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GP has a point and the examples you provided are not equivalent, as "Mommy" is a nickname given to every mother, but a child is not nicknamed "Baby" unless, wel
by inanutshellus 9y ago
GP has a point and the examples you provided are not equivalent, as "Mommy" is a nickname given to every mother, but a child is not nicknamed "Baby" unless, well, Patrick Swayze is ready for the catch.
So it's:
"For [a] baby's brain, do X"
and
"For Mommy's sanity, do Y."
or
"For a mother's sanity, do Y."
- sanderjd 9y ago> "Mommy" is a nickname given to every mother, but a child is not nicknamed "Baby" I think this is what you're missing: "baby" is indeed becoming / has become just such a nickname. It is used the same as "mommy" (or more often in my experience, "mama") by most folks involved in pre- and postnatal care. I don't think it is actually shorthand for "a baby" or "the baby", but rather for "your baby" (that is: it is more intimate). It's just stylistic (like all slang).