The Nickname Game

When we came up with Kaylynn's name I liked it for two reasons. 1) The meaning behind it (Kay is my mom's middle name and Lynn was Ty's mom's middle name); and 2) There wasn't a way to shorten it (nickname wise). My pregnant hormonal self was very anti nicknames. I knew for sure there was no way I was going to call her Kay and any other nickname would require 2 syllables which is the same effort as saying her real name. But as with everything else I'm learning about parenthood...never say never.

Everyone asks where I came up with her nickname KK and I really don't have an answer. Her middle name is Marie, so it's not because of that. I called her "Munch" for a little while because she was such a little munchkin (and still is), but that didn't stick very long. Then one day while sitting on the couch (I think I was on maternity leave, so Kaylynn had to be less than 6 weeks old) I was just chatting away with her and KK slipped out my mouth. Ty and I looked at each other and from then on, we just started calling her KK. I'll admit, it's MUCH easier to type KK than Kaylynn, so I think that is why I call her KK so much on this blog. But in person I call her both.

Over the past year I have met other Kaitlyn's/Kaylynn's at the museum, at parks or through friends and almost every single one of them has "KK" as a nickname. Just tonight my friend messaged me on Facebook saying her mom's name was Kay Lynn and they call her KK. I remember being at the train park and I heard someone say "Kaylynn" so I turned around and saw that some parent was talking to their own child. Then her brother called her KK, so I stopped the parent and asked if his daughter's name was Kaylynn and if her nickname was KK and sure enough, it was. I think he thought I was a crazy stalker because he didn't find it as cool as I did. It amazes me how common her nickname is because I thought I was being so creative.

So that's it, the story behind her nickname. Nothing fancy, nothing interesting, it just came out one day.