▁board ing ▁school . ▁Mil ne ▁called ▁her ▁N ou , ▁and ▁stated ▁" A part ▁from ▁her ▁fort night ' s ▁hol iday ▁every ▁September ▁we ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁out ▁of ▁each ▁other ' s ▁sight ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁few ▁hours ▁at ▁a ▁time ", ▁and ▁" we ▁lived ▁together ▁in ▁a ▁large ▁nur ser y ▁on ▁the ▁top ▁floor ." ▁ ▁Mil ne ' s ▁father ▁explained ▁that ▁Ros em ary ▁was ▁the ▁intended ▁name ▁for ▁their ▁first ▁born , ▁if ▁a ▁girl . ▁Real izing ▁it ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁boy , ▁he ▁decided ▁on ▁Billy , ▁but ▁without ▁the ▁intention ▁of ▁actually ▁christ ening ▁him ▁William . ▁Instead , ▁each ▁parent ▁chose ▁a ▁name , ▁hence ▁his ▁legal ▁name ▁Christopher ▁Robin . ▁He ▁was ▁referred ▁to ▁within ▁the ▁family ▁as ▁Billy ▁Moon , ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁his ▁nick name ▁and ▁his ▁child hood ▁mis pr on unci ation ▁of ▁Mil ne . ▁From ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁on wards , ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁referred ▁to ▁simply ▁as ▁Christopher , ▁and ▁he ▁later ▁stated ▁it ▁was ▁" The ▁only ▁name ▁I ▁feel ▁to ▁be ▁really ▁mine ." ▁ ▁At ▁his ▁first ▁birth day , ▁Mil ne ▁received ▁an ▁Al pha ▁F arn ell ▁ted dy ▁bear , ▁which ▁he ▁later ▁named ▁Edward . ▁This ▁bear , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁real ▁Canadian ▁bear ▁named ▁W inn ip eg ▁that ▁Mil ne ▁saw ▁at ▁London ▁Z oo , ▁eventually ▁became ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁W inn ie -