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How long until I remember my baby's name?

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RidingSixWhiteHorses · 28/10/2015 20:55

Third child is three weeks now - is he destined to always be known as 'dd, er ds, er I mean ds2'?

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hels71 · 29/10/2015 13:54

I only have one child, she is 8, and I still call her by DH's name or my sister's name..

EeyoresTail · 29/10/2015 13:42

It shall always be so Grin
My DM did it with me and my 3 DSIS and still does
She now does it with the 4 DGD!

waxweasel · 29/10/2015 13:36

And congratulations Smile

waxweasel · 29/10/2015 13:36

I often get DD and her doll mixed up name-wise. Her doll's name isn't even a real name!

Ham69 · 29/10/2015 12:15

I'm quite good at DD (6)'s name now though was DS's name until she was about 2! DS (9) gets DH and my DB's name before I arrive at his!
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WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 29/10/2015 12:01

It gets worse...

I tried to feed the whisk as to ds once.

scatterthenuns · 28/10/2015 23:08

My mum blends my sister and my names together. Think Sandra and Stephanie... Standra or Sandphanie.

You never will OP Grin

whatlifestylechoice · 28/10/2015 21:26

I'm 33 and still waiting for my mum to get my name first time without going through my siblings names first.

41 here, and the same. She often calls me her sisters' names too, just for good measure.

Lately, however, I have been calling DP the dog's name and vice versa. I think it's the beginning of the end. ConfusedGrin

BathshebaDarkstone · 28/10/2015 21:07

I often say DS when I mean DD and sometimes don't even know I've done it until DD says "why did you just call me DS?" Blush

BrienneofQarth · 28/10/2015 21:04

I'm 33 and still waiting for my mum to get my name first time without going through my siblings names first.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 28/10/2015 21:03

I have a DS, a DD and a dog. I often say "Good dog, err girl, err boy", and DS, DB and H all have the same starting sound to their names and I randomly call them all by each other's names. So, in answer to your question, a long time but don't worry the DC will get used to it. Wink

Pippidoeswhatshewants · 28/10/2015 21:03

Never.

I thought I had ds' name nailed, but as he is growing up he reminds me of my db more and more, so he gets called db's name regularly. Dd is known as ds dd.
Dh used to be quite good with names, but tonight he called me dsis , ds , dd ahem Pippi.

Every1KnowsJeffTheJerkOlantern · 28/10/2015 21:03

I've got 5, its a minefield of names! Sometimes I go through them all before I get the right 1!

Dh calls them all Dave. Saves time he says Grin

PacificDogwod · 28/10/2015 21:03

Well, I dunno, I have 4 between the ages of 12 and 5. 12 and 5 years and I still go though all of their names and the dog's before I arrive at the correct one Blush

Grin

Congratulations btw!! Thanks

SpaggyBollocks · 28/10/2015 21:00

yep. do you have pets? I sometimes have to list those too before I land o. the right name.

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RidingSixWhiteHorses · 28/10/2015 20:59

Well say their names were Molly, Billy and Will - I keep calling third child the wrong name then correcting myself then having to do so again. So 'Moll, I mean Bill I mean Will'. Just wondered if it's just me that doesn't remember third child's name?

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TheoriginalLEM · 28/10/2015 20:58

eh???