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To not want dd to call her baby Dave?

179 replies

ViolentDelights · 05/04/2017 17:39

I'm quite happy for it to stay simply as "baby" but her brother keeps telling her to call it Dave. Or Farty-pants. But Dave seems to be sticking. It doesn't even look like a Dave. I spent ages online picking one that wasn't terrible looking and now it's going to be known as Dave!

OP posts:
OllyBJolly · 05/04/2017 18:12

DD2 called her dolls "Ugly baby" and "Horrible baby". Probably good that she has no desire to have any children...

DimplesToadfoot · 05/04/2017 18:12

Farty McFartface Grin

someone had to lol

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 05/04/2017 18:14

I called mine Classical, Bunty and Diana (child of the late 70s/early 80s). My teddy was Ethel.

AstrantiaMajor · 05/04/2017 18:15

When my DD was 2 she had a doll called Armchair. . We kept asking her to repeat it as we thought she was mispronouncing it. But Armchair it stayed.

Meekonsandwich · 05/04/2017 18:20

Hahaha!! I had a cat named Dave!! I love it!!!

hiimmumma · 05/04/2017 18:22

When I was a kid I called all my dolls Baby Jesus!
I think Dave would have been a better choice.

spiderlight · 05/04/2017 18:22

Grin at a doll called Mrs Thatcher!

KenDoddsDadsDog · 05/04/2017 18:23

Our cat is called Big Dave . He's class.

BrieAndChilli · 05/04/2017 18:23

Doesn't seem so bad to me but then my real life baby no3 was called pickle head for the first few weeks of his life!

HelenaGWells · 05/04/2017 18:24

Everything in our house is called bob. My friends have a house full of things called Jeff.
It's pretty standard OP.

MatildaTheCat · 05/04/2017 18:25

Dis had two small teddies called Kicker and Fighter. DB had a teddy called Fishy Rod. I think you've got away lightly. Grin

EduCated · 05/04/2017 18:31

Our neighbours had a ferret called Dave.

Tastesjustlikecherrycola85 · 05/04/2017 18:41

How about Pob?

To not want dd to call her baby Dave?
MiaowTheCat · 05/04/2017 18:41

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FrenchFrys · 05/04/2017 18:43

Mine were Star and Moon Blush

NoCapes · 05/04/2017 18:45

DD has twin baby dolls called stripper names Ginger & Crystal

Everything DS1 owns is called Gino - Gino1, GinoTheSecond, Gino3, Gino4, GinoTheFifth ....

LellyMcKelly · 05/04/2017 18:46

My uncle called my teddy Deathwarmedup, and it stuck. I was about 23 before I realised what it meant.

EvilTwins · 05/04/2017 18:47

My sister had a baby doll called Geoffrey.

DD has a toy monkey called Boris.

I took DD's discarded baby to school (secondary) to use as a prop 5 years ago. The "big children" christened her Shaniqua. The name stuck.

HappyFlappy · 05/04/2017 18:47

My DD's dolls were Goldilocks and Blackie.

ClaryBeanHorshAndMe · 05/04/2017 18:48

Mine were Lea, Anna, Virginia, Leo and Teddy... (

My little sister (who didn't really like many dolls) had one called Fiona.

Bluntness100 · 05/04/2017 18:50

I think the fact you refer to your child's doll as her baby is much more concerning than the fact she calls it Dave,,,Hmm

toptomatoes · 05/04/2017 18:50

DD wants to call our puppy Pink Car. The babies are all called baby though.

picklemepopcorn · 05/04/2017 18:53

Bluntness round here, dolls are always referred to as babies. Dolly is never used. It took me a while to get used to it...

HairySunshine · 05/04/2017 18:53

Mine was called Kaia after Willow's wife. Dds have dolls called Six and Mucky Susan.

user1489261248 · 05/04/2017 18:54

Is this a peetake of another thread running at the moment? Wink