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Invite Wording...girl name & nickname???

FutureMrsWagnerFutureMrsWagner member
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Trying to figure out what to put on the invite (well, the hostess of my shower is asking my preference) and I'm not sure what would be best.  We are naming our baby girl Alaina Grace, but we will call her Lanie.  The shower invite will say something like...  Baby Shower Honoring Monica ____ and her soon to be baby girl, Alaina Grace...  Anytime I have seen the baby's name on the invite, it is the formal first and middle name.  However, we will mainly call her Lanie and anything that I'm getting monogrammed will say Lanie on it.  I like the idea of putting Alaina Grace on the invite, but I don't really want to end up with monogrammed stuff that says Alaina or has an "A" on it.  Actually, it wouldn't really even bother me if it said Alaina...but I don't want anything with just an "A" on it.  I think it should have "L" for Lanie since that is really what we will be calling her.

Okay, sorry that was so long!   Am I just being super picky, or would you feel the same?  I just wonder how other people have handled this!  TIA!

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Re: Invite Wording...girl name & nickname???

  • struttonnorfstruttonnorf member

    I don't mean to come across as rude but why would you name her Alaina if you plan on calling her Lanie and are so insistent on having her things monogrammed Lanie... and not want anything with an A on it???? If you are going to call her Lanie why not just name her that?

    Sorry I am not much help, I just think if you plan on calling a child by a name her whole life why not just name her that!

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  • FutureMrsWagnerFutureMrsWagner member
    I love both names...I'm sure she will be called both.  We just refer to her as Lanie around here.  Same concept as Jax for Jaxon, Rob for Robert....Sammie for Samantha....It's not that unusual.  I love the idea of her having the option of chosing when she's older.  Lanie, to me, is a sweet baby and little girl name, while Alaina seems more like a woman's name.  I guess I just need to go with the flow and accept that fact that she will end up with both names and initials on monogrammed stuff...
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  • MelleTXMelleTX member

    I don't think it is necessary to put the baby's name on the shower invite. If someone wants to get you a monogrammed gift, they usually do that after the baby is born and will usually call to verify name / initials. People change their minds when they see the baby. Never monogram before birth.

     

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  • CrazyToastCrazyToast member
    I wouldn't put the nickname on there anywhere.  My parents named my sister an A name similar to Alaina, and she went by an L nickname until college - but EVERYTHING that was monogrammed was for her legal, given name with an A.  I really think you should consider that.
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  • RoxyLynnRoxyLynn member
    imageFutureMrsWagner:

    However, we will mainly call her Lanie and anything that I'm getting monogrammed will say Lanie on it.  I like the idea of putting Alaina Grace on the invite, but I don't really want to end up with monogrammed stuff that says Alaina or has an "A" on it.  Actually, it wouldn't really even bother me if it said Alaina...but I don't want anything with just an "A" on it.  I think it should have "L" for Lanie since that is really what we will be calling her

    That sounds equally confusing as it does controlling.  If you give her a name that starts with A, then she has a name that starts with A.  If that is going to be such a tremendous issue for you that generates undue stress in your life, well, you might want to reconsider.

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  • 1BabyFritsch1BabyFritsch member

    I think you are being way too picky...Honestly I dont understand why you wouldn't want her Proper name on something. I think you will regret it in the long run or your kid might not like to be called Lanie later in life. Plus Way to confuse your child and everyone else with incorrect monograming

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  • katherine4katherine4
    Personally I've never understood the whole "name a kid one thing and call them something else". But that's my opinion.... To each their own....
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  • bekah22587@hotmail.combekah22587@hotmail.com member

    We are naming our son George Alexander IV and calling him Xander. On my shower invite we put his full name and in ( ) we put his nickname. Everyone who gave us something monogramed either had it done with "X" or with his initials. We even got a few things from family and close friends that had Xander on it

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  • KatieM1106KatieM1106

    Truthfully? I have never seen anything monogramed with a nickname - My bother is William, called Billy, and anything monogramed was with a W. I don't think that it ever upset him, and it certainly never caused an identity crisis. 

    If it concerns you that much, leave the name off the invites all together.

    I hope that your shower ends up being a lovely event! 

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