Comments on: A Jasper By Any Other Name

By: mom2stinkbumps

mom2stinkbumps — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:09:38 +0000

My son’s nickname has been “Stinkbumps” since the day he was born. My mother was in the delivery room with me and, upon seeing her grandson come into the world and hearing his little goat-bleating cry, said “What a little stinkbumps!” It has stuck. He didn’t mind it so much when he was a pre-schooler. A shout of “Hey, Stinkbumps!” across the playground or park got his attention much more swiftly than calling his actual name (although it, too, is very unique). Once he started public school, I was forbidden to use his nickname around any of his friends. (In fact, he doesn’t like me to use his real name, either, and insists a use the more common derivative “Jamie”.) Now that he’s in middle school, he has promised my swift decapitation if I ever call him “Stinkbumps” in public, but at home is still okay, so long as none of his friends are within a 50 mile radius. I’m sure when he’s in high school, I won’t be able to call him that at all. Of course, it will be the first thing I tell the girls he brings over. Followed by showing them his naked baby pictures. Embarassing my child is my duty as a mother.
.-= mom2stinkbumps´s last blog ..Best Laid Plans =-.

By: Perfect Girl

Perfect Girl — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:11:45 +0000

I was unaware that I was reading a post of yours in Blogher: I only glanced at the picture, and had already figured it was someone I hadn’t read before.

So, I’m going along and enjoying, but, then, rolling my eyes at this writer who is writing like Her Bad Mother, and, Stop It.

My eyes roamed the page to just get to the end, and then I realized it Was you. So, I went back and read it over and enjoyed it immensely.

You have such a strong voice, it jumps off the page. No one can copy it, without me noticing, anyway.

By: Jenn72

Jenn72 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:06:39 +0000

I have a 16 month old Jasper. I don’t know where the name came from (pre-Twilight).. we just liked it. No one we knew was named Jasper.
We had a list of names and we wanted to wait to see him before we named him.
He looked like a Jasper from the start.
When we told my parents and grandmother, the look they gave me, the “God, WHY” look made me cry so hard the nurses came in to make sure I was ok.
But, he’s my little Jasper Jones, Houdini, Snuggle Monkey butt, Captain America, J-Man.

By: Melia Wetherill

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By: Shawna

Shawna — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:31:26 +0000

I sometimes call Harris H-bomb or Harrisite, but more commonly call him Buddy, Mr. Harris, or Mr. H.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:17:36 +0000

LOL. My mother was appalled to hear us call our son Pickle. It came from Nickel Pickle which totally makes sense because his name is Nicholas. He has tons of other nicknames of affection, but Pickle is the one that has stuck the most. .-= Angela´s last blog ..This morning's feeding =-.

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:27:52 +0000

We call our 16 month old “Bong”. Allow me to explain. Her name is Mathilde, shortened to Tillie, Billabong rhymes with Tilliebong, which is shortened to Bong. Sometimes we’re out on the playground and I ask my husband, “How is the Bong?” or “Where is the Bong?” or shout out “Bong!!”

We’re not stoners, not at all. But I’m not surprised that the other parents probably think we are!
.-= Erin´s last blog ..10 years =-.

By: leeshka

leeshka — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:16:50 +0000

My 6 year old’s nickname have nothing to do with her name, but for some reason I can’t stop calling her:
Mink, Minky, Minx, Minxy, Minxy boodle… I think they started with Monkey, and then went on from there. It’s also Thessy-bear, Thessaboo, Thessy-mess and Thessastink (from her diaper days)
I refuse to stop calling her them, and will probably toast at her wedding “To Thessy-mess, my little minxy-boodle!!”

By: Her Bad Mother

Her Bad Mother — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:42:57 +0000

Do I regret it? No. Jasper’s now had a couple of haircuts (one just yesterday, which cropped that adorable two year old mop) and each time, I catch my breath at the change, but then it just becomes HIM, and I relax. It doesn’t hurt that it keeps growing back so fast

And, thanks

By: mapsgirl

mapsgirl — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:15:16 +0000

After reading this it made me realize that I might want to stop calling my littlest “P”. She is little and has always been called Peanut. But sometimes even that gets shortened to just P.

Hey, our kids could get married and they’d be Pee and Jizz. LOL! Oh, boy.
.-= mapsgirl´s last blog ..fixing up a camp for some very special kids =-.