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There's a Word for That: Who's Your Baby?
This is Smurf Beef (although she's usually naked)
Who’s Your Baby? Our babies are California and Smurf Beef. No really. Carina has two baby dolls, and those are their names. Both were gifts from Grandma.
California (pronounced Californa) came first. We have no ties to California, so I’m fairly sure we don’t talk about it much, but as we all know with preschoolers, they only have to hear it once in order to add it to their vocab arsenal.
Smurf Beef is the second born, and despite her much more anatomically correct-shaped head and ability to swim in the bathtub, she plays second fiddle to California. Carina does not know what a Smurf is (I showed her a picture of one and asked her what it was), and we eat very little beef, so again, no strong ties to the words.
How does she come up with these crazy names?
It’s not just Carina that does this, either. Carina’s friend Bella, who is five, has a baby doll named Soup Cake, and another one called Apple Juice (or maybe it’s Orange Juice, I can’t remember.). I recently read a novel/memoir in which the author’s three-year old owns two identical dolls called Hursula One and Hursula Two, or, collectively, The Hursulas. Another of Carina’s friends, Kate, has a doll that has a fairly normal name – Sheila, I think – which happens to be the next-door neighbor’s name. I did a quick google search and found this post about a child with a baby doll named Kakala (pronounced Cock-A-La).
Just imagine if kids got to name themselves when they reached the age of three or four. Who knows, maybe that’s why I went to school with a kid named Seven.
So, who’s your baby?
(BTW…to those of you who commented last week – several of you got it right – it was the sign for the muster station, aka the place where you gather if something bad happens)
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Well, Zachary does not have any baby dolls but he does name his stuffed animals and toys. We have “Bass Pro” the turtle, “Polar express” the pig, and another toy that he calls “Bass Pro”. It sure does make daddy proud!
Those names are ridiculous! And incredibly amusing!
Hayden first named his pink baby doll, ‘pink baby’. Then she was ‘Emily’ and currently she is ‘Olivia’… all normal names. His blue baby was and still is named ‘Blue Baby’. He prefers the pink baby (Olivia). She is his #1.
– Melissa
Sadie is obviously too young to be naming things, but she sure does love baby dolls already. She was given one by her Mimi at Christmas, and she is now obsessed with any and all baby dolls (especially their eyes). I call her “Dolly,” I think because I like the word “baby” to mean a live baby.
As for kids renaming themselves, one of my nieces insisted we call her “Baby Jaguar” for a while. It was pretty hilarious.
Wow! I laughed out loud several times during that one! Carina needs to come to my house to name some of Jaden’s toys. He goes with the very practical approach, for example, his brown dog’s name is Brown Dog.
Oh, these little ones! My daughter Amelia is four. She has one baby doll named “Baby Doll,” as in first name, Baby; last name, Doll. The rest of her dolls have exotic made up names: Glea, FooLaLa, MooSha, etc. I am guessing at the spelling, of course.
Hey cousin,
Loved the post, and remembered a video I made of Leah on, I think, her 3rd Christmas… She received a new baby doll from YaYa, and I asked her what it’s name was… She looked up at the camera, and said, “Baby Lover” with a long drawl pushing out those Angelina Jolie lips. It still cracks me up!
I used to be a teacher. No way would I ever drink out of a water fountain! blessings, marlene