Do they hate the name?

abbyful

DH's  grandparents visited baby for the first time last week. His grandma kept calling by his first and middle initials (RC, "hey little R C!") rather than his first name. Does she hate his name? Not that it really matters if she likes it or not, but I don't want him to be called RC, it reminds me of RC Cola.

elizjane26

Maybe she just thinks it's a cute nickname? 

abbyful

Oh, for those on mobile site that can't see my signature, his name is Ronan.

kmichln

I don't know why she wouldn't use his name, but if you don't want him called RC I would tell her so. 

ang.ela23

I would think they didnt like it if they called him something different. I would have also said please do not call him RC, his name is Ronan.

strawberrytree

They might just think it's cute. My sister loves DS's name, but she still calls him by his initials, GB. She did ask me if it was ok, though. If you don't like it, ask them politely to please call him Ronan. If they keep doing it, correct them every time they call him RC,"His name is Ronan, please call him that."

happy_un-bride

My IL's kept calling my niece "the baby" until she was 3!  I chalk it up to grandparents are wierd.  But at the same time, this drove me nuts and I will have to call them if they do the same thing to my LO.

NewlyWeds13

I am going out on a limb here... but maybe she does not know how to say it and is affraid of not saying it correctly, so said RC as to try and mask that she did not know how to say it (or heard you say it and mispronounces it).

My MIL did this with my neice 8 years ago when she was born.   Her name was Johanna... she kept calling her JoJo...because she could not seem to say the name the way the parents said it (jo--hanna).  When SIL told her they were not using JoJo as a nickname, she kept butchering Johanna... saying it Joanne, Jo himma and other incorrect pronouciations.   She finally told SIL she was having a hard time remembering how to say it correctly.  This hurt SIL feelings and it took until about age 1 for MIL to consistently say it the right way.   It was ackward for all around it... so hoping this does not happen to you (not saying it will).  

Maybe I am wrong-- but since my MIL did somehting similar, thought it might be the issue. 

Zimger

I agree with the pp that went out on a limb. Maybe she is afraid of pronouncing it wrong. Ronan is a good name (it's at the top of our list) but it was not popular back in her day.

My great grandmother was with us until I was in my early 20's. When a new great grandchild was born she always wanted to see the name written down. Her hearing was not so good but she never wanted to admit to it. Seeing the name made pronouncing it easier for her.

queenbone

I agree that it is possible that she doesn't know how to pronounce it and is defaulting to initials.

But I would politely let her know that you'd rather not have your child be called the same thing as a brand of pop.

TripMomma

Just keep telling them what you want him to be called. When my nephew Tyler was born my little sister and I were just kids. We called him Ty a couple times but we told right away they don't want to call him Ty. Tyler stuck and we never call him anything else now.

megemoney

kmichln:

I don't know why she wouldn't use his name, but if you don't want him called RC I would tell her so. 

This.  Sure, it's possible she doesn't like it, but she'll get over it if that is the case.  If you don't like RC, please tell her soon.  Nip it in the bud!

BLPL101

My grandma calls my LO little bit. I told her that her name is Caroline, but she still calls her little bit. I hope it stops once she's born! lol

MommaG123

I agree with everyone else just politely say his name is Ronan, we aren't using nick names.  Or something like that.

raefre

Or maybe they are like my mother have a difficult time with pronunciation.

I considered what names my mom could not say (like Aurora/Rory).

skio

elizjane26:

Maybe she just thinks it's a cute nickname?nbsp;

This. This old lady cousin of my dad's always calls my cousin's son "Tripp" because his initials are MMM. No one else calls him that. The poor kid doesn't know she's talking to him when she calls him that. It's sad and ridiculous, but old people are weird. Just nod and smile.

Ronan is a cool name, BTW.