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Announce birth with full name or nickname or both?

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3boysgirlontheway · 06/02/2012 12:17

Which would you do?

We are having a little girl who will be called Florence (It's okay we are in Ireland it's not popular here at all - 14 in the whole country last year!) However I know I want to call her Floss.

So how do we introduce her? When we send out the text announcing her birth, what do we say?

Thanks x

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tammytoby · 06/02/2012 13:46

Definately Florence. Nicknames evolve naturally - and once she's at school you have little control over what her friends call her i.e. what she likes to be called.

Montsti · 06/02/2012 13:21

I would say, "Florence (Floss)"..

nickelhasababy · 06/02/2012 12:48

full name.

nn will become common knowledge anyway

housemum · 06/02/2012 12:48

I thought when I was pregnant that we would use Millie as a nickname for Amélie and although I sent out birth announcement cards as Amélie I told lots of people when she was born that it was Amélie but Millie as a nickname. In the end, we have always called her Amélie as does everyone else now except one friend who always calls her Millie and it grates on me but I can't correct her as she's doing what I said! (And she obviously hasn't noticed everyone else using her actual name).

So give out her full name and let the nickname develop or not as time passes :)

bagelmonkey · 06/02/2012 12:44

I only ever met men called Florence (Flor) in Ireland. I think it's a Cork thing?
It's a lovely name (for a girl, don't like it for a boy) I'd start with her full name.

grubbalo · 06/02/2012 12:43

When we did this (not the same name, but same situation), texts etc said We are thrilled to say that Florence Jane Grubbalo (Floss) was born at 5am weighing 9lb. On the proper cards we had made up, it only had the full name.

Lovely name btw!

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Correctmeifiamwrong · 06/02/2012 12:42

Full name. You may change your mind on the nickname. DS has had many nicknames in his short life!

Congratulations on little Florence (DS was going to be Florence if he had been a girl).

PopcornBiscuit · 06/02/2012 12:39

Full name, definitely :)

diedandgonetodevon · 06/02/2012 12:23

I would only give the full name. Nicknames often evolve over time so whatever you choose to shorten it to will not necessarily have much effect.

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