Nicknames

Jia has given herself a nickname: JiaBaby. We have discovered that we call her this now and then. She has embraced it wholeheartedly. She called her friend "LilyBaby" today. It isn't just reserved for youngsters though, as she has now called me "MamaBaby" and Joe "BabaBaby" (when she isn't calling him "Bobby"). It makes her sound like she's doing a lot of wheelin' n' dealin'.

The nickname that we use more frequently for her is "peanut." This has presented some issues as of late. Joe came out of the shower the other day and I heard Jia say "peanut!" Having witnessed various diaper changes of her younger cousin, she has heard the names for various body parts. We've explained that the body part in question is not pronounced that way, but she persists. Herein lies the problem: she doesn't know what an actual peanut is. She's never seen one or eaten one. She doesn't even eat peanut butter, she eats soynut butter. She must therefore think that we are calling her a male organ. Maybe we'll stick with JiaBaby for now.