Also with "crunch mama" and "littles" goes "nurslings."

I'm vaguely aware of the term but have never heard it used IRL.

Anonymous wrote:Follow up: does this term grate on anyone else besides me? I have no rational explanation for my annoyance, but there you have it.

The vernacular goes with "crunchy mama," which is that particularly narcissistic species of mother who thinks everything she does for her baby is endlessly fascinating, remarkable, and worth blogging about.

Anonymous wrote:Haven't people distinguished between "little kids" and "big kids" for forever?

Yes, we had "littles" and "bigs" on our block 40 years ago. This doesn't bother me.

"Kiddos," however, drives me nuts.

Haven't people distinguished between "little kids" and "big kids" for forever?

Everyone?

We have a larger family with an age gap and DH and I do refer to the two young ones as the Littles... Out of their earshot.

Haven't heard this term.

I have a friend who uses it a lot, and I find it a bit annoying but whatever, not a big deal. I also am irritated by women who call themselves "mamas" but you know, live and let live.

I have a friend on the west coast who has used this term for my kids. She sometimes likes to be overly cutesy in the way she talks so I figured it was something she made up. Have never heard anyone else say it. It fits my friend and she uses it as a term of endearment, so not that grating.

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.

I think people who do this are too drunk to remember their kids names.

I started using it when I had what I think of as the second set of kids, and they were "little" but old enough to object to being called "the babies." So now we call them "the littles."

Never heard it but if I did I would laugh.

Follow up: does this term grate on anyone else besides me? I have no rational explanation for my annoyance, but there you have it.