To be not happy with sons name at 15 months

[Misterbumpbump]

I have grown to dislike my son's full name (was never that keen on it anyway) but really love the shortened version which is what he is always known as. He is 15 months. Both his father and I agree on this. I just wish we had just put the shortened version (which can be a name by itself) on his birth certificate and used a different middle name to match. When we registered the name there was a lot of family pressure and I worried what everyone else thought. but now I have become a mum I am better at going with my gut and telling the pushy members of my family to keep their noses out! Just wish I had been like that a year ago! I know its too late now. Not sure how to let this go...

Same goes for "Charlie" and "Freddie".

I really hate my DDs full name. Think Joanna and I call her Jo. I never intended her to use it, but thought it was proper to put it on the birth certificate instead of the shortened one. Now I cringe everytime a teacher or relative uses it or someone writes it in a card. Now she even insists on being called it herself and I refuse! She does it to wind me up I am sure as they tend to do at 20!

Go with your gut.

I've never been known by the full-length version of my name. I can't see why it is a bother to you to just use the shortened version.

Personally I think I'd leave it if he's always known by the shortened version and you love that anyway. It sounds like you've had a tough time with some family members, glad to hear you feel you can be more assertive now. I was just wondering whether this is more a reaction against their past interference than an issue with a name which is rarely used?