Dont call him that.

Well, when I think of the name Bubba, I think of the character on "In The Heat Of The Night" played by Alan Autry. However, the downside of that is that my sisters and brothers always call my Dad Bubba Chubs because he is about 150 pounds overweight and you definitely don't want your son to ever think of himself as overweight because that image is very hard to get rid of. It also makes it even harder to keep weight at the normal level when you have an image of yourself as fat. If your son has a round face, you don't ever want him to start thinking of himself as heavy, which tends to sometimes happen in people with rounded faces. And, you don't want kids teasing him in that way, either. If you want to give him a nickname, give him one that he can see himself becoming like Einstein. Even if he doesn't seem like an Einstein, start telling him that he is smart like Einstein and he's getting smarter all the time. That would be a good way to see your son. As for me, my real name is Kimberly and when growing up, I got stuck going by Kim. I never cared for it and when I moved to California, I decided that I would no more go by Kim but Kimberly. Even now, 23 years later, I have to correct people who attempt to shorten my name. It's amazing how rude people are who don't even know me and presume to call me Kim. It's annoying as all get out. Anyone who really knows me knows I don't like my name shortened and those who attempt to call me Kim, I always complete my name by adding "berly." I used to have a co-worker who finally started calling me "berly" as a joke. He was the only one I let get away with that because it was funny when he did it. Anyway, that's my take on the subject.

When my son was a baby, he was so fat I called him Hunka Chunk, thankfully it didn't stick, and since he is a man now, and all muscle, I don't think it suits him. LOL My older daughter we used to call Bag Lady, becuase she would insist on picking out her own clothes, and she would come up with all kinds of weird combos. We also called her Pookie, which kind of stuck and she is now 24. My youngest daughter is now 17, and we always called her Boo.

I called my lil girl Bumley for quite a while,it was short for "cute lil bum", and yeah I stopped myself after a few months, I just thought it was cute, she had such a round lil face and every thing else,lol.

I think your wife is right! (Oh wait, I'm your wife). =P I know a lot of kids who have had parents who "accidentally" dubbed them with such nicknames which just stuck, and that's why I'm kind of leery. Besides, growing up where I did, I knew a lot of people known as "Bubba" and not one of them was the type of person I want my child to grow up to be. I really appreciate how you make sure to present my side of this in your post, honey!

I call my daughter a lot of names. Sometimes I call her choobie or choob-choob, that may sound like chubby, but she's not fat or chubby at all. I just find it cute and I call her that whenever we're playing. I always give her a nice warm hug always whenever I say that. I guess that's why she doesn't mind be called as such because she knows it's mommy's special term of endearment. Anyways, this is not the case with everybody. Like in your case, when the name Bubba means something else to a lot of people, then it becomes a problem. I think you just have to do what you feel is best for your son. You can just think of alternative alternative names that's cute, will fit him well, and won't be made fun of when he grows up. :)

I'm trying to figure out what the issue is with calling him bubba? I don't see any harm in that being his nickname at all. Its just like being called little man or something I don't see a problem with it. I called my daughter baby budah for a while because she had a cute little belly that made her look like a little budah. I call her ladybug now and I doubt very seriously she'll think she's a ladybug when she gets older. There is nothing wrong with nicknames and for someone to get upset that you called your son bubba is just beyond me.

i dont see anything wrong with calling a child bubba or bud or something that fits them as long as it is not something that would hurt their selfesteam. i can one of my sons bubba and one bud. we are from Mississippi some it may just be the redneck in us. i dont think i will ever stop calling them by their nick names. although that isnt the only names i call them by. infact my yougest son may not even know is real name if it werent for me calling him by his full name when he is in trouble.

Well I haven't had a nickname for my baby but I understand what you are saying. My son is still in my belly and I know he is a boy. The whole family knows. However I catch myself referring to him as "it" or "the baby". I know he is a boy but I can't seem to quit doing it. I think Bubba is such a cute nickname for a baby. I don't know if it would last his whole life. It depends on him I guess. My brothers name is Richard and he had the nickname Ricky for most of his childhood. But he just didn't want to be Ricky anymore and just told everyone to call him Richard or Rick. I see no problem in calling your son Bubba if it fits him. He can always say he doesn't want to be called that later in life.

Hello vorbro! Having my own, I can see your problem there:-) I call my son by many names, whatever appears cute, lovely, intelligent and anything good but I understand that many of them have some negative connotations, including one similar to what you use, which is dubba, with almost the same meaning as Bubba. So you know...My wife doesn't like me calling him by those different names, LOL. But it's a two way story. She also calls him by a name which though mean intelligent but on a negative side it means devil. So I don't like her calling him by that name. If you could understand my language I would definitely have shared all those names. Now the fun part is that, though we don't like each other using some names for our son, we always have a good laugh whenever one of us uses those names followed by a warning by opposite side about NOT to use it again. But the cycle repeats itself and it really gives a good fun time. I wonder if we could stop using those names anytime sooner, lol.

My fiancees family calls her Bubba. She has been called Bubba since she was a baby as well. A couple of her siblings couldn't say her name properly so they nicknamed her Bubba. It hasn't had any kind of effect on her. No one other then her siblings call her Bubba. I don't see how a family nickname can hurt a child.

There is a guy in the town where I grew up that we always called Bub, or Bubby and as far as I know that is his actual name. No one ever made fun of him for it as far as I know, and if you were gonna get picked on for anything anywhere, it would be at the school I went to.

LOL Bubba is cute for now, but you are right, he probably wont appreciate it when he's older. I would try replacing it with something equally "natural" to you...or something close to bubba, like buddy. I got the habit of calling my daugher Punkin-head (her hair is orange/red!) from the minute they brought her to me at the hospital, and realizing that I cant continue calling her that...Ladybug has been slowly taking over...good luck!

Man, so many parent, siblings, other relatives call little boys "bubba"! I think it's almost programmed in genetically to do this. My 7 year old son has always when called "bubba" by us, and "bubby" by his sister. I heard a bunch of other family doing this too. Yet, I don' know vey many adult Bubba's. I'm sure its something we all grow out of. It's just a cute and loving nickname for a child!

why do you want to break the habit. it is a nickname that you have picked out for him. keep it and cherish it.

BUBA (with one B) means BUG in Bosnian lol :) cute nick name though :)