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• The Rookie Dad says:

  at 7:45 am

  Having a son with the name William I can’t help but sometimes pronounce my son’s name “Will-I-Am”

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• Catherine Lloyd-Evans says:

  at 10:15 am

  My two are lucky if I ever get their names right. One of them is called Hester, Hetty for short. I often land up at Hesty. Then I go with Hetter. Then I give up and go with the oft cited “You, yes you there, whatever your name is.”
  And I call the other one, whose name is Isla (ie like the Scottish island, and like Isla Fisher)- Mairi, which is my sister’s name and not even remotely the same.

  I know, I know. Who can say.

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• N8 says:

  at 10:16 am

  I often call my son, Christopher, by my brother’s name, Nic which really terrifies me sometimes.

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• Heather Cole says:

  at 10:30 am

  My mother had 5 children (Brian, Patrick, Kaela, Christopher, and me). She would call us by her brothers and sisters names (Mike, Tony, Patty, or Terry), but more often, we are Tom, Fred, or Henry. I never understood how she could confuse us, as we are all so different and have different names. Then I had my third child and all hell broke loose. I often switch my daughters names around (Lorelei and Genevieve) much to the point that its a running joke between Lorelei and I to just call each other “George”. When Genevieve was a new born, I would swap Lorelei’s name with Nicholas’ (my son and the oldest) to the point that I just referred to them as “brother” and “sissy”. These are now their names, lol.

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• Bonnie B. says:

  at 10:46 am

  Show me WHERE in the owner’s manual is says that we MUST get their names right??? Yeah….I thought so.

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• Concretin Nik says:

  at 11:17 am

  Youngest of 3 here. Brian and Denis are older brothers… when your Dad is trying to get your attention, but can’t get the right name with your face, and he speaks too quickly… “Brian Denis Nik” becomes, that’s right, you guessed it (no you didn’t)… “Bird Dick.” *sigh* Even my Dad calls me Dick.

  Chin up Finnigininin. 😉

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• Christina Valentine says:

  at 11:22 am

  In my house we go down every male name in the family until we get it right. *No Shame of Mommy Brain*

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• Jeff says:

  at 2:48 pm

  For added fun, act like she still got it wrong when she finally gets it right. The resulting discussion will be sure to give you great material for future blog posts. It’s also a health tip. Arguing burns calories.

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• Auntie J says:

  at 6:16 pm

  I’ve got three girls, and there was one afternoon (recently…last week, I think) that I went through two wrong names, gave up, and said, “You! With the face!”

  She giggled.

  It did not bode well for the moment, which required some level of parental sternness. Obviously, not much, and my youngest proceeded to do what I needed her to do.

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• nique says:

  at 12:38 pm

  totally can relate. we have four girls and sometimes i have to work through the list to find the right name. ive become accustomed to now just yelling “oy!” they all come running and i cna then pick through the herd for the one i need.

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• Jo says:

  at 5:54 pm

  For some reason I am always calling my daughter(Hannah) Shannon(my sister)… no clue why?!?! It is a mystery to me. Just thought I’d share… 😉 xo

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• Leyla says:

  at 2:44 am

  I have no children of my own (yet), but my dad always calls my brother (Timmy) Inge (my uncle on my dad’s side), and he switches my name with my sister’s all the time. I’ve been called all female names of our relatives, and once even Stephany, and I’ve no idea where that came from.. Appearantly my name is the hardest to remember, and this post has made me less sad about it. 🙂

  Also, love the use of the word herd, in one of the comments, made me giggle. ^^

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