Parenting
Friday, December 4, 2009
Would you let your child name your baby?
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- by CafeMom, on Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:07pm PDT
Trying to come up with a
baby name? My friend's parents let her older sister name
her. Her sister, then six, chose the name Mary Magdalene. My friend
hates it, and goes by the
nickname Maggie. She's always blamed her sister.
It turns out that many parents let their children name their new sibling.
According to an article in the Toldedo Blade, Marilyn Stevenson of Michigan
was named by her older brother. "My parents
had seven children, six girls and one boy. My brother was the
second born and became very frustrated when one sister after
another joined the family. When my parents announced another
pregnancy, they told my brother that he could name the baby. I was
born when he was 9 years old. He had a boyhood crush on a girl
named Marilyn and decided that would be a good name for
me."
When Cheryl Brockman was 8 years old, her parents told her that she
could name her new sister. She chose "Queen Elizabeth,"
for the recently crowned Queen Elizabeth II, and
"Liberace," for the entertainer. Her mother later told
Cheryl hat it was the most miserable pregnancy of her life because
she knew if it was a boy she wouldn’t be able to name him Liberace,
and that it would break Cheryl’s heart. Fortunately, the baby was a
girl and they dropped the "Queen" and simply named her
Elizabeth. Cheryl was so proud of the role she had in naming her
sister.
Did you let one of your other children name your new baby? Would
you consider the idea? Did you name or were you
named by one of your siblings?
Written by Suzanne Murray for
CafeMom's Baby Buzz
Related: siblings, naming your baby, let your child name the baby, cafemom, baby names
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Posted by Robyn Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:09am PDT
best idea to get older siblings involved. relieves tension of "who is this in MY house with MY parents" have them come up with a few options or ones you like and have them choose.
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Posted by XOXO48 Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:41am PDT
This cracked me up. I actually named my sister after my favorite babysitter!!
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Posted by sarah Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:13am PDT
I don't think that I would ever let an older child name my younger one. Knowing my luck the older sibling would want to name the baby something crazy like Crayon or Spongebob. Besides, if the kid hates their name they wont blame the sibling.
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Posted by uvkitty Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:59pm PDT
My parents asked us for suggestions for baby names when my mother was expecting my younger sister. They then promised to think about all the names and decide which one was best. I suggested two names, Amy and Katelyn because that's what I always named my Barbie dolls. I was thrilled when my mother chose to name my sister Katelyn Amy. It really validated my roll in the family and showed that my parents respected me.
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Posted by allee Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:14am PDT
With my last one, I asked my older two to help with a name. We went through a lot of names. We each would have an idea, then they all got vetoed. lol. In the end just like their names, this little one knew what her name was meant to be. And I named her while in labor. The first two were named as they were born.
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Posted by JoKTM Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:29am PDT
My bestfriends sister let her older son at the age of 4 name her soon to be son. He loved Thomas the train so he chose the name connor.
I dont think siblings should choose the babies name because it can cause tension later.
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Posted by Malissa Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:27am PDT
Lol, this reminds me of the story my friend told me of her parents putting everyone's name in a hat too see who would get to name their last baby (their fifth daughter). The one who won the naming rights was their 4 year old who wanted to name the baby Big Bird She-ra. It took four months to convince her to change her mind and she finally settled on Carrie.
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Posted by Julie Vo Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:44am PDT
I named my younger sister. I was 8 when she was born and I suggested the name Audrey after my 2nd grade teacher ( at 8 i was unaware of the famous Hepburn). My parents both agreed it was lovely and I think it fits her quite well!
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Posted by LiveLaughJuicy Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:00am PDT
I was 7 when my parents let me pick out my baby sister's name, and her name is Abigail Christine Schmidt. She gets compliments on her name all the time :D
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Posted by BrandyO Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:21am PDT
We are expecting a new baby, and when I asked my daughter's input, she said we should name it "Poo Baby." I love 2-year-olds!!!
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