baby's first name scheme expansion

[moominmolly]

For all that she is a wildly creative and clever kid, Natalie has never had a particular love for naming things. Some time last year, she did start to name her stuffed animals. The dolphin was "Dolphiny". The leopard was "Leopardy". The panther was "Panthery". We knew she was committed to this scheme when she wound up with a new elephant and named it "Elephanty". Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, that one. You have to LOOOOVE consistency and precise articulation to embrace the name Elephanty.

At some point this winter, though, the winds changed: she now has "Beary Bear", and an old fluffy dog has become "Doggy Dog". (Animals named last year appear to retain their old names.) I was waiting to see how long this new scheme would last: was the problem just that "Beary" sounds like "berry", and "doggy" was already a word? Or, if I bought her a stuffed snail, would it become Snaily Snail? Did she even know that she had HAD a system to shift? Only time could tell.

...but not a lot of time. Apparently it was a conscious exploration, because yesterday she asked D if he had noticed that she had changed the way she names things, pointing out both the old scheme and the new. "I change the way I name things every year," she reported, quite seriously.

Personally, I can't wait to be called "mommy mom" and "daddy dad", but D says no. :)

Comments

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Elephanty Elephant! (doo-dah, doo-dah)

[harimad.livejournal.com]

Be careful what she gets her hands on next or you'll be stuck with Marky Mark. I can imagine few worse fates.

[reesei.livejournal.com]

E currently does [size based adjective] [descriptor] when she has more than one of something to describe.

So: the two baby dolls are Big Baby and Little Baby.

The family for her playhouse are Little Mommy, Little Daddy, and Little Baby.

Recently, this extrapolated to her describing her father as Big Daddy.

[metaphortunate.livejournal.com]

EEEE ded of cute.

[cassielsander.livejournal.com]

So adorable! But I guess you knew that.

[arachne8x.livejournal.com]

She is so distinctly your child :)

[spinrabbit.livejournal.com]

At one point Snert had stuffed bears named Bluey Blue Blue and Pinky Pink Pink. (I think Bluey Blue Blue is still around here somewhere.)

[contessagrrl.livejournal.com]

This would all be charming under any circumstances, but as someone who named her fav childhood stuffed animal (a racoon) "Racoony", I am extra charmed. :)

[wotw]

"I change the way I name things every year," she reported, quite seriously.


I just love this.

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

And you're not yet scheming to collect the rest of the books in the Moosey Moose series!? There's a Snaily Snail, if I recall correctly.

[bloodstones.livejournal.com]

Someone should give her a wombat. Or a dingo!

[bluepapercup]

This is utterly adorable! I love that she's conscious of the naming scheme!

Also, a good friend of mine decided in elementary school to call her parents Mrs. Lady and Mr. Man. For some reason they assented and now at 28, she still calls them that. So tell D it could be worse. ;)

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

So the funniest thing about this is that emdiar also named his teddy bear Beary Bear.

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Moosey Moose is mad.
Yes, Moosey Moose is mad!