Rhizome

Two weeks ago (6/24/05) I attended a family reunion, and I was struck by the many cute nicknames my cousins had for their kids. I thought it would be fun to have a record of nicknames my wife and I have used for our daughter, Zoe, in her first year of life:

Z
zee-zee
zo
zo-zo
ZZT (I don't know what my daughter has to do with the band ZZ Top, but the name emerged anyways)
ZUB
zubbie

wild-child
wild
(she often gets this name when she's roving around on the bed, crawling over her mom and me, before she goes to sleep; she gets a very wild look in her eyes)

smiley
smiley-girl

monkey (like me, she was born in the year of the monkey)
monkey-love
monkey love Zoe
monkey butt

goofy girl
goofy

cutie-pie
cutie-patootie

bear child (her middle name Ursula is based on the fact that she looked liked a little bear cub when she was born)

squirmarella


If I can think of more, I'll add them later . . . .