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Should Baby (Of a Single Mom) Take Surname of Mother/father?
Asked by M.S. from Dallas
on May 20, 2009
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Mamas,
I have a dilemma and I honestly can't decide what to do. I need your opinions and/or advice. My ex-fiance and I are expecting a baby in October. We have at...
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- Personally, unless your ex is going to be highly involved in this child's life I would give yours only, or yours as last. Remember this child will be with you for the...
- Hello M., what would you do if you two were married? Personally, having 2 lastnames is not the end of the world... over 1 billion people in the world have 2 lastna...
- As someone who has worked in the private school sector for 23 years, I have noticed it is much easier on the child to have the same name as the rest of the family. I ...
Camden or Cameron?
Asked by N.R. from Detroit
on October 11, 2011
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For a girl. Which would you prefer and why?
Her surname would be Kerr if that makes any difference, and i'd love to hear if anyone has any suggestions of names that...
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- Cameron is ok but it's really a boy's name. DON'T pick Camden, please. Camden is the WORST city in NJ. It's a beep-hole, crime ridden, mess. Camille is a gorgeous ...
- I love Cameron for a girl. Camden just sounds like such a boy name to me. We have a good little friend named Camden and he is ALL boy!
- I have a boy named Camden, and love it! I would have used it for a girl as well. Camden, NJ is not the only city by that name. There is a very "southern" city in S...
Who's Name Does Baby Get in TX When Parents Aren't Married?
Asked by J.R. from Dallas
on June 17, 2008
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My step-daughter is having her first child soon and does not have a good relationship with the father of her child and they are not married. I was wondering if there ...
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- if the father is not here to sign and sign the paternity acknowledgement the child will get her name.. Now in texas if the parents arent married a DNA is required for ...
- I work at a hospital with postpartum patients. In Texas, you can give your child any last name you want. Father's, mother's, grandmother's...Texas doesn't care. It ...
- I would think it's up to the mother to decide on the last name of the baby in this situation. Side note. Inquire with the Texas Attorney General's office for Child S...
Do You like the Name Cecilia?
Asked by N.R. from Detroit
on October 15, 2011
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Its not my absolute favorite- but I do love it. It was my grandmother's name who recently passed away and I loved her dearly.
WDYT of the name?
we're also trying...
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- Love Cecilia. If we have a girl, we plan to use it as the middle name. It was my Great Aunt's name, and she passed away 2 years ago. She was a saint. Her birthday was ...
- Such a pretty name!!! Cecelia Elisabeth Kerr!!!
- We thought about this name a lot...but my husband couldn't get some song "Cecilia your breaking my heart" out of his head so we had to say no....now my daughters middl...
Baby Boy to Be Named Coen or Cohen
Asked by K.A. from Atlanta
on June 8, 2010
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We've looked through all of the books and all of the names and decided on one for our first baby, a boy. We've decided on Coen Edward Andersen. Edward is the middle na...
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- I like Coen the best and I would stick with that spelling. You don't want your son to have to constantly be correcting the way people say his name. With Cohen he wou...
- Love the Name Coen!! This is your baby not ours Remember you are the one who gets to pick. When we named both our our girls Ella & Kara we had people who liked it and ...
- LOVE Coen! And how cool to pay tribute to the grandfathers. Boy names are hard, aren't they?! About the "L" names, I have to agree with the post about "Annie", an...
Name Change/Addition
Asked by A.S. from Iowa City
on August 12, 2011
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Our four year old daughter has expressed a desire to add my maiden name to her last name. When I got married I added my husband's surname to my maiden name. No hyphe...
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- I wouldn't do it. I would explain that this is her last name. When she gets married, she will have the option to do what you did: add her married name after her maiden...
- She's four. Though it's sweet that she's so bright as to think about all this and to like your name....She's four. They get fixed on ideas at this age. Distract her...
- You can always let her have the full name as a 'nickname' (well, reverse nickname since it's longer!), and when she gets older you can change it legally. She sounds r...
Married Woman Who's Having a Baby with Another Man
Asked by S.A. from Minneapolis
on June 21, 2011
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I am married, been separeted for over a year, I'm having another man's baby and am wondering if anybody knows the minnesota state laws about giving a baby his father's...
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- I am not familiar with it but I don't think you are required to have to use his name. Are you still in a relationship with him? If so, why not give the baby his name...
- Directly from a Minnesota law web site: Minnesota law automatically presumes that a husband is the "legal" father of a child born to his wife during the marriage. ...
- When does the divorce finalize? If it's not until after the baby then the baby's father will probably have to do a paternity test then you can give the baby the father...
Stumped for Baby Names
Asked by A.G. from Houston
on June 1, 2008
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i am 4 months pregnant, i don't know the sex yet (shy baby during the ultrasound) we have agreed on the girl name (Lillian) but we don't know about boy names yet, cute...
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- What Margaret said! Pick a name that will suit him as a man, not just be cute as a little boy. Jack is one of my favorite names, it is so strong. I also love Henry,...
- I always wanted a little boy named Alexander so I could call him Xander for short. But, I was blessed with two girls so it was not to be. I also liked the name Kayden,...
- My only thought for you concerning baby names is what my mother told me.... Just make sure that the name you choose will fit him/her when they are a baby, 15 years ...
Neighbors Don't Return Toys
Asked by E.O. from Philadelphia
on July 8, 2010
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My kids get along with our neighbors pretty well, even though mine are much younger. We are all very friendly. However, many of our toys end up at their house and we...
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- This is one of those times in life when you have to show your daughter how to stand up for herself by standing up for yourself. Get into practice now, because thing l...
- It may be too late for the toys that are already gone...but from now on write your surname in indelible ink in an inconspicuous spot and a very visible spot. When she ...
- I agree with last poster it may be hard to get them back. What you could do is write a note with a list of the toys. And then tell her that your looking for all of t...
Need Help with Baby Names
Asked by M.T. from Austin
on February 12, 2009
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ok so i am asking you ladies on behalf of my sister in law she is preggers with a little boy that they are going to name Konner and we are trying to find a middle nam...
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- I like some of the names that were already given. When I named my children I always picked a middle name that started with a letter in the Alpha., that came after the...
- Well i thought about this a bit and here are a few that i thought of: Konner Ryan Konner Alexzander Konner Lynn Konner James Konner Joesph Konner Wade Konner ...
- What kink of name is it? Is it Irish? You could stick with that theme and pick another Irish name. Konnor Aiden, Konnor Gavin, Konnor Brian. Or Something else, K...
