childie

plural childies

1. an affectionate name for a child

   "And now, childie, about your praying.

   1883, Jennie Maria (Drinkwater) Conklin, Miss Prudence

   3 more examples

   Now, don't cry about it, childie!" as a big tear splashed down Ingred's dress.

   1921, Angela Brazil, A Popular Schoolgirl

   Oh, my childie," said Uncle Jo, "how wrong this has been in me!

   1873, Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's Stories

   "Well now, childie," said Jocunda, "you can sit here and weave your garlands, while I go and look after the conserves of raisins and citrons that Sister Cattarina is making.

   1861, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, Issue 45, July, 1861