Again - sorry for the delay. We've moved, then we had the holidays to get through, and I haven't spent much time just sitting around. I'm back and if you're wishing I would blog more often (than once a month!), I will.
When I was pregnant with Charlotte, she always used to kick, kick, kick. Then, the moment Jon would put his hand on my belly, she would stop. So, before she was even born, she earned the nickname Stinker. Once she was born, this transformed into Stinka Dinka. We just called her that all the time and as time went on, she started answering to that only. We would meet people and ask her name and she would not reply Charlotte, she would only say "Stinka Dinka." Jon and I had to make a really big effort to call her Charlotte and not Stinker, or any form of it (at least while she was learning her name). Since Stinka Dinka - she has earned many other nicknames. A few she has been called are: booger, monka monk, lovey girl, love, and most recently...dirty whizpopper. Now, she added the dirty part, I did teach her the word whizpopper. If you're not familiar with the word (or Roald Dahl), it is from the book The BFG. A whizpop is a fart. My little girl is beautiful and petite and precious, but she can fart up a storm. She can clear a room. We sometimes really can't believe it was her. And apparently Jon and I are so out of control with our nicknames that our daughter does not know her real name.
We really had to pay attention to make sure she could introduce herself as Charlotte. The other day, we were discussing middle names. She knows her first and last name, but when I asked her what her middle name was she said..."I don't know." So, I started to give her a prompt..I said, "Charlotte Eliiiiz..." and her response, "...izpopper." Oh, my, goodness...my poor daughter thinks her middle name is whizpopper. I really need to work on the nicknames! Not only for her sake, but Jack's too. Charlotte often refers to him as: Mister Man, Budda Bud, Buddy, Snacky Boy, Jacky Boy...and every once in a while - he does get called Jack (poor guy doesn't have a chance!)
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