What’s with nicknames?

My Boober

After spending these last 9 months with my beautiful Baby J., I've come to realize that I'm addicted to giving her nicknames. Does everyone do this with their baby? One of my favorite nicknames for her is "Boober". Why Boober? Because I'm a big fan of Fraggle Rock of course. But it doesn't stop there! Some of my better nicknames include:

• Bubba
• Junior Jumble
• Sugar Boots
• Honey Bunny
• Baby Bear
• Pumpkin
• Punky Monkey (which I should add was the nickname my mother gave me as a child, maybe that's where this all started...)

The reason I bring this up is, I used to worry that all these nicknames would result in a one year old who had no idea what her name was. Somehow, I lucked out, because from an early age she responded to her name.

If anyone out there reads this, let me know some of your favorite nicknames that either you had as a kid or that you've given to your own kids. I'm curious if I'm the only one who overdoes it in the nickname department. I'm also curious if anyone else has ever been called "Punky Monkey".

Back when I was called Punky Monkey

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