How would you handle this? vent...

kxland

DS's name is William-however, the teachers at daycare insist on calling him "Willy".  I make it a point to call him William in front of them because I don't want him to think his name is "Willy".  First, the head teacher called him Willy and sings "Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory" when we walk in the door-it is annoying but I just brushed it aside.  Now, both teaching assistants call him that.  Ughhh....I am just frustrated--I don't want to be rude, but that is not his name...Nothing that I bring in has the name Willy on it, everything says William and my feeling is there is a reason for it.

 How would you handle this??  I know this sounds childish and small, but it is really bugging me...

Thanks!

ncsubride

If it really bothers you I would handle it directly and just tell them that you want him to be called William and not any nickname just William. 

For me personally it wouldn't bother me at his age currently.  It would bother me if he was older and they were calling him Willy. 

I say direct is best.  Good luck!

MelissaSue81

That is a tough one.. I mean when he gets older you can tell HIM that his name is William not Willy.. etc.. and he'll most likely pick up on that and correct people (My parents made it VERY clear to me as a kid that i was never to be called Missy).. But for now.. i don't know how you should phrase it to the teachers..

confused25

I agree with Kerri - I would be direct and ask them not to call him anything other than William. It is not their place to decide on hin NN....Good luck!

jnealet

If they were calling him Will, I would say just let it be but Willy, it makes me think of boy parts and I wouldn't want any child to be nned after boy parts.

I would just say that you're calling him William and you don't want him to get confused on his name, so could they call him William at daycare too.

My dc calls my child M&M, which makes me think more of the rapper then the candy.  The nn came from the kids there, not the adult, so while I really don't want my child associated with the rapper, it doesn't bother me too much, mostly because logically a group of 2-5 year olds wouldn't know much about Eminem but would know a lot about M&Ms.

mom2anangel

I think you need to just be direct and say that you want him to be called William. 

We call our daughter Nattie so the NN is fine with us but I can remember when one of my cousins referred to Nathaniel (our stillborn son) as Nate and I was like "Um...that's not his name"  it really pissed me off! 

I don't think you are being childish at all - you named him William for a reason, if you wanted him to be called something else then you would call him that.  I would say to get it out there now or it's just going to keep bothering you!

kxland

jnealet:

If they were calling him Will, I would say just let it be but Willy, it makes me think of boy parts and I wouldn't want any child to be nned after boy parts

This!! Thanks for letting me know I am not the only one that thinks that when I hear Willy.  Will is okay for me, but, ugh, the nn Willy just makes me cringe!

Stellar1

If it bothers you I would say something. I wouldn't want my DD being called something that wasn't her name or something I really didn't like.

kelly&marty

Explain that you are trying to teach him to recognize his name when you call it, and you're afraid he'll get confused being called 2 different things, and you'd prefer it be William. That way it sounds educational!