Baby's Nicknames and the Boo Boo Choo Choo song...

My, how they randomly spring up! You give them one name when they're born, but go through about a hundred different permuations in the following months.

In semi-chronological order, here are some of the ones we've come up with (in varying order of ridiculousness):

• Little Man


• Little Guy


• Orro (My mother's excellent invention)


• Orry (likewise, credit to Grandmere)


• Boo


• Boo Boo


• Com Com (since the 'autospell' on my mobile phone writes 'Boo Boo' like this and it stuck.)


• Baby Boo


• Boocifer (especially recently, the little devil)


• Boozer


• Booshakalaka


• Pancake (because he flips onto his back.)


• Boo Boo the Choo Choo (after a song I sing him.)

Boo Boo the Choo Choo (Copyright Roly, Randomly Singing Stuff Productions 2008)

(Needs to be performed with him sitting on your lap, facing him. Grasp his hands in yours to make appropriate railway train motions.)

Chuff Chuff Chuff Chuff! (making train motions)
Chuff Chuff Chuff Chuff!
Chuff Chuff Chuff Chuff!
Choo!

(baby should be giggling insanely at this point.)

Chuff Chuff Chuff Chuff!
Chuff Chuff Chuff Chuff!
Chuff Chuff Chuff Chuff!
Choo!

Toooot toooot!
Goes the Choo Choo!
Toooot toooot!
Goes the Bell! (I know, I know, bells don't whistle. Sue me!)
Toooot toooot!
Goes the Railroad.
And it's always, never, quite the way as well.

Chugga-cha-chug! (with appropriate train motions)
Chugga-cha-chug!
Chugga-cha-chug!
Chooo!

Chugga-cha-chug!
Chugga-cha-chug!
Chugga-cha-chug!
Chooo!

(baby should be giggling insanely at this point.)

Toooot toooot!
Goes the whistle!
Toooot toooot!
Goes the train!
Toooot toooot!
Goes the Boo Boo!
And it's always, never ever, quite the same!

Start from beginning again until you get tired, baby falls asleep or Wife threatens to hit you with a frying pan if you don't shut the hell up.

Try not to randomly start singing it to yourself in the shower/car/supermarket.