Some bloggers refer to their children by their nicknames to preserve anonymity in the blogosphere. I considered this option at one point, but realized mine had made it to this place in their little lives' timelines without any. It's not for a lack of me calling them things besides their given names, even in front of other people. It's just that I have a bit of a willy-nilly way of arbitrarily assigning, at any given moment, one of any number of names to either of them without regard to which I'm referring. If I used any of these to reference one or both of the boys in my blog, nobody would know who I was talking about. Especially our family.
The important thing is that in life, in real-time moments, the special boy to whom I am speaking has known it is he who is the object of my affection at the time when he hears me call him:
- Baby
- Scooter
- Booger
- Stinker
- Fart Knocker
- Boo Boo
- Tooter
- My Minion
- Mr. Poopy Pants
- Tooty-Patooty
- Dirty Face (in the voice of the Orbit Gum Lady)
The only one that they've scowled about is Baby, when they hit that age of protest that they were 'not a baby anymore'. One quick explanation that they'd always be my baby and they understood I called them that because I loved them. They never have had the same problem or questioned why I've called them Booger...or any of the other seemingly offensive names to those hyper-sensitive organic-only-applesauce mothers who would think it damaging to their self-esteem. My children know that I say these things with love, not in an abusive tone, and that I'm truly their biggest fan. I'm also usually saying it as I'm putting them in a big momma bear snuggle hug.
I hope that readers can keep this in mind if they ever question why names are not changed to protect the innocent. I hope my kids will keep in mind when they're older that while I held nothing back here in letting everyone know their embarrassing stories, I will not, under any circumstances, show their girlfriends naked pictures of them in the bathtub. Booger and Stinker will surely thank me for that, right?
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