My neice is now 9 months old and, unbeknown to me, my SIL has been calling her by her middle name`rather than her first name on a regular basis. She chose both her names, but apparently feels she had always preferred the babe's middle name rather than the first, and that she felt pressurised by db into relegating her fave name to second position. Apparently she had been expecting to have a boy so didn't have a girl's name ready at the time. She thinks she rushed the decision.
Now she point-blank refuses to call her by her first name. As db is working 16 hours a day, he hardly gets to see his dd, so she will grow up thinking her second name is her real name!
I still want to call my niece by her first name, sil thinks that's OK but I think that's v confusing for her, we don't see them that often, but still, think sil is being deliberately difficult. I think if she made the wrong decision name-wise she should just grin and bear it, I think it all a bit wierd.
Whaddya think?