Do you shorten it?

[Melly+2]

i like the name lennon it is quite unusual, i like keeley too

 

[mum2A&L]

alice is alice. i snapped at a friend when he called her ali (i apoligised after). i think its because her surname is gardner - Ali G!

she gets called pudding, and bubba a lot. normal names

 

[tracyM]

Daniel is Dan or OI!!!, although his mates call him Danny
Callum is Cal, callum-pie or peter rabbit
Charlotte is Charlie, charlie-woo
Alexander is Alex

All get their full names (including lengthy surname) when they're in trouble

 

[hev&madi]

madison we shorten to moo moo's, madi, twinkles

 

[alschafr]

Ella is ella bella, elle, or els O(i sometimes call her ellanora not sure why)

she gets called pet names like monkey etc too sometimes

I hate ellie though and tell people when they call her ellie her name is ella

 

[budge]

i call my kids all sorts and very rarely their normal names
the usual nicknames are
emily - lemonhead
rebekah boo bog
Bethany boo boo
Rachael aboo

 

[ClaireSarah]

Glad i'm not the only doolally mummy! Aidan has always been nipper, which for some reason became nip rod then rodney then rodders!! I had to force myself to stop calling him that though, but nipper has definately stuck.

If anyone were to call him Aidy i think i would swing for them.

 

[Sarah&Braydon]

Braydons shorten names are Brayds, B and BB as our surname is a B to lol

his nicknames are stinky and chubby

 

[Kelly G]

We dont shorten Brooke's name as ther is anything to shorten it to really! But we do call her chicken! I call Olivia, livie loo!

DF calls the girls big chicken and little chicken!

My mum and my sister call Brooke Smells or Brookie - Ella (her middle name is ella)

My mum calls Olivia, Olivia Lollipop (not sure why tho)

Brooke calls her livs, not sure where she has got it from but DF and I hate it

DF has lots of names fir them both but they are the main ones

 

[Emmerdale]

We will call Oliver, Ollie when's he's a bit older - a few people do already. When I was pregnant me and DH called him Marmaduke! (don't ask why!!) I just call him little man and my little cherub

 

[oldermum]

My Jennifer has always been known as jen/jenny, pet name sprog.

My Sam's pet name Pud or Pudding i named him Sam so it couldn't be cut short.

Pet name for baba is Bambi and that will stay.

 

[Alfiesmummy]

Alfie is never ever Alf! but his grandparents call him Alien, as in that ardvark thing Alf the Alien
nicknames are normally Shortstuff or Fatty, and daddy calls him Doopey! du-pee!

 

[skatty]

Leorah has so many names!

Little Diva - self explanatory

Babykins - that's my name for her

Baby LJ when she's in her hoodies and looks like a gangsta rapper!

Little Munchkin - by her Nanny

Little 'n - by Uncle Lee

Daddie's little Arsenal lady - my DH while they have their footie shirts on watching a game!

 

[sarah113]

We call Abigail, Abi, Abs or Babs
We call Tia, TT,
We call Jordan, Jordy or J

 

[rusks]

we tend to lengthen luke to lukey!! for some reason!!

he gets called "monkey" a lot also!!