I absolutely despise the term "little one." UGH. However, I don't mind the term "chick," while I detest "babe." It must be because I refer to myself as a "chick" all the time. As in, "I'm one happy chickie today," or things of that sort. I have no idea how I got started doing that. Perhaps it was some regional affectation that I got used to at some point in my life. Oh well.