Toddler Years
When the name becomes a person's own — nicknames, questions about where it came from, and naming the next one.
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Toddler Years When the Nickname Eats the Real Name You chose Eleanor. Everyone, including you, says Nell. Whether the name you picked has been wasted, and whether it is worth steering back. -
Toddler Years When Your Toddler Asks What Their Name Means "Why am I called this?" You freeze. What to say when the name has a meaning, what to say when it has none, and why they are asking now. -
Toddler Years Middle-Name Regret and the Do-Over Fantasy You keep wishing you had made the middle name the first name. How common that particular regret is, and what you can change without any paperwork at all. -
Toddler Years Naming the Second Baby Is a Different Problem The first one was hard but fun. This one has to sit beside a name that already exists, and you have already spent your favorite. Which constraints are real.