Laurel brought up an excellent question that will become a pressing matter soon:
"... will the baby be known as The Other Boy? It doesn't seem very nice. Oh, what about the New Boy?"
She's right. I hadn't yet thought of a new nickname, so I'm gonna need help here. At the moment, El Bébé isn't really doing anything for me. For one thing, it'll have to be changed in a year or so. And I really don't feel like going to the character map to get the accents every time I mention him. (Ricë gets an exception to that rule.)
Oh, no actual names, please; we're going to keep that process closed even to the grandparents and siblings until his name is on the birth certificate. (Although I'm threatening The Husband that the kid will be named Aodh, a lovely Old Irish name that's pronounced "eh.")
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I've been wondering the same thing! How about The Younger Boy? That's just a statement of fact, so it shouldn't cause him any trauma.
I've suggested the following to The Wife...
Boo Boo Nuevo
The New Cuteness
Pablo
The Boy's Brother
OK, where in the HELL is the post that says you're pregnant? cause i've been going through them over and over, and i can't find it. damn.
i vote for calling him "Number 2." (so apt during those early years) or--and i really like this one: "Dude." you can take him to LA and he'll think everyone already knows him. . . .
"The Boy's Brother." Ohhh, that brings back memories of when I was My Brother's Sister. No one could forget the charmer with the big smile who couldn't sit still. So I just referred to him and everyone said, "Oh, yeah." We fixed that by going to different schools for all but one semester after that.
Ricë... well, of course you can't find the post that says I'm pregnant! I'd never refer to it in such a clear-cut way -- that would make *sense.* I said I was "preggers." See? But hey, the "Dude" suggestion has some merit...
Rice, it was a teeny, tiny blurb at the end of her "I made her wait two weeks" post.
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