As I'm sure you've heard/seen/bought?, Kourtney Kardashian is on the cover of the new Us Weekly. And in it, obviously, she dishes on the new chapter of her life, entitled Penelope Scotland. She also talks about how little Mason is handling everything. Unsurprisingly, her ridiculously cute, impeccably-dressed son is handling being a big brother just fine. So fine, in fact, that he's given Penelope a new name that's more to his liking.
Instead of calling Penelope "Penelope," Mason calls her "Sister." Kourtney said, "[Mason] is adjusting to the whole thing so well. He gets mad if anyone calls her anything else. People will be like, 'What’s your sister’s name?' And he’ll say, 'Sister!'" Adorable.
I think the question is, though, how long will little Mason call baby Penelope "sister"? (And how long will I refer to baby Penelope as "baby Penelope"?) I mean, this situation isn't one that's all that uncommon: Big sibling gives new baby an inadvertent nickname -- and it winds up sticking, because baby has no say (being that they're a baby). It's super cute now, but what if little Penelope doesn't want to be referred to as "sister" when she gets a bit bigger? It's a deep question. One I'm sure both Mason and Penelope have thought long and hard about.
I guess they'll just have to cross that bridge when they come to it. I'm sure Mason won't always refer to Penelope as "Sister." But for now he is, and Penelope is just going to have to deal with that. When she isn't sleeping or pooping.
Did any of your kids give their siblings nickname by accident? Did the nicknames stick?
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My daughters nickname growing up was "Bean" and in her twenties, it still is, just stuck lol
My 3yr calls her older sister's "sisters" they are twins and while she knows who is who she has always just called them sisters. It's funny because if she is talking to one and the other answers she will say no not you sisters I was talking to other sisters. The twins are almost 17 so they just rolls their eyes at her and laugh. If she really wants something from them then she will use their names and always gets it right which is more then I can say for myself because usually I get tongue tide. LOL!
my son used to call his big sister "sissu" when he was little. now she's sissy most days, my husband & i even call her that when we're all together. pretty much the only time my son calls her by her name is when if he's mad at her. ;o)
my oldest sister called me little bits when i was a kid. others in the family picked up on it as did neighbors. when my older siblings started having kids i became auntie bits.
in our family nicknames are common & no one's ever seemed to mind them when they get older.
My kids call each other"sissy" and "bubba" for brother
My mother is 56 years old. Because she was raised by her grandparents and her bio parents kept her older sister, so that her sister (who was like 2) would know the relationship the whole family called her "Sister". She was named after her grandmother (Janie) so it simplified things in their home too, instead of having two Janies answering to everyone. TO THIS DAY, people still call her Sister, even though both her older sister and Grandmother, the reasons she was called that, are dead. "Sister! I haven't seen you since the high school reunion, how've you been!" "Sister, Is that you over there?" As kids it Really confused my siblings and I, but now its sort of funny, because when people who met her since she grew up hear it, they are like, "Wait, are you some weird religion or something?"