We didn't tell our family our name choices before birth. I posted them here and at my other message board and I told the assistant at my chiropractor's office (I just wanted to say it out loud. 
) but we were VERY tight-lipped otherwise. I did give my mom a hint in my last week of pregnancy, when I was in prodromal labor. I just told her that they both had a Star Wars reference somewhere. She guessed the boy name (Lucas) but couldn't have guessed our girl name beyond getting the Leia was in it somewhere (the middle name).
So, when we had her, we obviously announced the name. My mom immediately said "oh, Cady!" I said very adamently "NO! That won't be her nickname. We're calling her Cadence." My mom has called her Cady a few times since then and I always get really mad. I said I don't want her called that. My mom said "well, you shoudln't have named her that then."
: I said "I DIDN'T name her Cady. I named her Cadence and that's what I expect you to call her." This irritates me enough that if she'd pulled this before birth, I probably would have changed my mind on the name and then been really mad. As it is, I love her name and I'm just going to have to continue to yell at my mom every time she tries to call her something different.
And FTR, I don't dislike the name Cady. It's just that our older dd's mn is Kade, pronounced Kay-dee, which is what my mom's calling Cadence. To me, I guess Samantha just kind of "owns" that name or something. I don't know. Maybe it's silly. But we name our children for a reason. If I'd wanted her called Cady, I would have named her that.
) but we were VERY tight-lipped otherwise. I did give my mom a hint in my last week of pregnancy, when I was in prodromal labor. I just told her that they both had a Star Wars reference somewhere. She guessed the boy name (Lucas) but couldn't have guessed our girl name beyond getting the Leia was in it somewhere (the middle name).So, when we had her, we obviously announced the name. My mom immediately said "oh, Cady!" I said very adamently "NO! That won't be her nickname. We're calling her Cadence." My mom has called her Cady a few times since then and I always get really mad. I said I don't want her called that. My mom said "well, you shoudln't have named her that then."
: I said "I DIDN'T name her Cady. I named her Cadence and that's what I expect you to call her." This irritates me enough that if she'd pulled this before birth, I probably would have changed my mind on the name and then been really mad. As it is, I love her name and I'm just going to have to continue to yell at my mom every time she tries to call her something different.And FTR, I don't dislike the name Cady. It's just that our older dd's mn is Kade, pronounced Kay-dee, which is what my mom's calling Cadence. To me, I guess Samantha just kind of "owns" that name or something. I don't know. Maybe it's silly. But we name our children for a reason. If I'd wanted her called Cady, I would have named her that.
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