when did everyone start calling kids "littles?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate it. So ridiculously cutesy coming out of an adult woman's mouth. It has big mommy blogger energy.

The same kind of person that says "we're pregnant". Really? Both of you? Hunh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I noticed my Mormon friends using the term, and then when they had older kids and babies- it became 'littles' and 'bigs'.
I think it started as a Mormon mom blog thing.

Probably the same kind of mom who has numbered kids, #1, #2, #3, etc.

In my family of 6 the boys were J-j-doug! and the girls where L-s-r-lauren!

[Anonymous]

I hear it all the time and find it quite annoying.

[Anonymous]

I am guilty of using the term littles! I like it.
I find it so convenient when I am talking to other moms who aren't close friends and don't recall whether/how many kids they have and whether they're boys or girls. "How are your littles doing?" covers it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am guilty of using the term littles! I like it.
I find it so convenient when I am talking to other moms who aren't close friends and don't recall whether/how many kids they have and whether they're boys or girls. "How are your littles doing?" covers it all.

How are your children doing? How are you kids doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right around the time someone decided to say "kiddo" instead of child or kid. Sets my teeth on edge.

First person I heard use this term was an elementary school teacher— a terrific person and outstanding educator. Currently is a Head of School at an East Coast private. I thought it was endearing because he said it with obvious affection for the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:is it short for "the little assholes I live with"?

I choose to believe this.

[Anonymous]

Same idiots who came up with besties or selfie.

[Anonymous]

I hate it so much. It sounds demeaning and extrememly annoying.

[Anonymous]

CRINGEY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I hate it so much. It sounds demeaning and extrememly annoying.

Agree it's demeaning. It makes it sound like your kids are just cute little accessories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am guilty of using the term littles! I like it.
I find it so convenient when I am talking to other moms who aren't close friends and don't recall whether/how many kids they have and whether they're boys or girls. "How are your littles doing?" covers it all.

“How are your kids doing?”

[Anonymous]

It is incredibly irritating. Little is an adjective, and it can't be made plural to be converted into a noun. You may as well say, "How are your greens doing?" or "How are your wets doing?"

[Anonymous]

Sadly, we're never going to convince the "littles" people to stop. People love their dumb little catchphrases and cutesy little sayings for things. I grew up around women who insisted on pronouncing Target with a French accent ("tar-JAY") and who thought this was hilariously clever, for years. Some still do it. The people who constantly quote the Simpsons or Will Farrell movies. The kiddos people. The littles people. People are mostly unoriginal followers and they hear something that sounds mildly cute or funny to them and then they latch onto it. It's a ready-made personality. Most people are boring and this is how they make themselves feel like something. It's also why people wear t-shirts that say stuff like "first coffee, then the world" or "I brake for turtles" or whatever. People who make sports fandom half their personality. Or their alma mater.

We will never, ever get them to stop. But yes -- it's annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is incredibly irritating. Little is an adjective, and it can't be made plural to be converted into a noun. You may as well say, "How are your greens doing?" or "How are your wets doing?"

Lololol how are your wets doing -- I don't know what this might refer to but it's hilarious no matter what.