I starting thinking about nicknames when I heard my brother, Sam, refer to Ash as "Peach Package." Don't ask me where that came from. I have no idea, but that's what he's been calling her for a couple of months now. My mom calls her "Pea Pod." Tony and I called her "Princess" for the first 1.5 years of her life. When Britt came along it made me feel guilty to only call one of them a princess so that one got phased out a little and now they both get called Princess on occasion, though Ash more so. Britt has a ton of nicknames. Britt, Britt-Britt, Pretty, Munchkin, Grouchy-Girl, and Fatness are the most common. That last one is said only in a voice dripping with honey-sweet love. Then there is me. I was often referred to as James. Also Jamison and Jamis. Along with embarrassing terms of endearment that I won't bother to list. My husband calls me Babe and I call him Tiger. He goes by Tony more than his real name! I guess lots of people often go by a nickname instead of their given name.
Not more than 30 minutes after I heard Sam say "Peach Package" and I started thinking about nicknames, I heard one of my little sisters say "Britt-Britt" and another little brother said, "I don't like that. I call her Britt (only he used her full first name, of course) because Britt-Britt sounds like you're calling her names." Hm. So - to him it sounds rude. Ok. So, nicknames aren't always nice. I guess Fatness could be unkind, though it's not meant to be. We love her rolls and chubs! The name certainly won't grow with her even if she remains chunky. Though, I once met a full grown woman called Juicy because she was really fat as an infant. So, who knows? Haha!
Tell me about the nicknames in your family!
"Pretty"
