Ha me too! And then I wonder why my littles (jk lol) add a y to the end of words sometimes like "cribby" "couchy" I'm working on it. They are only three lol My 15 yo doesn't do it anymore so I think it phases out
My SIL uses nephews full name all the time (like in that mom "youre in trouble" voice). He's like 15 months. She also does it to my brother. I find that creepy.
Ugh my SIL refers to my bro and my nephews as "this one" and points to whoever she's talking about. Doesn't say their names, just "this one". It's creepy and IMO disrespectful If my h called me "this one" and pointed I'd be bullshit
Yay, E still calls you Momma? They're going to have to pry Mama from me. I probably make this list for using that, like I still say 'show mama' or 'come with mama'.
Yes! Edith actually rarely calls me Mommy. Her preferred address has always been Momma, and Freddie uses it a lot too. It's my favorite (heart)
I'm weird but I hate the word potty. Everyone uses it. EVERYONE. I just want to say bathroom, or pee, or whatever. Just not potty. I hate those 'ie' endings.
Potty is better than what my grandmother used to say, toilet. As in "does anybody need to go to the toilet?" And she is old school Southern so it would always come out more like toll-et. Even when I was little it grossed me out.
I really hate the phrase "nurse like a champ". Its the weirdest little cliched phrase but it grates. Actually I don't like the word champ in any context.
Oh man. I use jammies, sometimes say toilet (I've never heard anyone have a problem with either of those) and sometimes I call my kid 'little britches'.
Yay, E still calls you Momma? They're going to have to pry Mama from me. I probably make this list for using that, like I still say 'show mama' or 'come with mama'.
Yes! Edith actually rarely calls me Mommy. Her preferred address has always been Momma, and Freddie uses it a lot too. It's my favorite (heart)
The day they stop calling me Mama is the day I die a little inside.
Jake rarely uses Mommy in front of them so I'm hoping Mama sticks.
Pretty much any diminufication of a word by adding an "ie" or "y" ending- potty, jammies, tubby, woobie, blankie. And my least favorite "aspie" instead of person with Aspergers. It doesn't make you hip or on the inside. It's a little disrespectful
The whole "need, want, wear, read" thing makes me want to shoot people.
I am guilty of using littles, specifically for my feline friends and my niece's much, much younger half brothers who are sort of feral but sweet. Plus, their idiot parents gave them stupid names. Rather like most cats I know.
I am also guilty of counting sleeps. When you have a child who is still learning to understand time and a DH who travels a great deal for work, it can help them process when they get to see dad again.
I also hate-hate-hate= people who picked up their child's mispronunciations of a word and use them in conversation.
My least favorite thing related to language and babies are adults who speak for them. Like the mom who sends a thank you in the words of her 4 week old infant. Or my MIL who would add her own dubbing any time DS made a peep as in "he's just saying he's hungry and wants ice cream, too". WTF? He's 4 months old and doesn't even know what ice cream is and if I catch you offering him some I will break your fingers.
Post by formerlyak on Dec 17, 2013 13:06:03 GMT -5
All of these kind of words drive me batty. Just call things what they are! It's funny, because ds is 7 and I get a lot of compliments on his large vocabulary and questions about how he learned all these "adult" words. Well, we always talked to him with real words instead of things like "num nums" for snack so he just learned them. DH (who is ds's step dad) said when he first met ds and saw how we interacted one thing that struck him was how I'd use regular, adult language to describe things and if ds didn't understand a word, he'd ask what it meant and I'd define it. He liked that it meant having a real conversation with a 5 year old. It isn't rocket science people.