MSE Parents Club Part 11

Buttonmoons

Aw great pics. Wish I could of went I made myself feel better buying 2 skirts, 2 dresses and a top earlier. I was most upset....

Idris's sister sucks monkey nuttles.

SugarSpun

Lovely pictures ... and lovely name too Mel.

If you're worried that she'll spend her life correcting people's pronunciation of her name, maybe give her a very classic middle name she can go by if she wants to?

Edit: We did that with Molly in case she thought Molly was too cute a name for when she's the president of the world.

cazscoob

I like the name Mel its not a name that there will be 3 of in the classroom (like Lewis lol!)
The pics are good and i love them in their buggies lol!
BM i even wore my cow pants for you PMSL!

Buttonmoons

I like the name mel You could spell it like it's said though "tayah" so people won't be calling her TEA? I did think it was said TEA when I read it but I am dumb and only account for 2% of the poopulation.

MadDogWoman_2

SS - that's the reason why we have shortened Katie's name from Caitlin to Katie so that she has a choice when she's older.

I have a niece that had a cutsie name when she was little but now that she is 15 she prefers the full version of her name - Katie is the only one allowed to use the short version as it is easier for her to say.

aless02

oooo, me likes the name!! I think it's pretty and elegant yet also cute Maybe it's because I'm American and remember TÉA Leoni in sitcoms but I would think most people would know to pronounce it just fine. Better than us who had Siobhan & Roisin as girl's names, both of which are pronounced nothing like they are written!!

redmel1621

Buttonmoons wrote: »

I like the name mel You could spell it like it's said though "tayah" so people won't be calling her TEA? I did think it was said TEA when I read it but I am dumb and only account for 2% of the poopulation.

SS - She will be having my middle name....boring (but french, apparantly;)) Anne. The older two boys have dh first name as their middle name and K has the same middle name as dh, I alway assumed I would have 4 boys so this baby was also getting his middle name!!

BM - I have tried out all different was of spelling it, but none of them seem 'right' however there's time yet for me to change my mind:p

Anyway, if she comes out a he the problem is solved anyway as we only really have one boys name left that we like and agree on

MadDogWoman_2

Katie and I share a middle name, it was my grandmothers (who died when my mum was 16), I have always said that if I had a daughter she would have the same middle name.

Oh the second reason I shortened Katie's name is that I am aware that Caitlin is a popular name so it differentiates her a bit as I was one of 3 with the same name when I was at school.

redmel1621

MadDogWoman wrote: »

Katie and I share a middle name, it was my grandmothers (who died when my mum was 16), I have always said that if I had a daughter she would have the same middle name.

Oh the second reason I shortened Katie's name is that I am aware that Caitlin is a popular name so it differentiates her a bit as I was one of 3 with the same name when I was at school.

My middle name is also my mum's, although she has Anne-Louise, she just gave me the Anne bit....I am not a fan of giving grandparents names as there is always room for arguments by the 'other' side....Hence why the boys middle names are all after dh, and any girls will have my middle name....It just happens that my middle name is also that of my mum and mil. I did consider giving my first name because of this though:rotfl:

Becles

MadDogWoman wrote: »

Maz - it's crazy isn't it. I get stressed in the supermarket if I have to buy a bottle of wine and Katie is with me, I've heard a couple of stories where they've been refused as it is obviously being bought for the child and not the adult.

I sort of got stopped. I'd bought a week load of groceries and a bottle of decent wine as we had my parents coming over. It was about £8-9 a bottle, so not cheap plonk! As I was packing and paying, Josh had gone to look at the magazines, then came back after I'd paid and started lifting the bags into the trolley for me. The lady asked if he was with me and I said yes, he's my son and she said she shouldn't have really sold the wine to me. She just informed me that next time I wouldn't be able to buy wine if my son was present and I just said yeah ok, as I didn't want to make a scene as I do a lot of work in that branch.

The stupid thing is the wine was consumed with a meal at home where Josh had a glass as I can legally give any child over 5 alcohol in my home.

redmel1621 wrote: »

SS - She will be having my middle name....boring (but french, apparantly;)) Anne.

Snap, except I'm just Ann!

Nobody can spell Rebecca and I always get asked something like "is that one B and two C's?" and then I say Ann and I get "with or without the E", then my maiden name was Hartburn and I'd get "is that H-E-A-R-T?" - arrrrghhh. Please I married someone with a really common second name now as I don't get questioned on that

Uni was good and I really enjoyed it. Going to be busy in June as we're working on a huge group project that goes on over four weeks. Looks intense but I'm looking forward to it. I come back from holiday on the 7th and that starts on the 12th, so I'll be all refreshed and ready to go.