how do you handle when someone calls LO the wrong name?

browneyedgoil · August 2012

i do a music class w/ DD and sometimes the teacher calls her the correct name- isabella but then other times she calls her isabelle. i never know what to do b/c it's in the middle of a song where she goes around & says hello to each child so it feels weird to yell out "no it's isabella!!!" LOL. i usually just ignore it & don't say anything b/c like i said sometimes she does call her the right name.

i am such a wimp. i could probably easily just go up to her & say "hey, just to let you know her name is isabella, not isabelle" before the class but for some reason doing that scares me. what is wrong with me!

MamaToFinley · August 2012

How about when your kid has a headband on, is wearing pink/purple, or is wearing a generally "girly" outfit and someone references her as a boy? Happens to us ALL the time!

hlc820 · August 2012

HA, this is funny to me because it recently happened to us. Lucas takes swim lessons at the country club that DH teaches swim at during the summers. The lady always calls Lucas "Ryan" and I stupidly felt bad correcting her. FInally, after a few days, I just said "Lucas" after she called him Ryan. DH's name is Ryan, so it was understandable.

wychets · August 2012

We haven't had this issue yet, except my grandma calling her Camilla instead of Camille. I correct her and she replies "I know her name, I just like calling her Camilla" Indifferent

Gotta love my grandma!

KansasFarmMomma · August 2012

There is a lady at church who calls DS Matthew every single week. I tried correcting her in the beginning but she just ignores me, so I stopped trying.

-T- · August 2012

KansasFarmMomma:
There is a lady at church who calls DS Matthew every single week. I tried correcting her in the beginning but she just ignores me, so I stopped trying.

Matthew is not even remotely close to his name! The only thing it has are the 1st 2 letters. Wow she's bright!

When DS was in the hospital this last time, there is a lady that brings food into the room and she said how cute SHE was over and over again. I know he's not wearing anything but a diaper, but he's on a blue blanket. If you're not sure, don't guess. Just like if you're not sure she's pregnant, don't ask when she's due!

browneyedgoil · August 2012

Omg so today in the middle if te song she says 'is it Isabella or isabelle'. In my sick mind she somehow saw my post hahahha

Leap08 · August 2012

In the situation you described, I probably wouldn't say anything. My daughter gets called by her older sister's name all the time. The teacher's in her class at daycare do it a lot. My older daughter has gone to that daycare since she was 6 months old and the teacher's in the infant room also cared for her as a baby. DD2 looks a lot like her sister did as a baby, so it's totally understandable. When I hear them call her by the wrong name, I'll laugh and correct them. They usually laugh too. I'm afraid DD2 will be mistakenly called by her sister's name for her entire life.

JammieJk · August 2012

People always want to shorten DS's name to Will, and it's not Will (or any other nickname variation), it's William.

Name accuracy is important to me, so if people shorten it, I just say "William" right after. But in your situation, I probably wouldn't bring it up during class but would definitely mention it after. Otherwise I'd constantly be in a state of irritation and that's just not right.

phly1001 · August 2012

Leap08:
I'm afraid DD2 will be mistakenly called by her sister's name for her entire life.

I have an older sister (we are 2 years apart). My teachers constantly called me by her name. It was annoying but it's not the worst thing. I finally just started having people call me by my last name. Seemed to solve the problem.

kwinkle1980 · August 2012

If it is an honest mistake, I would either ignore it or just politely correct them.

HOWEVER...if you are DH's judgemental aunt and you simply hate the name Atticus so you decide to call him AJ, well then you can bite me! LOL

bretlee · August 2012

MamaToFinley:
How about when your kid has a headband on, is wearing pink/purple, or is wearing a generally "girly" outfit and someone references her as a boy? Happens to us ALL the time!

This. Exactly. You can clearly see she's a girl. Just because she doesn't have a lot of hair, does not make her a boy.

chasensmommy · August 2012

That's great she called her by the correct name today! But it didn't seem she was way off so I wouldn't have made it a big deal. Now Matthew vs. Maverick now that's a different story! My name is Tisha and I was always called Trisha and I learned to not really ever let it bother me - it just meant they weren't a good friend to me if they didn't call me by the correct name. And I'm so guilty of never remembering the correct names of kids of friends of mine if I don't see them on a regular basis so I hope those friends don't get pissed at me. My boy's name is Chase I don't expect everyone to always get his name right.

Happily Overwhelmed · August 2012

I try and use his name again and hope they catch on.

LO is Riley...when we took him for his 6 month photos the photographer asked his name, then repeated it back... Oh good, she got it. Nope...5 minutes in she was calling "Briley....B-b-b-b-briley" trying to get his attention. I said "oh, it's RRRiley. She repeated it back as Riley then 5 minutes later was calling him "Briley" again. Drove DH nuts! If her pictures weren't so cute I'd probably find another photographer out of annoyance. But heck, she only sees him every 3 months and when LO is old enough he'll correct her himself---then maybe she'll learn.

ETA---Oh yeah, and "Briley" did make me gag a bit.

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