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 older daughter calls the baby sister all the time. Or else she calls her Claire-bear, just like my husband and I do. I don't think there is anything wrong with having a nickname. OD has several (different ones from me, hubs, and the grands) and we can only guess what sister will call her when she's old enough.
Both my daughter's called each other "sister" for an extended period of time. My youngest calls the kid in utero baby brother for now, the oldest calls him the baby boy. DH is trying to get them to call him Ike like he wants. They will eventually.
My brothers still call me "goober" and "brat".. and I'm 28 and they are 38 and 41.... My younges is 2 now and his big brothers still call him Baby . If they every have a sister I'm pretty sure she will be dubbed "sister baby" ... My oldes has wanted a sister both times and they all dubbed a baby doll sister baby.. that's their sister stand in hehe
I can't believe you wasted a whole column about this.