Comments on: Little Monkeys

By: Lady M

Lady M — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:55:32 +0000

Such cuteness! Kids and monkeys all snuggled up. .-= Lady M´s last post ..Why Clothing for Boys is More Exciting Than I Expected =-.

By: *pol

*pol — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:49:23 +0000

very sweet, I call my youngest a “monkey” because he was so very good at hanging on and very flexible and strong for his size.
My oldest was nicknamed “turkey” because he would get so mad that his face would change colour like a tomturkey and the noises (both happy and mad) were very goobly-gobbly sometimes!

Even though they are 8 and 12 now, the nicknames are still affectionately shared (but not in public! LOL).
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By: 31everything

31everything — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:34:12 +0000

I’m still struck by my kids’ primate-ness & they’re 3 & 1 – it cracks me up!!!! Funny post.
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By: Capital Mom

Capital Mom — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:08:50 +0000

We have two little monkeys over here too. Sometimes we call them our crazy monkeys because they like to go ape.
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By: Josie @Sleep is for the Weak

Josie @Sleep is for the Weak — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:10:59 +0000

I love this – so true too! When Kai was about 4 months old went to visit a nearby zoo specialising in primates. I had an amazing experience that day. The first was standing watching a gibbon mother nursing her new baby. Kai was snuggled in his sling, peeping out and she looked at me with an amazing mixture of understanding and protectiveness. I think she recognised the little bundle on my chest, and she let me get close to the glass to see her baby. I felt such kinship with her and sobbed my socks off.

xx
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By: Francesca

Francesca — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:12 +0000

"Monkey" doesn't quite translate the same in my language and culture. I never realized this before. In this case, there's a clear advantage to being a bilingual family: we can still read and enjoy Curious George! .-= Francesca´s last post ..Feasting on our heirloom pumpkin =-.

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:36:27 +0000

I don’t know… monkies are pretty damned cute…

When one of our kids was scared and glommed onto us with that death-grip, we called it ‘doing the spider monkey’. I just made a comment somewhere else about one day in the park, Eve met a little girl and heard her mother call her ‘little monkey’, and then the mother laughed her ass off when she heard Eve say “come on Monkey, let’s go play on the seesaw!”
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By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:38:17 +0000

My good friend called my babies “monkeys” and I didn’t really understand it until I really studied the baby behavior. I definitely agree–there is primate-like behavior and it’s so cute.