DH's grandparents refuse to use DS's name!

[MrsMagooo]

This may seem really trvial but it's driving me nuts!

Our DS is 3 months old & we named him Elijah, we both adore it & wanted a strong bible name for him

Pretty much everyone thinks it's fab - that is aside from DH's grandparents.

DH grandad says he just can't get used to it & doesn't know how to say it - he thinks we should have called him something "normal" like Raymond

DH Nan doesn't ever use his name - just refers to him as Baby or Babe

It's really getting on my nreves - especially as DH Nan keeps asking if she can call him something else!!

I adore my sons name, it's not that different & IMO isn't wacky or odd - but even if it was surely they should just accept that, that is his name!

What are they going to do when he's in his teens FFS?

Sorry - just needed to rant!!

MrsM - I've not read the whole thread just your first post and I could have written this when DD was first born about my grandfather.

When we told him DD's name he said that's a horrible arab name (we liked the name didn't care or know at the time where it was from) and we should really think about calling her something else as we still had 6 weeks to change our mind.
I cried my eyes out my dad saw who rang his dad and bollucked him.
All sorted now and instead of Aaliyah he calls her Ali which suits him.

Could your grandparents try this? - Also have you told them how much it hurts you?