A MUM has revealed she wants to change her baby’s name – but kind-hearted people have got her pressies with the tot’s moniker on.
The mum made the confession on Mumsnet’s Baby Names thread.
She described how her daughter’s name was difficult to pronounce in two different ways, and that it was stressing them out.
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“DD [dear daughter] is just over six weeks old,” She started. “We were choosing between two names and went back and forth until we registered her, but a few weeks on from that and I’m still feeling undecided!
“The problem I’m having is that the name we’ve chosen, although lovely, can be pronounced in two ways and it feels like everyone uses the pronunciation we don’t. I’d rather not say the name but it’s along the lines of Esme. Every conversation:
“Oh what’s her name? Es-may Es-mee, how nice…”
She continued: “Anyway, would you think someone was an absolute idiot for changing a baby’s name at six weeks or more? Is it possible for people to accept it?
“I feel really embarrassed that I’ve totally messed up naming her. She’s also been bought a few gifts with her name on them and if I was to change it I’d feel really bad about those.”
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One mom said that she was correcting people. “All you need to say is “oh, it’s esMAY”Or whatever the real name. Sometimes I must say that I have a baby whose name is more common for the opposite gender. “she’s a she, actually!”
However, the majority of people believed she should do whatever she wanted.
“Think about it, you can change her name until she is one year old,” one person said. “I know that because I have changed the name of both my children!”
An additional: “Change it if it’s bugging you. That would irritate me.
Try a new name for a week, see if it fits.”
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