I've called my daughter a blob before when she was younger... what's the big deal?

ha ha thats funny but never did, never really crossed my mind

honestly, I don't think there is anything wrong with the term blob for a baby and I was really surprised by the media's reaction when Angelina said it.

People are just too sensitive. "Blob" isn't a bad term. It's honest

My husband called our son "Pumpkinhead." My friend called her baby Little Satan (in a sweet voice) while singing the sweetest lullaby to her baby hoping to get her to sleep after hours of crying.

Parents make up names for their kids all the time - blob is OK. Besides Angelina Jolie didn't actually say "blob." I read the interview & she was searching for a word to answer a question, and the interviewer prompted her by saying "blob?" And Angelia nodded her head or said something like "yeah. "

I have no problems with blob. I never used it, but it is pretty accurate for a newborn. I never understood why Angelina took so much flack for it, especially when it was her first child that she'd known in the newborn stage.

Newborns are blobs they only eat sleep and poop! Sounds like an accurate description to me!

i dont see them as blobs thats just stupid

these women were all referring to their own babies, right? I can't see how that would be offensive. Maybe if one of them was talking about someone else's baby and called it a blob, that would be different (?).

I can't believe so many people find it offensive. I mean really, I should be allowed to call MY children whatever I please. It's true that it takes some time for babies to grow and for their personalities to start to show through. So what if they're sort of Blob-y? It's not like anyone said it in a BAD way. They all love their kids.

I dont find it offensive but I also find it odd to call your own child a blob. But I don't have any children so I shouldn't really comment.

Well, babies are kind of like blobs at first, they just don't do much. My dad has admitted that he didn't really like having kids the first few months...it wasn't until later when we started to show our personalities that he loved being a dad. I know there are tons of people who would find something like that terrible, but it makes sense to me. I guess babies and parenthood aren't like Johnson & Johnson commercials all the time and we hate to have the myth shattered by someone comparing their baby to a blob.

newborn babies are blobs, its a cute term for them, they are cubby, cute little blobs, but as they get older you can see the personality developing and growing, i have no clue why people get so upset. these people arent saying they dont love their children. yeesh!

Angelina did not say "Blob" but agreed with the interviewer when it was suggested. My grandsons are 10 weeks old and they are such BLOBS I just have to keep reminding myself that in a matter of days they will start having more personality.

I don't know, that term bothered me at first but it doesn't really anymore. They are talking about their children when they were newborns, which seems appropriate since all newborn babies do is eat, sleep, poop, and cry.

I don't find it particularly offensive, but it never occurred to me to call my own daughter that. Even as a newborn she was pretty alert (in the few hours a day she was awake) and by the time she was 6 weeks old, her personality was definitely coming through loud and clear!

I've never even heard of this!

lol, I think it's funny. I think I would only say blob in reference to my baby if I were still pregnant, but I love nicknames. After my kid was born, I'd just make up a new nickname for them. I don't see what the big deal is.

Not feeling it..

I agree -- people can refer to their children any way they want to. It's their offspring, after all.

I don't have children, but if I did, I wouldn't refer to my baby as a blob. I would refer to my baby as "my daughter" or "my son." It's accurate and dignified. When it comes to my child, that would be MY standard.

im not totally offended but i don't like it and actually had never heard of 'it' until now~~~ it doesn't sound nice though
******cant wait for angie's twins!!!**************

It was no big deal. Angelina never used the word blob either, like Kayta pointed out. I think its sick the media tried to make it like Angelina didn't love her daughter. Its not like these woman look at their kids and say "Hey, Blob be good while I am way." You know its just sick what the media suggests and does sometimes. I see no problem with it.

I wouldn't call my babies "blobs" but it's a cute term and it shouldn't matter what someone calls their own baby.

I don't hate the term, but I would never use it either. Talk about getting a complex when you get older. "Ya, your dad and I used to call you a blob" Gee, thanks mom.

I don't have a child but let's just put it this way, I won't dare to call somebody else's kid a "blob"

Parents have the right to call their kids anything they want & others may not understand but it's not for us to judge, even if we wouldn't do the same thing ourselves (and why are we wasting our time over this anyway, as if we can & should influence what others do?) My husband affectionately called our son Pumpkinhead because his head was as big and round as a pumpkin.

I agree, I wouldn't call these women's kids blobs unless they'd given me permission - because they say it with love & affection. I'm an outsider & a stranger and they don't know what I mean.

It's like how disabled people joke & refer to themselves as "gimps," but it's totally unacceptable for non-disabled people to call the disabled "gimps." BTW, did I miss something? Is there a law or regulation about what parents can call their kids?

As much as I dislike Angelina and her weird life, I think this "blob" business was just blown out of proportion. So if someone refers to their kid as a "cute little thing", should we point out that kids are peopole and not things? Please!