!

[lisams]

DD now corrects me when I call her my "baby girl", she tells me "I'm not a baby, I'm a big toddler!"

Of course she'll always be my baby!!!

Lisa

[sugarsnappea]

We called JG the baby until Noraa arrived, she was 2 years 7 months old. I have a feeling "baby Noraa" will be called that for a long time.

[nov02mom]

I do this all the time, although Jacob has started saying "I not a baby- I a little boy." Until he wants something...then we're doing the baby talk (literally- googoo gaga and saying "baby need cracker" LOL

[MelissaTC]

My Dad still calls me his baby...and I am 30! I used to hate it as a teenager and he would tell me "you will always be my baby". Now as a parent, I understand that all too well. Matthew corrects me and tells me that he is a big boy and I know it to be true. But in my heart, he will always be my baby.

[TahliasMom]

DD is barely 14 months so I'm sure we'll be calling her baby for quite a while...

[tina-t]

Yep, still refer to him as my baby. Just can't help it.

[Melanie]

LOL. I don't call Ds a baby, but I do call him "baby," affectionately, sometimes. If that makes any sense. ;)

[VickiH]

We still call DS a baby....I guess he will be until, if and when, we have a second child.

My parents still call my sister, who is 33 (years, not months, LOL), "the baby"...maybe it alwyas happens with the youngest!

[stefani]

Yes. DS is 22 months, and toddles and runs quite well, at times he looks so big, but at times he looks so little.... Generally I try to refer to him as my "child".

Anyway, just starting this past week, occasionally he wants to be carried like a baby, and he would say "baby, baby" and leans back, so we would carry him like a baby, instead of upright. If we stop and he is not ready yet, he will say "more, more" :-)

[TraciG]

I haven't called Sydney baby in ages ( she's 21 months ) my parents still refer to her as a baby, I always think it's weird when my mother asks, is the baby sleeping. I call her baby though a lot instead of saying her name.

[c2lane]

DD is 19 months today. DH and I still refer to her as the baby but I suspect that will change when her sister arrives in early October.

DH and I are both amazed at what a little person DD has become and sometimes he'll say to her "Are you Daddy's baby?" and she'll say no "Big Girl" but she'll always be our baby!

~Carrie
mom to Dillan Rose 01/02/04
& our 2nd blessing due 10/6/05

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