That's not his name!

So BD's mom and grandma won't shut up about trying to change our baby's name. They might be just messing with me, but I can't tell and it's getting quite annoying seeing as they've been doing this for months now. BD's mom is still stuck on our original choice, Bentley. But I decided the name was becoming way too common so we gave up on that name. Then his grandma came up with Chance, which I absolutely can't stand, and have no idea where she got that from. They keep calling him those names and it really bugs me. I know other people have been in this situation. How do I tell them nicely to call him by his REAL name? I mean if they really liked those names so much, why in the hell didn't they name their son's those names? This is MY child. Not theirs, not their choice.

Ignore them and call him by his given name. They'll give it up quickly. They're doing it to get a rise out of you and it's working.

Once he's here and has his name on his birth certificate I'm sure they will call him his actual name.

Hopefully they get over it and call him by his real name. Peyton is now almost 19 months old and MIL keeps saying I should have named him Gerald which is DH's name but she thought Peyton was such a great name while I was pregnant, I just ignore it and say nope his name is Peyton if she tries to call him Gerald.

Wasn't chance the name of one of the dogs on homeward bound?

Quoting redneck mamma:" Wasn't chance the name of one of the dogs on homeward bound?"

I have no idea but Chance? It sounds so.. uncertain. I hate it.

Quoting Carson's Mommy '13!:" I have no idea but Chance? It sounds so.. uncertain. I hate it. "

It's your child, you get to name him! Don't let them get to you. If you have to repeat his true name over and over do it. It does get annoying sometimes but I want them to stop trying to call him something else.0
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I hope they do stop. It's getting on my nerves! If they slip up and call him the wrong name once he's born, I might just blow!

Quoting Peyton'sMommy♥:" It's your child, you get to name him! Don't let them get to you. If you have to repeat his true name ... [snip!] ... true name over and over do it. It does get annoying sometimes but I want them to stop trying to call him something else.0 223."

Exactly. Like I said, they had their kids. This is MY child. Last I checked, grandparents have NO say in naming their grandchild. They keep getting mad because they have a family member who had a son and named him Carson (baby's name), except she gave him up for adoption and they don't see him. Not my fault she named him that. Carson feels right, so that's what his name is!

Quoting Carson's Mommy '13!:" Exactly. Like I said, they had their kids. This is MY child. Last I checked, grandparents have NO say ... [snip!] ... him up for adoption and they don't see him. Not my fault she named him that. Carson feels right, so that's what his name is!"

Yeah trust me it gets annoying hearing MIL call him by DH's name. He has a part of DH's name already his middle is the same as DH's. He doesn't need more of DH's name just because he looks like him, lol

Quoting Peyton'sMommy♥:" Yeah trust me it gets annoying hearing MIL call him by DH's name. He has a part of DH's name already ... [snip!] ... part of DH's name already his middle is the same as DH's. He doesn't need more of DH's name just because he looks like him, lol"

She still does after he's been born? I hope for their sake that they don't do that to him once he's born. I won't let them around him if they're going to call him something else and confuse him. It'll be world war seven if I hear them call him another name..

  My family is always trying to name my kids...Every single time I was pregnant, someone tried to name them for us. My grandmother was convinced I was naming my first daughter Ruth. Nope. Never gonna happen.

Put your foot down, let them know that it's your kid, and therefore your name choice. That's pretty much all you can do.

Quoting Blue Song:"   My family is always trying to name my kids...Every single time I was pregnant, someone tried to name ... [snip!] ... Put your foot down, let them know that it's your kid, and therefore your name choice. That's pretty much all you can do."

Is there any way to do it without sounding really bitchy? I don't want to be mean, but I want them to know that it's not okay.

Quoting Carson's Mommy '13!:" Is there any way to do it without sounding really bitchy? I don't want to be mean, but I want them to know that it's not okay."

Try calling him his name a LOT when they're around. Like, (I'm assuming his name is Carson) when you buy him something new, say something along the lines of: "Oh, come see the new sleeper/blanket/toy I bought Carson." Refer to him as Carson every chance you can, because your goal is to get them to start thinking of him as Carson.

If and when they try and throw out a name, simply say, "Oh, are you talking about a name for Carson? Because I did already name him..." Or something along those lines. Trust me, it will be easier when he's born, and there's a name on the birth certificate.

Quoting Blue Song:" Try calling him his name a LOT when they're around. Like, (I'm assuming his name is Carson) when you ... [snip!] ... Or something along those lines. Trust me, it will be easier when he's born, and there's a name on the birth certificate."

Great ideas. I'll be sure to use them! Thank you! I just get worried that they won't let it go and call him a bunch of different names once he's born.