I think we made a mistake with our kids names.  No, not the mistake that my mother thinks we made (she’s not into the gender neutral names) - but a mistake that I couldn’t have anticipated until I actually became a parent of a child who could speak and tell me what she wanted.

You see, while I love my kids names - the names are somewhat unique.  Mind you - I didn’t name my child Tu Morrow, Moxie CrimeFighter, Pilot Inspektor, Bogart or even Audio Science.   No, my girls have fairly ordinary names in comparison, but they don’t fall into the Christina, Julia, Logan or Brooke category either.

So, what is the problem.  The issue we’ve come across is that when it comes to personalized cups, key chains, magnets, etc. my girls names’ don’t appear.  In the past 2 weeks we’ve visited two stores that had cute personalized cups.  My oldest daughter went through each of them - finding the names of kids from school, cousins and neighbors.  She didn’t find her name and she didn’t find her sister’s name.  She wanted to know why.  I told her that she was special and her name was only on special things.  She accepted it.

It worked in the moment, but I have a feeling that is going to wear thin after a while.  I think I should prepare for a meltdown one day when she can’t find the barrette with her name, or the bookmark or the door hanger…the list goes on.  I’ll probably also have to invest in some customized items.

If only I had known I might have named them differently…or not.

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