So, I made a mistake. A very cute, huge mistake. Every now and then, I call my husband “Daddy-man.” As in, “hey there Daddy-man.”
Guess what 2 year olds do? Yup. They are little parrots. So now, Baby R has taken to calling her daddy, Daddy-Man. While I find it completely funny (how could it not?) Daddy has other ideas.
“That’s MY Daddy-Man.” is much worse in his opinion than, “Hi big orange big Daddy.” (which was her last title for Daddy)
Personally, I’m just glad that she started calling me Mom, and I don’t have to go through “Little Mommy” anymore. Don’t get me wrong, being “Little Mommy” was absolutely adorable for, like, the first 10 times. Then it just got old. Fast.
Now we’re onto Mom. Just Mom. Only Mom. She was so darn proud of herself when she discovered she could call me Mom, too. She started with, “Mommy? Mom?” and when I answered to both, it turned into, “Mommy! Mom!”  And she was just so slick with that little lip curl that was trying to hide a smile when she thought she was so clever for coming up with my new epithet.
Don’t worry Daddy-Man, your day is coming. And then you will be Dad and you will miss all those cute names your 2 year old used to call you.
Absolutely, I think he will… and in the blink of an eye, she’ll be getting ready for prom and you’ll wonder where the time went.
Comment by Nicole — August 23, 2007 @ 9:25 am
Both better than very old sounding Grandpa dad, as coined by 20 year old.
Comment by grandpadad — September 16, 2007 @ 7:49 am