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I have heard "little lady" but I associate that with being talked down to. I don't know that I have heard it as a term of endearment for a young child. But maybe I just don't run in the right circles.
Come to think of it, this friend has never referred to our son as "little man." Not that i can remember at least. She always calls him by his name or something like "sweetheart " or "little one."
It can be, when referring to a woman as little lady...but with an infant, well...you quite literally ARE talking down to her. lol
I call my nephew little man all the time. It's not something I thought about or did deliberately--it just flows off my tongue. Maybe because he's the only boy in a sea of girl siblings and cousins so his gender sticks out to me? I've also referred to infants of both sexes as "little one."
I had a friend whose son was a couple of months older than my son, and she called hers "little man." I can't put my finger on why that seemed so cringeworthy, but it did. I never called my daughters "little lady," either.
It's a sort of a thing that some people use to refer to their little male babies....I couldn't care less one way or the other....to each his own I suppose.
I had a friend whose son was a couple of months older than my son, and she called hers "little man." I can't put my finger on why that seemed so cringeworthy, but it did. I never called my daughters "little lady," either.
Yes this is my reaction to it. I cant put my finger on why. I think if I heard some guy refer to "daddy's little woman" I would be equally sleeved out.
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