Name Calling...

Another one...Tagged by Suni...

My "tiny tot" has completed an healthy(touchwood) 40 weeks :) (no she is not OUT as yet...)

When we got a confirmation of this "tiny tot", being really really there, it took us couple of dayz to digest it and get used to the idea :) ( and that feeling seems so lonnggggggggggggg ago)
The next step was to break the news to our family...
After the entire checkup...I had spoken to my mum a couple of times...infact I had gone over a couple of times ( and by my actions, mum could make out I was expecting...she didn't ask though) still I didn't know how to tell her.
After the first sonoscan and the cute pictures, I just couldn’t wait to tell my mum, I called up and told her. And the Transcript was something like this:
Mum : Kaisi hai tu?
Me : Main thik hoon mum, aap Kaise ho?
Mum : doctor ne kya bataya hai?
Me : Doctor ne medicines diya hai
Me : aur bolo hai ki sab kuch normal hai
Mum : acha
Me : aur mum, bola hai ki ek baby hai :)
Mum : who toh mujhe pata hai, phele se pata tha :)
Me : {stunned}

Anyways, after that there were and are many conversations involving/about “my baby” and especially with family n closest friends.

I find it quite irritating to use the word “baby” makes it seem like a very distant and some stranger’s kid…(like me asking my colleague, “toh aap ki baby ka naam kya hai?” Or if I all of a sudden forget the kids name, I will ask baby aap ka naam kya hai??)

So here it goes…
Thonnu : that’s the first name that Suraj n I ever gave to our baby
Konnu : the other name we had given our 8 weeks old baby…My mum didn’t like and I realized it sounded more boyish than girlish so I changed.
Shonnu kutty : is reserved for the times when she is extremely active(touchwood) and hyper…kicking around moving around…and I want her to settle down and not be so naughty…
Bumpy : this is when I move my hand on my tummy and feel that there is a huge lump(making the shape of my tummy irregular) I somehow feel its shonnu kutty’s bum and hence the name Bumpy…as in “is this ur bumpy, shonnu kutty?” or “can I bite ur bum, bumpy??”

Lil Person : When she is 'irritatingly' restless (now don't ask me how do I know...I just know...rmbr I m the Mommie :) )

Excuse me : as in "Excuse me can u move a lil to the left??" This is when she has gone far far too the right of my tummy n i feel that my right side is gonna burst open :)

And the hot favorite name:
Mummu : I don’t remember how I coined it (oh I m damn good at it but now I just don’t remember…) besides we both loved the name cos it sounded more girlish…and its stuck with everyone who is close to us, family and friends…it still is the best name as of now, for all seasons and weathers.

After quite some time my mum asked me what if the baby is a boy? So what would you call him?

Me a genius, simple solution :
Ladki hui toh : Mummu di
Ladka hua toh : Mummu da

Or simply…
Ladki hui toh : MuMMu
Ladka hua toh : MuNNu


There the names…and many more to come when she comes…