EllaMae
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It's not unusual to me at all, it's quite common here in the South to refer to the youngest child as the baby, especially one so young... even between the parents to each other or to other family members. I often hear people say "that child" or some such, and think nothing of it. I guess to some it sounds like distancing oneself when that child is missing, but I don't think of it in that way, since it is their usual way of speaking.
I am Southern....and I referred to each of my babies as "the baby" probably as much if not more than I used their names for the first 2 years of their lives.