Toddler Boys Aren't 'Sweet'
I think I need a new blog handle for the Sweet Pea. I mean, not to get into the whole thing about societal expectations of masculinity and how I shouldn't cop out and re-nick my boy something more "macho", but honestly, he's getting older and...yeah, I guess I don't really want anyone to be confused that the Sweet Pea is a she. When I started this blog, he really was my little Sweet Pea. He was just a cuddly, roly poly, little 14 month old baby boy who totally fit the image of a little "Sweet Pea". Now? He's now a...hold on, I'm counting...32 month old? He's losing his chub and he likes running around going, "Hai yah!" with karate chop action or racing his sister back and forth through the living room with his arms tucked like chicken wings. Before he loved anything that could possibly fit into his little mouth, now he's more particular and likes trains, planes, and automobiles. How typically male he is now and how typically female a title such as, "The Sweet Pea" all of a sudden seems.
So! What should I call him now? If you have a blog, how do you pick all the handles for all the characters in your life? Should I go do another Evie and just call him the nickname we use for him out here in the real world? Should we rename him something more big boy-ish like...I dunno...Mister Sweet Pea? (That is SO lame Lien.) Any suggestions? Or should I just stick with Sweet Pea because like a pink dress shirt, he's comfortable enough with his masculinity to go there? (Or is it that I'm comfortable enough?) Oi, it's SO much easier breaking gender rules with girls than boys.
6 comments:
i used to call the paloma something else in the early days of my blog. then, i found out it was an underground term for p*rn. :( paloma was a name that was on out list that was vetoed by the thin man.
my mom called the porkchop that from day one since he looked good enough to eat apparently. it's stuck.
maybe you could rename him Sprout or Eddie Mame or (Pea) Soupy? ;)
I call my little on "baby girl". Not unique at all but it gets the point across. Although recently I have come to a similar crossroads with baby girl...that she isn't so baby anymore (sniff). We've also called her "Miss M" -you can probably already figure out that her name starts with "m". My girlfriend refers to her son as "Mighty Q". But I gotta say that Mamazilla's suggestion of Sprout seems pretty fitting -that he's growing and blossoming (can you describe a boy as blossoming?). I had to laugh about Eddie Mame. That's pretty funny.
um. Karate Pea? KungFu Pea? Macho Pea? (nah, that sounds too testerone-y macaroni)
Although, I guess I am so used to thinking of Sweet Pea as a boy that I now think of Sweet Pea as male endearment...
I think Sweet Pea has such a cute little face that the name Sweet Pea still seems pretty appropriate. But if you want to change his nick name, what about Master Pea (umm, on second thought that sounds a little bit too weird)
Master Pea is off da hook! ;)
I like Sprout too but Master Pea does have a nice ring to it. ;-)
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