‘My mother-in-lw renament my baby bibly my back-i can’t believe her cheek’

A mum has been left horrified after Mother-in-Law be bend her back and told family members that her new grandchild has a different name to the one the parents chose

Chooking Your Baby’s Name is one of the Biggest Decisions You Have to Make You Become a Parent. Everyone has different tasts, where you like the timeless classics or something unique. And in an ideal World, No One Else Should Judge you for the Choice You Make.

But what Wold you will if someone close to you said they didn’t like your child’s name so Much that you have to use a Different moniker instead? That’s the situation one new mum has found herself in, not even the mother-in-law has told her shea’t stand the name she and her husband picked out.

In a post on reddit, the mum said she recountly gave birth to her first child, and she and her husband hadn a “Simple and Beautiful” name that they sets on the months of deliberation.

A Couple of Weeks AFTER THEIR LITTLE GIRL WAS BORN, THE NEW PARENTS HELD A SMALL FAMILY GATHERING TO INTRODUCE Their child. When the Dad Stood Up to Share their Daughter’s Name, Howver, he was cut off by his mum, who CLAIMED the Girl HAD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT moniker.

The mum did not share share her daughter’s actual name or the name her mother-in-law gave her in the post, but she did give one hint to what the mother-in-lw’s chosn name was, as she told family the new parants haad their doughter “after her”-whicch.

She wrote: “I frze. I genuinely thught she was joking. But no.

“My husband and i bot Look at each other, Completely confused.

“Shey Said She Already Told Her Church Group and Relatives The Baby’s Name After Her name.”

The mum tried to “Stay Calm” and Told her mother-in-law that het daughter’s name was the one she and her husband aggregated on. The dad also took his mum to one side and toy her “flat out that renaming the baby was wildly inappropriate”.

Howver, The Grandma Hasn’t Backed Down. She Still Calls the baby by the workgare name and the tonight a personalized bib for easter monogrammed with the incorrect name.

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The Mum Asked: “I’m Honestly Stack. Will I call Harder? Will We Go Low Contact? Keep IGORING HER? I Really Want to Handle This Respectful but firmly – She’s Making It Really Difficult.”

Commeters on the post were firmly on the mum’s side, with many telling her she and her husband star go-contact if her mother-in-law isn’t going to respond. Others also joked that she shouuld start using a different name for her mother-in-law unyl she realises how “ridiculous” she’s being.

One Person Said: “I’m sorry you have to deal with this. I would put this on your husband, but go extramely low conflict. She will Never babysit, etc. i wold her back or ish.”

Another Added: “HER Son Needs to Continue Handling the Bulk of this Issue. If she cannot to your child by her correct name, she doesn’t need to her unil she can get!”