What terms of endearment do you call your children?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daughter is called Bug, used to be lady bug but it's shortened to bug. My son I called him nugget and now sweetie or my sweet boy.

I had a ladybug when she was little, but now that she's 14 and cranky, I call the cat ladybug. She objects a lot less than the 14yo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cute story: I called my DD "sweetie" so much that she thought it was the name for a person's child. For example, she loved to play preschool with her stuffed animals, and she would say "mommy is coming to pick up her sweetie!"

She is 6 now.

My DD (11 now) thought a Honey was a person’s child. She called her dolls her Honeys because I called her honey.

PP here. So funny! It's cool that my kid isn't the only one who did this.

[Anonymous]

Monkey
Lovey

And when I want to get a good eye roll reaction - my baby

[Anonymous]

My daughter usually gets something in the flora or fauna family, a running joke now: sweet pea, pumpkin, my little eggplant, bunny rabbit...

My son only tolerates a play on his name and honey or sweetie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cute story: I called my DD "sweetie" so much that she thought it was the name for a person's child. For example, she loved to play preschool with her stuffed animals, and she would say "mommy is coming to pick up her sweetie!"

She is 6 now.

My DD (11 now) thought a Honey was a person’s child. She called her dolls her Honeys because I called her honey.

PP here. So funny! It's cool that my kid isn't the only one who did this.

That's adorable. My nine year old still role plays with "Mama" and "sweetie."

[Anonymous]

Another mom of a ladybug, bug, buggy girl
tooties
goosey
grumplestiltskin
lady baby

I can't help but call our son the dreaded 'buddy', bud, buddy boo, boo boo, boober. We also call him a nickname that rhymes with his given name and various spinoffs of that. Ugh, he is going to need therapy.

[Anonymous]

I just realized I still call my 14yo “sweet pea” and “love” (somehow I shortened “lovebug“ to “love” instead of “bug”?), as well as “sunshine” in the mornings. I hadn’t even realized I was still doing this until today, after reading this thread yesterday.

Guess I’ll have to watch that when I’m around her friends!

[Anonymous]

4 yr old boy:

Buddy
Bud
Mister
My love
My guy

[Anonymous]

Bunky and Tookie

[Anonymous]

sugar
doll

[Anonymous]

My boys are in teens. Endearments I used when they were little:

Petunia (DS1 only)
Lovey dove
Honeybun
Honey pie
Butterbean

I still use for both of them (usually when kissing them goodnight):
Sweetie
Sweetie Bee
Sweet Boy
Sweet potato
Sugarplum
My sweet
My love

And DS2 still gets:
Bunny
Bub
a play on a cartoon character that's similar to his name (sort of like if his name were Michael and we called him Mikey Mouse)

[Anonymous]

My girlie-wirlie
Moo moo
Name + poo (like Larla poo)

[Anonymous]

Sweet pea
Sweetie
My Sunshine
Melocotónito

[Anonymous]

Another sweet pea and sweetie

Lemon pie
my love
honey
honey bear
my girl

At night I call her "magnum opus" when we say night night, always loved that scene from Charlotte's Web

[Anonymous]

Bugaboo, lovebug, buddy, baby, sweetie, mijo (Spanish)