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Think I've made a mistake with baby name!

30 replies

jasminemay · 27/05/2012 14:43

I've just registered my newborn baby as Annabelle Mollie but having regrets that it should have been the other way round..my husband admitted a week ago that he thought it should have been the other way round but I felt it was too late to change having told everyone and got presents/cards with Annabelle on..Also Mollie was my grandmothers name and she was born on her birthday-my mum said she really likes Annabelle but I could tell she was disappointed. We had problems deciding name DD2 so was so worried about taking so long this time my husband put me on spot just as she was born to decide-felt Annabelle in the most birth euphoria was more beautiful but now think Mollie is cuter and more fun like my other daughters names.. also would have more meaning. I didn't choose it originally also because our other daughters names end in the "ie" sound and surname starts with a M. My husband thinks the alliteration would have been good and he "loves" Mollie but only likes Annabelle. She's only a few weeks old so don't know whether should just start calling her my her middle name as in time will be forgotten! Driving me crazy..

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Greythorne · 27/05/2012 14:53

I think you can call your children whatever you want, despite what appears on the birth certificate. Both my DCs have nicknames which sound nothing like their birth certificate name. Everybody accepts the nickname without question.

LeMousquetaireAnonyme · 27/05/2012 14:49

My DP is X Y surname, and is only ever called Y.
My step father is called by a name which is not even on is birth certificate, and has been since birth.

Just call her Mollie, it is sounds lovely with all the history behind!

Congratulations BTW!

SilveryMoon · 27/05/2012 14:48

yeah, just use her middle name. Loads of people are known by their middle name. She will be Annabelle officially but called Mollie by her friends and family.
I think that's fine.
If you want to change it, you have some time after you've registered don't you?
FWIW, I like both.

picnicbasketcase · 27/05/2012 14:46

I think you can go back and change it to the other way around within a certain time period?

Margerykemp · 27/05/2012 14:46

Just call her mollie but keep the bc as it is.

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