Just when you thought names can't get any stranger

[powellrj]

We were watching the news just now and they had a story where the moms name was actually Baby Girl. I had to google it to see if it was true and sure enough....http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/crime/baby-girl-high-on-bath-salts-jailed-on-neglect-charge


MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) - After taking the substance known as bath salts, a Muncie mother was arrested on a charge of child neglect, according to a Muncie Police Department report.

Baby Girl Drinkard, 29, was arrested Wednesday after someone called concerned about her reaction to the bath salts, the report said.

When police arrived, Drinkard was holding a newborn and her two other children were nearby. She was “crying uncontrollably and had trouble keeping her balance,” according to the police report, and she was having difficulty putting sentences together. The officer said Drinkard had trouble remembering the birthdates of her children and had trouble spelling one of their names.

Drinkard told police she took bath salts, which she thought were legal, the report said. She also had prescription pills in her purse. She was checked out at Ball Memorial Hospital before being booked into the Delaware County Jail on preliminary charges of neglect and possession of a controlled substance.

Police handed the children over to their grandmother, Drinkard’s mom.

 

[belledreamer]

I met a girl once whose name was Yesterday. No kidding.

 

[AlwaysMoving]

There was an article many years ago about two little missing sisters....Iwanna and Ineeda. Why would a parent give names like those?

 

[StephMK]

1) What is up with bath salts? I saw news commercials about how horrible they are but no idea why cause I didn't watch the show.

2) It's amazing how little some parents consider their children. A name has such significance. It really makes you wonder what kind of psychological damage is done when someone is given a name that shows so little thought or meaning and becomes a big joke. Sad.

 

[powellrj]

I have no idea what it is with bath salts. I have been hearing about them, but am still not sure what they are.

DH swears that they but Baby Girl on the birth certificate and the mom just assumed it was suppose to be the childs name.

 

[sunshine1178]

My assumption is that, for whatever reason, she wasn't named before she left the hospital, so her official birth certificate said Baby Girl. Her family and friends probably call her by a "normal" name, but she and her family never had the money, transportation, etc. to have it legally changed. The news is reporting her legal name, from the arrest records.

 

[Geoff_M]

MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) - After taking the substance known as bath salts, a Muncie mother was arrested on a charge of child neglect, according to a Muncie Police Department report.

My home town... making me proud, again!

 

[I loveStitchnippyjon]

My assumption is that, for whatever reason, she wasn't named before she left the hospital, so her official birth certificate said Baby Girl. Her family and friends probably call her by a "normal" name, but she and her family never had the money, transportation, etc. to have it legally changed. The news is reporting her legal name, from the arrest records.

Exactly.
I was born at home, the youngest of 5 kids. My Mom was back at work 3 days later, and filing my birth cert complete with name kind of fell through the cracks.
When I was 19 I needed a passport and discovered that I had no legal name, just "Baby Girl" on the cert. It was no problem to amend the birth cert to the name I had always used!

 

[luvmy3]

I think her last name is worse

 

[erincon23]

The "bath salts" referenced are not the items you put in your bath water to make your skin feel and smell nice. It's a drug that's called bath salts because of it's resemblance to the item, and it's not illegal everywhere, although it's heading that way. Here's some info: http://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida...011/02/bath-salts-emerging-dangerous-products

 

[Robmom]

My BIL was legally "Baby Boy" on his birth certifiate as well because my inlaws didn't have a name for him yet. He had to legally change it to his real name.

 

[Colleen27]

It used to drive my mother nuts when I referred to my oldest as "baby boy" as a term of endearment because in her years as a social worker she saw "Baby Girl" and "Baby Boy" as legal names fairly regularly, generally the children of poor, uneducated, illiterate parents who didn't at any point go to the effort of ensuring the child had a proper name.

 

[Butwhyistherumgone?]

There was an article many years ago about two little missing sisters....Iwanna and Ineeda. Why would a parent give names like those?

LOL We call our kids Iwanna and Ineeda on occassion!
Of course that is NOT their real names, they have nice normal names with the regular spelling too.

 

[tzolkin]

Exactly.
I was born at home, the youngest of 5 kids. My Mom was back at work 3 days later, and filing my birth cert complete with name kind of fell through the cracks.
When I was 19 I needed a passport and discovered that I had no legal name, just "Baby Girl" on the cert. It was no problem to amend the birth cert to the name I had always used!

My grandmother's birth certificate says "Female". She was a premie (under 2 lbs) born at home and I think they really weren't sure if she was going to live. Her mother died when she was a baby and I guess her grandmother just never thought about her needing to have a name on her birth certificate.

She was somehow able to get a license, passport, SS card, etc using her religious documents (baptism, marriage) with her "real" name without ever changing her birth certificate. We still like to tease her and call her "Fuh-mal-ie" on occasion.

 

[mrsklamc]

There was a little girl killed in a bus accident here, horrible tragedy, but the poor little girl's name was Donasty.

 

[minniecarousel]

Ah, yes - my sister is a NICU nurse and she once saw a parent name her daughter "Female" and they actually pronounced it "FEE-mah-lay".

 

[mvazul]

I once took care of a baby in a daycare in Minnesota who was named Precious Marie. Her initials were PMS.

My uncle worked with a guy who named his daughter something I can't post on the DIS. I'm sure it will be blocked. It was pronounced Shuh-thaid. It was spelled ****head!!!

My aunt was friends with a lady who worked on a maternity floor. She asked one new mother what she was planning to name her new baby girl. The lady told her she liked the name they put on the basinet card - (pronounced) Fuhmalie. FEMALE!!!

I really don't get it.

Michelle (the most used name, besides Jennifer, of the 70's!!)

 

[mvazul]

Ah, yes - my sister is a NICU nurse and she once saw a parent name her daughter "Female" and they actually pronounced it "FEE-mah-lay".

Oh my gosh - there is more than one?????

 

[pixiewings71]

There will be some great responses here in a while. I'm glad I have a nice normal name (altho my spelling is more unique) and I gave my kids nice normal names as well. Some of the kids my girls go to school with just make me wonder........

 

[dzorn]

Baby Girl is a lot more normal than some of the names I've seen.

Denise in MI