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Nicknames are out of control! We referred to our future daughter as the bean, and she remained "the bean" instead of "the baby" when she was born. We still sometimes affectionately refer to her as the bean, and my husband even addresses her as Bean. My son was the Tater. But then, my daughter nicknamed him Pickle. So far his real name is sticking even better than either of those, thank goodness. But they're all sort of sticky.

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I don't think they're a problem unless the child decides s/he doesn't like them but people keep using them anyway. And Beaker isn't a very endearing nick, in my opinion ... but if you all think it's funny, no harm done, at least until he's old enough to say whether he hates or likes it.