The name we picked took an unexpected turn

[Anonymous]

It’s cute. What’s the big deal?

My toddler called his older brother Wa-Wa because he couldn’t pronounce Noah. It was a very temporary thing (maybe a year or so), and it was adorable.

[Anonymous]

My son calls my dd, Olivia, "weevy" and the merged into "weeves" or "weave". Names are strange, but I love how they change like that. They both call my 3rd kid by his middle initial, wouldn't have thought that one either.

I personally have had the same damn boring name my entire life and it won't ever change. I didn't have siblings though or a name that has any sort of nickname.

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Anonymous wrote:I was Weetha until my brother got speech therapy.

I know a Dewie, same deal.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, little kids have trouble saying pretty much every name. My niece is Anna and she was Non-Non to her older sister for a while. There really is no way to prevent it and no way to “baby proof” a name. Chances are that Colie won’t stick.

It is awesome for a sibling nickname. I hope it sticks despite the controlling parents.

[Anonymous]

My name is Julie. My sister couldn't say it and called me JuJu for years. Now that gets shortened to Jooge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get feeling non-plussed but agree with others that a small child's nickname is not the same as a nickname that anyone might give a child. No one else is going to call your DD Colie, and this will wind up being a silly family anecdote that your daughters hopefully joke about with each other.

I will add that if you are really worried about this, go hard on teaching your other DD to say Nikki (which will be easier for her than Nicole and feel more fun -- little kids really love two syllable -y nicknames for their singsong quality). Work it into songs, use it yourself. It won't take long before she never remembers saying Colie.

If I were Nicole’s aunt, I’d be working hard on the little one to keep calling her Colie.I love that it is at least unique.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get feeling non-plussed but agree with others that a small child's nickname is not the same as a nickname that anyone might give a child. No one else is going to call your DD Colie, and this will wind up being a silly family anecdote that your daughters hopefully joke about with each other.

I will add that if you are really worried about this, go hard on teaching your other DD to say Nikki (which will be easier for her than Nicole and feel more fun -- little kids really love two syllable -y nicknames for their singsong quality). Work it into songs, use it yourself. It won't take long before she never remembers saying Colie.

If I were Nicole’s aunt, I’d be working hard on the little one to keep calling her Colie.I love that it is at least unique.

I agree OP is overreacting but this instinct is vile. My mom is like this. When she can see something bothers me regarding one of my kids, she's always scheming to emphasize it or make it worse. It's exhausting.

If a family member tells you not to use a specific nickname for a newborn, don't. The end. Don't be a child.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get feeling non-plussed but agree with others that a small child's nickname is not the same as a nickname that anyone might give a child. No one else is going to call your DD Colie, and this will wind up being a silly family anecdote that your daughters hopefully joke about with each other.

I will add that if you are really worried about this, go hard on teaching your other DD to say Nikki (which will be easier for her than Nicole and feel more fun -- little kids really love two syllable -y nicknames for their singsong quality). Work it into songs, use it yourself. It won't take long before she never remembers saying Colie.

If I were Nicole’s aunt, I’d be working hard on the little one to keep calling her Colie.I love that it is at least unique.

I agree OP is overreacting but this instinct is vile. My mom is like this. When she can see something bothers me regarding one of my kids, she's always scheming to emphasize it or make it worse. It's exhausting.

If a family member tells you not to use a specific nickname for a newborn, don't. The end. Don't be a child.

What’s vile is the nickname Nikki

[Anonymous]

I like Colie!

My friends name is Marie and her brother called her Moobie.

[Anonymous]

My older daughter calls her sister Gugu. Her name is not anything close to Gugu. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and I fell in love with the name Nicole and named our second daughter that. We figured she might choose to go by Nikki and agreed it would be fine with us. We never figured her older sister wouldn't be able to say Nicole and would call her Colie. (Rhymes with solely) We do not love Colie, to say the least. It hadn't even occurred to us that her name could go in that direction. Just a word of caution to not only consider possible nicknames you see, but that others might see.

Colie is adorable. And a lot better than Nikki.

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Anonymous wrote:Reminds me of some friends of my mom who were very particular about their grandparent names. I can’t remember what the grandmother’s preferred nickname was, but the grandfather was supposed to be called Poppy. Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, the grandchild in question ended up mangling both names. Again, I’m not sure what the grandmother ended up being called, but Poppy was transformed to Potty.

Colie is pretty great in comparison.

FWIW, I come from a family of nicknames and while I went by a number of them growing up, as an adult I reverted to my legal name to simplify things. You can still call her Nicole or Nikki and the sister may adapt or forevermore use Colie as a special sister name unique to her. Eventually the child will make her preferences known and you never know how it will end up.

Lol- my dad was Pop-Pop, but the youngest grandkid called him Poop-poop and it stuck for the longest time. Now they’re all older and he’s just Pops. But he took Poop-Poop like a champ.

[Anonymous]

My one year old calls his sister Dee Dee. It sounds nothing like her name other than it’s 2 syllables. We all love it and think it’s endearing. He can say her name now but still uses this nickname. I love when NN came about organically.

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Anonymous wrote:My name is Julie. My sister couldn't say it and called me JuJu for years. Now that gets shortened to Jooge.

Oh no, I see my future. DD1 calls DD2 JuJu now. I'm not a fan, but I've stopped correcting her.

[Anonymous]

My 80 year old father is still called Bud by his siblings and their children from when #2 could not say Brother