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zaq

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 2:36 pm

The Baby. That works perfectly unless you have twin boys, in which case Thing One and Thing Two work better.

amother

Eggplant

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 2:40 pm

For some reason my kids have always been "Bunny Rabbit."

amother

Phlox

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 2:48 pm

My FIL would joke and call him Earl (as in ערל)

amother

Brass

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 3:45 pm

I have a bunch of boys. We use kooky nicknames, usually based on a character or a reference to something or even just something really outlandish we heard. One boy we called Seven (yes, Seinfeld reference for those in the know). Another we called Yoda because he looked like Yoda (ok, I know all newborns kinda look like Yoda, but this one really really did). You get the picture.

amother

Violet

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 3:50 pm

amother Mayflower wrote:

Mazel tov!
Slurpee. He was 7 lbs 11 oz when he was born.

Me too!

amother

Brown

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 4:36 pm

Bris at 6 weeks

Baby was called Junior too then

mommyhood

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 5:09 pm

Yingele, boychik and some random nicknames. Somehow each boy ends up with their own weird one.

amother

Orchid

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 5:13 pm

Until his bris, we just kept referring to him by his utero nickname, which was Tadpole.

amother

Cerulean

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 5:16 pm

amother Blonde wrote:

My friends kids called her son Shaya Getzel. Try figuring this out on your own......

Horrible

amother

Raspberry

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 6:01 pm

amother Cerulean wrote:

Horrible

Is this a play on Yiddish words? Can someone please explain I don’t know Yiddish.

amother

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 6:42 pm

amother Raspberry wrote:

Is this a play on Yiddish words? Can someone please explain I don’t know Yiddish.

I think it’s because it sounds like shaygetz? Because he’s not Jewish without a bris?

kenz

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 6:50 pm

We called our preemie Tzaddikl or Tzaddik until his bris and at the time it was standard for all the NICU frum unnamed baby boys. I’m surprised only one person has said the same.

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amother

Cerulean

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 6:54 pm

amother Raspberry wrote:

Is this a play on Yiddish words? Can someone please explain I don’t know Yiddish.

They're calling him little g@y, little gentile. Shaygetzil. Shaya Getzil.

amother

Gold

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 6:55 pm

amother Cerulean wrote:

They're calling him little g@y, little gentile. Shaygetzil. Shaya Getzil.

That’s horrible

Cheiny

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 7:06 pm

amother Gold wrote:

That’s horrible

Agree. There’s a koach in the name a child is called by which has an effect on them.

amother

DarkCyan

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 7:44 pm

A relative whose babys bris was expected to be very delayed was advised to do the naming by the pidyon haben. I dont think it could help you, op, but maybe it could help others. She said it was such a relief for her to call her baby by his name especially since they had to wait a long time for the bris.

cbsp

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 7:59 pm

Mazal Tov OP.

(as we were told, bizmano refers to whenever it's the right time for this baby to have his bris. May he be zocheh in the right time and in good health)

We started out calling our baby Teeny (for Tinok) which somehow got changed to Yingele which morphed into Lingele cuz that's how how older sister pronounced it and then shortened it to Lingy.

Even after his bris he was Lingy - I have a text from one of the therapists asking if Lingy is up for his session - he must have been at least 8mo at the time, many months post bris!

FWIW our Rov said not to call him pre-bris by any name we planned on giving. We couldn't even use it on the birth certificate (which needed a real name)

(but we also didn't think to ask if the bris could be given while he was on his extended hospital stay. It pays to ask...)

B'hatzlacha and refuah shelaima!

amother

Clematis

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 8:29 pm

We called our preemie Benny

From Hebrew word my son

amother

Nemesia

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 9:19 pm

amother Eggplant wrote:

For some reason my kids have always been "Bunny Rabbit."

Lol I still call my daughter “bunny muffin.”

My son’s bris was on time but we got used to calling him “tiny baby”.

amother

Hydrangea

Wed, Aug 23 2023, 9:27 pm

I think I read on here that someone called their preemie baby boy Billy Rubin until the bris.

If you are in the nicu you get it Smile

Refua sheleima to your little one and wishing you strength and simcha through this challenge.

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