to hate the term 'the baby'

[susia]

It seems bizarre to me but probably being unreasonable that people refer to their baby as 'the baby' rather than their name especially if they have only one.

Someone I know has a baby/child of nearly two and still refers to him as the baby. I feel like saying 'do you mean xxx?'

But think its just me being irritable and intolerant!

I hate it too. My MIL calls her daughter ( who is 17 )the babba, or the babe. It actually makes me feel sick. Mind you they treat her like a baby too. They started calling my dd ' The babe' until i got dh to tell them to stop it.

Better than 'it'.

If it is a baby of an acquaintance eg dd's classmate's baby sister, I might even remember the name, or even whether I heard it before. So it is 'baby'. Too many babies around.

I'm enjoying the minor hijack TW. Glad you're enjoying being a mother! There must be another thread for this (I'd say much more but am beginning to get about change of subject).