The name we picked took an unexpected turn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and I fell in love with the name Nicole and named our second daughter that. We figured she might choose to go by Nikki and agreed it would be fine with us. We never figured her older sister wouldn't be able to say Nicole and would call her Colie. (Rhymes with solely) We do not love Colie, to say the least. It hadn't even occurred to us that her name could go in that direction. Just a word of caution to not only consider possible nicknames you see, but that others might see.

This is so much of a problem for you that you took time out of your day to post this here???

Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH and I fell in love with the name Nicole and named our second daughter that. We figured she might choose to go by Nikki and agreed it would be fine with us. We never figured her older sister wouldn't be able to say Nicole and would call her Colie. (Rhymes with solely) We do not love Colie, to say the least. It hadn't even occurred to us that her name could go in that direction. Just a word of caution to not only consider possible nicknames you see, but that others might see.

This is so much of a problem for you that you took time out of your day to post this here???

Wow.

It’s all in good fun. Lighten up. Also - you read it and replied.

[Anonymous]

I wish Cole was an nickname for Nicole because Nikki is terrible.

[Anonymous]

It is not forever. I called my sister Sarah something like "Soggy" until I was able to say her name, and then it was over except for family reminiscences.

[Anonymous]

My older child called my younger child, “new baby” for a good year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow this is so wise

😂😂

OP, you learned the hard way that parents don’t always get to pick nicknames.

Yep! I have a friend who waobsesseded with not giving her 3 syllable named kid a nickname (think Samantha). Little sister came along and and gave her a NN (think sammy) and mom flipped her lid; and honestly ir ridiculous looking at it from the outside. Its not the mom's name, the kid is healthy and much bigger things to worry about.

[Anonymous]

My friend's son called the baby "Fluffy" because he wanted a cat, not a sister

[Anonymous]

I get feeling non-plussed but agree with others that a small child's nickname is not the same as a nickname that anyone might give a child. No one else is going to call your DD Colie, and this will wind up being a silly family anecdote that your daughters hopefully joke about with each other.

I will add that if you are really worried about this, go hard on teaching your other DD to say Nikki (which will be easier for her than Nicole and feel more fun -- little kids really love two syllable -y nicknames for their singsong quality). Work it into songs, use it yourself. It won't take long before she never remembers saying Colie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My older child called my younger child, “new baby” for a good year.

That's adorable!

[Anonymous]

You do not have to use Colie if you do not want it to stick. Let it be just what #1 says. My #1 called #2 Cake (her name is Kate) for a while. We did not reinforce it.

[Anonymous]

My nephew Mathew goes by Mo because his older brother could not pronounce his name. It stuck. He is 30 now

[Anonymous]

One of my cousins couldn’t say my name when she was little and called me sha-sha.

It was a family joke for years, but not my actual nickname

[Anonymous]

I giggle a little about Nikki because my husband came at me almost 17 years ago now with the name Nikki Marie as a possible option for our first child.

He was immediately removed from the name finding committee and given only veto power.

Our second girl came along several years later and Veronica was a top name choice. We thought we’d call her Nikki for fun, thougg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m English speaking and my husband was Spanish speaking growing up so l tried to pick a name that would sound good in both languages for the sake of both sets of relatives. The name is Clyde. Claudio is a name in Spanish. His mom tried but inevitably would end up calling him Cloud.

My MIL has passed on but years later when he’s naughty or annoying he still gets called Cloud by me and an old friend who was around my MIL a lot. So it was a name failure in one sense but still a fond memory of my MIL.

Lol seriously wtf!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish Cole was an nickname for Nicole because Nikki is terrible.

Nope. DS is Cole. Guess what? Coleeeyyy (always exaggerated), Colito, 1st and last initial. It's goes away. He's 18 now.