As I mentioned in my introductory post the name MomMom is from my daughter. She uses it when she is trying to be extra loving or trying to work something out using four year old logic. I don't know where she cam up with it, but I hope it will stick for while yet.
I find it interesting that my daughter has a special name for me and I have a special name for my mom. The origins of my mom's nickname of MiniMom has to do with the fact that she is shorter than I am and I was a typical teenager. One day when the two of us were in the kitchen and I saw MINIMUM on the stove when I went to give my mom a hug. I tried out my new version of MiniMom and it stuck to the point I still use it today.
Until I went away to school I only used MiniMom with family, definitely not in public. I remember a friend of mine at school questioning me about it after my parents when home one weekend. I explained it was my pet name for her and have used it for a number of years. Of course the next time I talked to my mom I asked her when I had used it, but she couldn't recall. She told me not to worry about it as it was just another way of saying I love you. It was kind of fun though because after that my friends started calling her MiniMom instead of Lee-Ann's Mom.
These name seem to be a two way street. MiniMom has called me Skees as long as I can remember. I have started to incorporate this into my online identities. I've tried a few nicknames on for my daughter and there is one that is a combination of her first name plus middle name that appears to be working for now.
Look for part two of this post in two weeks when I share the male side of nicknames in my family.
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