Nicknames and Shorthand

Nickname
Originator
Date
Why?
Mighty Mouse
NICU nurses
September 2003
"she's really... feisty."
Boo-Boo
Anu
September 2003
"seemed to fit."
Raja Beta Reena September 2003 Ask Reena.
Peanut
Neera
November 2003
She looks like a little peanut!
Ditu
Reena
December 2003
Little Aditi
Little
Liz B.
January 2004
Obvious.
PITA
Mike
February 2004
Acronym; you figure it out; during GERD episode.
Puss, Little Puss, Super Puss, Pusstopher Columbus, Puss Pusstopherson
Mike
February 2004
Short for sourpuss.  You try getting woken up every day at 3am for 11 months and see how you like it.
Chevsky Jr.
Mike
July 2004
She's starting to look like her Mom.  Chevsky is short for "Nunuchevsky."
Boo-squared, Boosters, Little Boo, Boo-stars
Anu
July 2004
See Boo-Boo, above.
Diti
day care buddies
August 2004
It's all we can pronounce, and that's pushing it.
Code Brown
Mike
Jan 2005
the not-fun kind of dirty diaper
Code Yellow
Mike
Jan 2005
the less-bad kind of dirty diaper
Bermuda Triangle
Mike
Feb 2004
the place under the bed, unreachable except on your belly and reaching, where the pacifier winds up, at 3am, with kid bawling away

Someday, she'll probably hate us for this... last updated August 2004.

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