Nickname

It seems Baylor has created a new nickname for himself. Since birth, Anh and I have playfully called him "Bay-Bay." The nickname stuck, and now, it's hilarious to realize that more people refer to Baylor as Bay-Bay than by his actual name. Seriously, when you're on the playground with the boys, you hear other children calling "Bay-Bay!" at the top of the lungs trying to get his attention. Surely as our little guy ages, we will transition to simply calling him Baylor or shortening Bay-Bay to Bay. If we don't take the initiative on our own, I imagine that teenage Baylor will declare his hatred of us for inflicting years of emotional torture upon him.

The resistance has already started, actually. While Baylor is definitely talking more, he doesn't respond when you ask him his name. Now, his age that's another story! He'll shout, "Two!" loud and proud to anyone that inquires. Obviously, Baylor knows both his name and his nickname. He just doesn't care to share it with anyone when they ask, "What's your name?" So, we've been working with him on the appropriate responses of "Baylor", "Bay-Bay", or "Bay." Of course, it should come as no surprise to any of you that actually interact with Baylor that he is resisting our coaching. He is currently suffering through the most extreme case of Terrible Two's, after all. Rather than accepting his parents' names, Baylor has renamed himself "Day-Day," and for the record, he has absolutely no trouble pronouncing his B's. He'd just rather drive me insane!