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Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Printed Nursing Romper

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A pregnant woman with close-cropped pink hair wearing a blue nursing romper with white polka dots, with light brown sandals

From a distance, I thought this was a flowy dress, but it’s actually a romper!

This romper has the look and versatility of a dress, but the comfort and practicality of pants. It has a host of practical features including a tank cut that’s wide enough to cover bra straps, side access for nursing or pumping, and pockets for all those little things babies need.

Wear it with espadrilles for the weekend or add a cardigan and flats for a casual office look.

Latched Mama’s Printed Nursing Romper is $64.99 and currently comes in two to seven patterns, depending on size range. (They do not restock their limited edition prints.) It’s available in sizes petite (fits sizes 00–6), standard (6–18), and plus (18–28).

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About Ann

Ann is a working mom, a longtime reader of Corporette and CorporetteMoms, and has been writing our morning fashion advice for working moms since November 2020! She has a daughter (born winter 2014) and a son (born fall 2019) and is a public interest lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Comments

  1. Sibling birthdays says

    I need some perspective. Baby #2 is due within days of Baby #1’s birthday. Baby #2 took longer to conceive than we thought. I’m just having conflicting emotions. I’m so so happy for Baby #2, but based on my birth with #1, I’m worried I will either miss #1’s birthday while at the hospital, or that #2 will be born on #1’s actual birthday. I worry about my first child missing out somehow with the birthdays so close. Can anyone share good stories about siblings with birthdays close, or just help me put these feelings behind me? I’m not sure how much of this is just pregnancy hormones affecting me either.

    • Anonymous says

      This is all pregnant hormones. You’ll buy two cakes. You’ll celebrate one weekend and the next weekend. This is not a problem at all.

    • AwayEmily says

      Re the missing the birthday: can you have an early birthday party for #1, just in case? My kids do not care at all what day they celebrate as long as there’s cake and helium balloons. And I bet #1 will be thrilled if you tell them they get to have cake AGAIN on the actual birthday.

      • Anon says

        My mom threw my little sister’s second birthday (a family party, but a big local family) like two weeks before her birthday. Little brother was born 2 days before her 2nd birthday, so she was glad she did it.

    • Janey says

      As a mom of older kids, the actual day of the kid’s birthday matters relatively little. We typically have their birthday parties anywhere in the 2-3 week period before or after the birthday date. The date itself, we do a small family celebration with cake and dinner out. My point is, don’t stress yourself out about celebrating The Day, and even if they’re close together, there’s plenty of space to have two separate birthday parties. And when they’re much older, you can splurge on, say, a family trip to celebrate them both at the same time, and they can both wear the Birthday Buttons at Disney (for example). Think of it as multiplying your joy rather than dividing it!

    • Anonymous says

      Is your kid a moody middle schooler? No? In that case, kid is vaguely aware of time and would probably gladly have ice cream on her birthday AND presents another day AND fussing-over on another day. Birthday month.

      My kids’ birthdays don’t conflict with each other BUT one kid’s birthday is ON Halloween. Another kid’s birthday is over the summer so no one ever seems to be around to celebrate with her so this year we may have a party for her 3 months later. She’s had plenty of fussing-over on the birthday weekend (birthday was also when SHE was at camp). Kids adapt but you can help set a tone that helps all of you.

    • EP-er says

      My #2 was born 4 years & 2 days after #1. I was already on bed rest, and so we had a low key 4th birthday for #1. #1 doesn’t remember it. They have no sense of time & you could celebrate any day, really! I do remember being so relieved that #2 didn’t arrive on #1’s birthday, though. We do one family party and the kids are good with it, but we are lucky that they get along well together. (This is not the case for my nephews, whose birthdays are two weeks apart, and we have to have two separate birthday parties…) We had a 7-11 themed birthday one year — the cake was awesome & we bought slurpees for everyone. And now that they are older, we let them each have a friend party the weekend before or after.

      This is just one thing you don’t have control over, but it will all be okay!

    • Anon says

      I agree missing #1’s birthday this one year is not a big deal as long as you celebrate early. But personally I’d think about asking the OB to schedule an induction to avoid them sharing a birthday. My best friend’s kids share a birthday and it’s been very hard on the older one who feels his younger sibling stole his day. I think it’s different for twins who have never known differently but when one kid has had the birthday solo for years and then another kid comes along who is “taking” the birthday. I was induced for medical reasons and had a very positive experience so I’d probably be inclined to schedule an elective induction anyway, but this would be a strong point in favor of it.

    • anonM says

      Hi! This was basically me. Deep breaths. My kiddos’ birthdays are right around the winter holidays, too. It isn’t quite as fun as my summer birthday, tbh. I plan on doing joint birthday celebrations, with individual day-of recognition, as long as possible. FWIW, #2 did indeed end up coming on the day of #1’s birthday party, but we just rescheduled (keeping the party very small). YMMV depending on ages, but my then-2yo didn’t understand fully what the party was about anyways. COVID also changed the next two birthdays, so it made me just accept and move on that the big birthday bash will have to wait. What I tell myself is that if a less-than-ideal birthday is their big burden in life, they’ll get through it. Also! We have had family members chip in for some big joint gifts for both kids/both birthdays/Christmas. Less cluttery-toys, and we got a really cute playhouse we wouldn’t have splurged on otherwise, for example. Maybe that joint gift concept will go away as they get older, but for now it is great. Congrats on your growing family!

    • anon says

      My best friend is 7 years and 2 days apart from her brother–her parents just made sure to celebrate her birthday early that year and ever since it’s been a non-issue, even though birthdays are a Big Deal in their family. Another friend had her second kid 3 years and 1 day after her first. In her case, the second was a scheduled induction, so they did birthday celebrations for Kid 1 the day before, but the backup plan was just to celebrate when they got home from the hospital, in case they missed it. At the preschool age, the exact day doesn’t really matter.

    • Anonymous says

      We just had my kid’s 3rd birthday a few days early so that family could attend, and he did not care (or even know?) that it was not on the actual day. I’d celebrate your older kid’s birthday a little early (especially since it will be harder to have it once the baby is born and everyone is exhausted!).

      • Anonymous says

        Same — we visited my parents when it was no one’s birthday but we hadn’t seen them in over a year so we celebrated all of the birthdays. It was excellent.

    • anon says

      We’ve lied to my kids about when their birthdays are when dad was traveling and simply rescheduled a birthday, and this year i was out of town on work for DD’s third birthday. Totally didn’t matter. You can celebrate whenever. I think the kids will probably like having birthdays close together! How old is the older one?

      In terms of parties, DS’s birthday party is a month after his actual birthday every year because his birthday is right in the middle of summer travel. He kind of loves it.

    • FP says

      This will be great! I have two boys who are two years and ten days apart. They LOVED having a combined party this year (4 and 6) and I tend to blow it out a little more since we only do one. We have two special birthday dinners, two cakes, and everyone in my house gets a little too much sugar during the month because my husband’s birthday is also a week before my oldest’s birthday. I wasn’t in the hospital for my older son turning 2 but I was basically on bed rest and he remembers nothing. You’ll be fine!!

    • Chl says

      My kids have birthdays the same week and it is so fun! Basically it’s a week of fun bookended by the birthdays. I’m sure it’s hard to be super pregnant and waiting for #2 to arrive but from
      Someone who has been there, cross this off your list of things to worry about.

    • EDAnon says

      I have cousins with the same birthday and they love it (as kids and adults). Its like being twins without a twin.

      • Pogo says

        Ha, good point! Our very close friends’ daughter shares a birthday with our son, so the hardest part is actually the fact that we can’t always have a joint party now that they are getting older with distinct friend groups. But we still call them birthday twins.

    • anon says

      Mine are two years less 8 days apart, and the biggest problem is remembering who is born in which year. Otherwise, it’s never been an issue.

    • Anon says

      I’m 34 and my birthday is 2 days earlier than my sister’s who is 5 years younger. We had joint birthday parties my whole life and I never felt slighted. But I’m also generally not a big birthday person so I guess it depends.

      My 2 kids now are 2 years apart (5 and 3) and have birthdays 2.5 weeks apart and we plan on doing joint birthday parties until they ask for something.

  2. AwayEmily says

    Are the knockoff Spectra parts decent? I want an extra set and the name-brand ones are ridiculously expensive. There seem to be a lot of different options on Amazon, any suggestions for specific ones?

    • Anonymous says

      I used amazon parts for my spectra, I think the brand was “Maymom”. They were fine, and since it’s recommended to replace parts fairly frequently, I appreciated the significant cost difference.

      • Anon says

        I’ve also used Maymom with good results. The idea below of checking with insurance though is a great one.

        – the person who’s cat chewed through 3 sets of tubing

      • HSAL says

        Yes to Maymom. Also, it’s been over three years since I stopped pumping and I think I’ve forgotten it all but every time I see a pumping q it all flashes back like some kind of booby ptsd.

    • Anon says

      Check with your insurance company first re: parts. I always ordered Spectra parts from Amazon for my replacements and they covered everything in full. I nursed (and pumped for dad/nanny to give bottles) for 14 months and replaced my parts every 2 months.

      • Anon says

        Wow didn’t know you were supposed to replace that often. The flanges or just tubing?

      • Pogo says

        anything soft plastic you’re supposed to replace, I think (tubes and the little duckbill thingies).

    • Anon says

      I think I got the maymom ones and they seemed to be the same as the spectra branded ones.

    • anony says

      Another vote for check insurance – mine mailed me a set MONTHLY without me asking. Signed someone who has a TON of unopened parts -if your flange size is 24 or 28 lmk and I will mail them!

  3. Anon says

    Looking for baby name suggestions. Girl, older sister is Catherine. My first choice is Alexandra, husband’s is Charlotte; while both of us like the other person’s name in an abstract sense, we don’t want it for our kid. Names we’ve discussed but aren’t sold on: Lillian (would go by Lilly), Anne (would go by Annie). Husband has vetoed Elizabeth, Margaret, Eleanor, Juliette, Vivienne, and many others. Husband also likes Natalie but I’m not sure how I feel about it, though I think this one could potentially grow on me. What other names should we be considering?

    • AwayEmily says

      This is unhelpful but I love all those names; you have wonderful taste. Alex and Annie are both super cute nicknames, as is Nat. Good luck!

    • Anonymous says

      Not “Ellen Eloise” or maybe it was Ellen Heloise or Helen Heloise, used as a double-first-name at one of my kids’ camps this week. Either would be fine. I suspect stubborn parents who couldn’t come to an agreement and wound up punting with this.

      Also, not LulaRose (people who either love MLM or live under a rock). I think it is all one word.

    • Anonymous says

      Names on my list that are kind of in the same old fashioned vein are Susannah, Delilah, Yvette, and Veronica. However, I think an important factor is how the name sounds with the last name; for example, we crossed off all -en or -in names because our last name ends in -in.

      • anon says

        Ha – those are the names of my daughter and two of my nieces. :) Great names.

        I think Caroline and Claire would be ADORABLE as a sibling set.

    • Anon says

      Charlotte and Lilly/Lily/Lillians are exceptionally popular right now, if that impacts your choice.

      I am always trying to make Tilly as a nickname for Natalie happen, so I’m throwing that out there too.

      • Anon says

        I will second that on Charlotte. I have a Charles and there are many Charleys (mostly Charlottes).

    • anon says

      My next girl will be Abigail (Abby). We like very traditional, English-type names. Think Bronte sisters or founding fathers’ spouses /children. Your choices seem to be along those lines.

    • anon says

      College roommate was Tally (Natalie). I always thought that was unique and cute.

    • anonamommy says

      Instead of Natalie, what about Natalia? I grew up with one, she went by Tally.
      Other suggestions: Beatrice, Josephine, Blythe, Martha, Lucinda.

      • Anonymous says

        Natalia just seems not to go with Catherine. Katrina / Karen something like that, yes. But siblings are usually not things like Nadhezda and Blythe if they have the same dad.

        • Anon says

          I don’t think Natalia and Catherine are nearly as disjointed as that example. Natalia is a very common name in many languages including Russian and Russia had a famous empress named Catherine (I know that may not be the most positive association… but they don’t sound crazy out of sync to me).

          • Anonymous says

            I don’t think that she was called Catherine in Russia though, just by us westerners. Just like how Catherine of Aragon was not called that in Spain. Ekaterina maybe for Catherine the Great. Catalina for Catherine of Aragon.

          • anon says

            Because of Catherine and the other wives of Henry VIII, though, I would not do Catherine and Anne as sibling names. YMMV.

          • Anonymous says

            I like all of the Tudor-type names. Catherine Howard? Catherine Parr? Name them all Catherine!

        • Anonymous says

          I have a Natalia! But I agree that it doesn’t really go with Catherine. Catherine feels very WASP-y (not in a negative way!) to me whereas Natalia is Italian/Spanish/Eastern European.

          Josephine and Victoria are my favorite girls names I didn’t use. I remember one of my baby books described the two of them along with Catherine as names that can be a Queen or Empress in their full glory but have multiple “kicky” nickname options when the situation calls for it. Charlotte and Alexandra also fall in this category.

    • Anonymous says

      I would flip a coin for Alexandra (but hard no on “Alexandria”) or Charlotte. And no on Natalie — IMO it does not go with Catherine as a sibling. I feel like Carolina may work much better with your vibe than Natalie (which is fine, just different).

      What is wild is that my kid was asked for baby girl names and came up with “Lisa” and “Michelle” and apparently the 1980s are completely back. I don’t think she has ever met people with those names, so they seem exotic. I grew up with about 500 of them so that Lisa (or Michelle or Karen) was never Lisa but Lisa C, Lisa H, or Lisa D (and that was just in my 6th grade homeroom).

      • AwayEmily says

        Similarly, my 4.5yo suggested we name his new baby sister “Jessica.” I was like “how did you even HEAR that name??”

        • DLC says

          Hah! When he has his own kid, I bed Jessica will be the super popular vintage name!

        • Anonymous says

          Half my kids’ friends’ parents are named Jessica! If not then Lisa, Michelle, Karen, Danielle, Rachel, Katie, or Sarah. So that’s probably where they heard it!

          • Anonymous says

            ha! I remember at least 5 Jessicas from my grade in elementary school, but somehow I know zero adult Jessicas. Jennifer was also incredibly popular where I grew up. There was an army of Js, and all of them were Joyful in every acrostic school assignment.

    • Anon says

      Annabel(le)!
      Abigail
      Amelia (also very popular)
      Audrey
      Rosemary?
      Eloise or Elise
      Clara

    • NYCer says

      I like the name Natalie FWIW.

      A few others that we like:
      Caroline
      Melanie
      Katrina (too close to Catherine in your case, I think!)
      Piper
      Valerie
      Violet
      Ava
      Camille
      Lydia

      • NYCer says

        Forgot to add a few more that we didn’t consider for various family/last name reasons, but I also really like:

        Julia
        Rose
        Daisy

    • Anon says

      I don’t think anyone has suggested Adeline, which is my daughter’s name and kind of old fashioned. It’s popular but not crazy popular.

    • anon says

      My naming rules require that the name only have one spelling. This would bump Anne from my list to ensure she wouldn’t ever go by “Anne with an E.”

      We have similar taste and considered Cecilia, Agnes, Audrey, May, Eileen, Marjorie (Marji), Odette, and Beatrice (Bea).

      • Anon says

        I don’t think that rule is possible to follow anymore, given how many non-traditonal spellings are becoming mainstream. Eileen in particular has a million variants. Aileen, Ailene, Aylene, Eilene, Eylene. I think only the first of those is “standard” but I would say Aileen is at least as common as Eileen if not more (at least in my part of the country).

        • anon says

          Yep. No name is perfect, but you can do your best to avoid the Anne-with-an-E or Michele-with-one-L name issue. It’s not impossible to choose a name with one common spelling and to use that spelling.

          Personally I’ve never met an Aileen, Ailene, Aylene, Eilene, Eylene, Cecelia, or Margery–none are common in this area. You’d have pretty good luck getting others to spell the name correctly most of the time with any of the names I posted.

          I personally have a name that is a variant of a common name and my name is spelled correctly about 5% of the time. It’s pretty obnoxious. Even my driver’s license, high school and college diplomas were misspelled and had to be reprinted (more than once in a couple of instances). My grandmothers got it wrong. My PhD mentor didn’t know my name. My aunts and uncles addressed birthday cards incorrectly. About 2/3 of the people I work with daily get it wrong regularly. Eventually you just give up. I’d never do that to my kids.

          • Anonymous says

            I have a kid with a name that has two very standard spellings (Sophia and Sofia). It is honestly not a big deal to us or her. We liked both spellings just fine, or we would have picked a different name. Agree you should not choose a name if you really dislike a common spelling of it, but beyond that I don’t think it matters. I have a very rare name with only one conventional spelling and hated it and just wanted a common name. Kids always want what they don’t have IMO.

      • Anonymous says

        We have a Catherine-with-a-C. A part of my family has a lot of Katherine-with-a-Ks in it and I felt like they owned that variant.

        If I had had a boy, I’d have gone to the mat for my right to call him James even though my inlaws have a James and a Jimmy (we have even more Jameses in my family but no one newer than my Dad).

    • Janey says

      LOVE your name vibes. Our two girls also have “royal” names. Absolutely matching Catherine with another queenly name is perfect. I agree with you re: Alexandra, and Charlotte is another great choice, but some other ideas:

      Josephine
      Genevieve
      Juliana
      Eleanor
      Victoria

    • Anon says

      Catherine was at the top of our list for #2, who wound up being a boy. The other names we considered were Lydia, Rosalie, Victoria and Isobel.

    • Anon says

      A few that I like (we have similar taste!): Beatrice, Josephine, Grace, Alice.

      What about Lucy? I think Catherine and Lucy would be really cute.

      Names that are incredibly popular where I am right now are Olivia, Isabelle and Eloise in case that’s a concern. Oh and Laila/Layla/Lily/Lillian. So many Lilys.

    • DLC says

      I feel like Madeleine (Maddy) is the same world as Alexandra and Charlotte. Not sure if it pairs as well with Catherine, though.
      Others that come to mind- Ruth. Marianne. Annabelle. Isabel. Nora. Savannah.

      • Anonymous says

        Savannah is a stripper name, not a name nice people give their kids here.

          • Anonymous says

            I know. And the first thing I thought was Royal Stripper will be such a good gimmick in that field.

        • anonM says

          um, ick to this comment. Strippers can obviously still be “nice people,” as can their parents! Check your privilege please.

        • Anan says

          It’s so funny how some people can completely turn on a name for reasons. (My husband refused to contemplate Benedict because of Benedict Arnold.)
          I know many nice Savannahs. I know nice people who happen to strip. There seem to be nice people here on this board. But also some not nice people, it seems.

        • Anonymous says

          I don’t think of Savannah as a stripper name as much as Crystal or Tiffany. But I don’t like the association with the antebellum south.

    • Anon says

      Catherine is so classic that I’d want something that really feels similar. I love Alexandra but if your husband vetoed it I’d go to English literature, especially Shakespeare. But not Bianca or Lydia because then you have potentially problematic Taming of the Shrew and Pride and Prejudice associations. Maybe:

      Lucy
      Beatrice/Beatrix (this is my favorite)
      Audrey
      Helen
      Julia or Juliet
      Margaret (Meg maybe)
      Rose/Rosalind

    • Anon says

      I like both Alexandra and Charlotte – I don’t think you can go wrong with either. Maybe Anna or Anya over Anne, another of your choices. I have a friend who named her daughter Blair and think that’s also a nice name.

    • anon. says

      I haven’t seen it on this list yet, but Emily is a classic and there are so few Emily children. I also love Natalie so you’ve got great options!

    • Anon says

      Catherine and Charlotte were high on my list but I already had a “C” older child and my husband didn’t want them both to start with C. We went with Amelia.

  4. Anonymous says

    I’m due with my third baby in a couple of months and am struggling to decide on what pump to get. I have an older Spectra 2 and am considering getting an Elvie Stride through my insurance ($135 upcharge) and mainly relying on the Spectra but using the Elvie for those times I want to be mobile. My concern is that my Spectra will poop out (my sister in law “borrowed” it for the year so it’s already on two years of use) and it already took me a full 25-30 min to pump with it so I expect I’d have to pump for 45 min to get the same output from the Elvie. Does anyone have any experience with the Elvie who could speak to output, clean-up, and general convenience? Thank you!

    • Anon says

      I have the Elvie Stride. I’m not pumping at work or anything yet, but I haven’t had trouble with output. I think with this baby I have higher supply in general, though. I think it’s way more comfortable and convenient than the spectra to use. Fwiw it seems pretty easy to pick up a free or cheap spectra if you need one – I see them given all the time on local FB groups.

  5. Anon for this says

    Aurelie
    Bianca
    Celeste
    Darwynn
    Evangeline
    Francesca
    Gwyn
    Helena
    Isadore
    Justine
    Krista
    Leyla
    Maxima
    Naomi
    Ondine
    Poppy
    Quincy
    Raquel
    Siobhan
    Taryn
    Ulla
    Violet
    Winter
    Xavia
    Yelena
    Zena

    • Boston Legal Eagle says

      Nice use of ABC… is Darwynn really a name?! Sorry if someone here used that, but I can’t imagine a girl with that name.

    • Anonymous says

      Ondine! Love it. I just read a book with a character named “Otillie” which is also great.

      • Anonymous says

        Bianca was Erika Kane’s daughter. So I vote no for any name I can remember being in a soap opera. Except for Felicia (but only if she’s a writer; not if her BF’s name is Frisco).

    • Anonymous says

      Korinne, Dagne, Maeve, Brianna, Annabelle, Penelope, Finlay, Piper, Laurel, Sadie, Mackenzie, anything you can nickname to Coco, Keegan (we call our neighbor Keke),

      IMO you want a name or nickname you can tell. Mine are Katherine (Kate) Claire & Laura but I find Laura the most annoying to yell. I call her by her initial L (“Elle?”) instead out of laziness.

  6. Anon says

    I love baby name questions and am trying for #2 so here’s mine: what are your favorite “sassy” girls names that can also fit a grown woman? Our daughter is Eliza/Ellie. Today I’m daydreaming about Zoe but it changes all the time.

    • Anon says

      If I had an Eliza I would be sorely tempted to name a second girl Angelica. I don’t normally go for cutesy stuff like that but for some reason I find it very appealing in this case.

    • Anonymous says

      My little one due soon will be Elizabeth because there are so many different size and shape nicknames. A sassy little Zibby can grow up into a sophisticated Liza or Beth.
      Since I doubt you’re looking to have an Eliza-Elizabeth sibling set, I also like Gwendolyn (Gwendy), Penelope (Penny), and Harriet (Hattie)

      • Anonymous says

        Ooh I like Harriet / Hattie, and the Hattie I know is a sassy 2nd grader. Helen/Hallie is another along those lines.
        I also like Olivia or Olive (I don’t think any kids these days know about Popeye and Olive Oyle). Liv/Libby work as nicknames with the right amount of sass.

      • OP says

        I love Fiona. It was an early veto on my husband’s part the first time around (thanks Shrek) but I’d happily use it.

        • Anonymous says

          My husband was the one who pushed for Fiona, and wanted to call her “Fifi” as a nick name. I was a hard no on that, Fifi is a fluffy white dog. My daughter had TWO Fionas in her class last year. I was kind of shocked to discover it’s so popular!

          I also passed on Penelope (even though I like the nickname Penny) because my mom jokingly mispronounced it as a pene – lope and I couldn’t get it out of my head.

          • anon says

            I have a Fiona and love it. We call her “Fi” a lot but I’m anti-“Fifi” too.

        • Anonymous says

          Fiona is also a pretty famous hippo. I have a Sofia and we chose the F spelling for the nickname Fia. I also call her Fee and Fifi sometimes but we don’t really use that outside our family.

    • NLD in NYC says

      For “sassy,” I think girls names that are boyish fit the bill. Examples:
      Samantha (Sam/Sammy)
      Maxine (Max)
      Charlie/Charly

    • Anon says

      Eh, what does sassy mean? My sassiest kid is named Louisa (this may out me) which is not necessarily “sassy” but certainly powerful on her.

    • Janey says

      Are you thinking the name itself has to be sassy and fit a grown woman, or does the “grown woman name with sassy nickname” work? I feel like you can make almost any given name into a sassy nickname if you’re creative.

      • OP says

        I think I’d prefer the name itself to be a little sassy. It’s hard to define exactly what I mean, but in my mind Catherine is beautiful and classic, but not sassy (to use the example above).

    • DLC says

      I really wanted to name our third child Zelda, (maybe nn Zel) but it just didn’t feel quite right for the baby that showed up. I don’t know that it pairs well with Eliza, though.

      • Aunt Jamesina says

        I love the name Zelda! My husband couldn’t get over the video game association, unfortunately.

        Frances with the nn of Frankie is cute, too!

    • Anon says

      I have an Eliza and if my second had been a girl I wanted to name her Greta. Got similar “sassy but classic” vibes from both, maybe because they’re both former nicknames from very classic longer names (Elizabeth, Margaret) that have had real staying power on their own?

  7. anon says

    Continuing the trend with a name question. Would it be odd to name a daughter the same name as the mother but with different spelling and nickname? Mom is, for instance, Catherine. Daughter would be Katherine but always called Kate. Odd?

    • anonM says

      I’d do same spelling different nicknames, like men have always done. (Michael, Mike, Mikey, Miles, etc….). The Catherine with a C and K seems like it would just get misspelled/confused a lot by family who know both people, but YMMV.

    • Anon says

      So I think it’s a bit odd (I knew a family where mom was Elizabeth and dad was (Chris? James?) and they named their children Elizabeth and Chris/James. Not my cup of tea but to each his/her own.

      But remember you can’t control what other people call your child or the nickname (or not) that they themselves prefer. She might want to go by Katherine and you cant very well tell her no, that’s MY name.

      • Anonymous says

        I have a Catherine who has been called every variant / mispronunciation possible (CaterEENE is the latest). We call her Caffryn after my niece could only pronounce that much of it.

    • Anonymous says

      My cousin Katherine is my Aunt Kathy’s daughter. My dad and grandfather are Jameses. My mother and grandmother are Franceses. I’d keep the spelling the same (so you can pass down monograms) but just nickname away.

    • Anon says

      I don’t think it’s odd necessarily, just be prepared for the possibility that daughter would not, in fact, always be Kate.
      Context: my daughter is Virginia, who we planned would always be “Ginny.” Turns out, by around age 7, she had Opinions about her own name, and now goes by Virginia!

        • Anon says

          Haha, this made me laugh. “Virginia” actually suits her personality better. Plus, we’re in the SEUS so “Ginny/Jenny” was getting confusing :)

        • anonM says

          I love this. My name has a popular nickname that I refused to respond to. (In part because I knew a dog with the nickname so it really P’d me off.) I also refuse to let people call DS by nicknames. (Think – his name is Richard, not Dick!)

          • Anonymous says

            Same, and in my youth I perfected my death glare on people who ever dared to call me the awful nickname, including a 6th grade teacher to whom I had to give a That’s Not My Name talk.

            As for the OP’s question, I agree with others that keeping the spelling the same and using different nicknames would be my preference.

    • Janey says

      I don’t know about odd, since men do it all the time, but definitely potential for major confusion. Especially the different spelling – I feel like your spellings would get conflated/mixed up all the time. Safer to go with same spelling, different nickname.

    • Anon says

      I’d definitely keep them spelled the same. Otherwise would be confusing.

      DH and his sister have his mom and dad’s names but with different nicknames. I do find that a bit odd. But I also don’t love my inlaws, so there’s that.

    • HSAL says

      High potential for confusion. But I know a Catherine who is Cate, so you could get the same end result.

    • Anon says

      I think both mom and daughter’s names will be misspelled constantly. I’d never do it.

      (If your first name is in your email, expect about half of the emails sent to you about your child to be misaddressed. People will assume your name is spelled like your daughter’s.)

    • anon says

      I don’t love it. I grew up with a kid named Lane, and his mom’s name was Elaine. Of all the names in the world, I always wondered why they chose something so similar.

    • Vicky Austin says

      The Duchess of Cambridge is Catherine but called Kate, so you could name her Catherine and call her Kate and tell everyone who might snark that it’s royal-inspired. ;)

      • NYCer says

        This is what I would do too. Spell the first names the same, and then go with Kate if you feel strongly about the K vs C. I also know a Cate, and think it is fine spelled that way as well. I think it would be a bit odd to have mom and daughter have the same name, but spelled differently.

    • Anon says

      I think mom and daughter sharing a name is lovely, but I’m Irish Catholic and grew up with tons of shared names across generations and cousins. Different nicknames makes sense, though there is sometimes still some (manageable, in my opinion) overlap; like someone who is a Katie to family but Katherine to colleagues and mom is also Katherine 100% of the time.

      The different root name spellings is a little odd, and I would expect there to be an explanation (but of course wouldn’t be rude enough to ask for one). The logical explanation I can think of is that the name is used in both mom and dad’s family and although the matrilineal family spells the name one way, the patrilineal family spells it the way the kid got.

      • anon says

        Haha our reason would be I simply prefer the one spelling. I understand that people might assume there’s a reason though

      • anon says

        This is so true in some families! My in laws have so many variations of Mary – Mary Rose, Rose Mary, Mary Jane, etc. When I met them I’d joke that if I mumbled “mary” or “Jane” I was likely to at least be close in my guess as to their name.

  9. iifknew says

    Need lamp suggestions for my 3 year olds room. He’s already broken a $40 ceramic one (dont ask why I was silly enough to get a ceramic lamp for a 3 year old). Looking for something that’s a decent size because he has a big room with big nightstands. Ideally navy, white, gold etc. colors. Thank you in advance!

  10. Fingers Crossed says

    Per my ava tracker, supposedly ovulated on July 6. Tracker also said I was supposed to get my period 13DPO but I can be variable. Negative tests on 11 DPO and 18 DPO. Bought a case of wine this weekend and had two glasses last night. Was supposed to get an xray today so tested this morning, just in case. Faintest of positives this morning at 20 DPO, although I did read the test a little late (at 15 minutes rather than 3). Fingers crossed this isn’t chemical pregnancy #3 or another miscarriage and we are successfully ending over 3 years of TTC. Trying to not be excited until it’s actually a thing (testing tomorrow and probably the next day and if the line gets stronger I will call my OB for an ultrasound) and focus on all the work I have to do, but it’s a losing battle. This stuff is hard.

    • Pogo says

      aww, hugs. It is so hard and other than your partner if you have one, very few people to commiserate about it with! Thinking of you.

    • Anonymous says

      A positive is a positive! Boys have lower HCG levels than girls. My girl was a big fat positive at 10 DPO, and I had super high HCG and horrible morning sickness. My boy was very faint positive but I felt pregnant, HCG was like pretty low (like..64) even a week after testing but progesterone was good a week later, and now he’s turning 3 on Friday :) Test in the morning and you’ll know.

  11. Anonymous says

    Not hideous Lego storage options? They’re currently in a line green tote in my living room but I’d like to upgrade.

    • Anonymous says

      We have them in a big clear tote that we keep in our utility room, so they aren’t out all the time :)

    • Cb says

      I went to TJ maxx and bought sock storage boxes (lol) with dividers, and a fabric finish. And another big fabric textured box, all in neutral colours.

    • Anonymous says

      Cannot say it is pretty but our Legos are organized in IKEA Trofast drawers, mostly by color. However we have a huge Lego collection and tend to reuse pieces rather than keeping sets together.

  12. Anonymous says

    Another name Q in reference to a comment above – how popular is Eloise in your area and where are you located? This was always my fav name but I’m worried about the popularity now. Other front runners are family names – Helen and Joan. Our son has an uncommon but classic name so that’s our style but I still love Eloise.

    • NYCer says

      In NYC, and I know of two girls named Eloise among my friends. One is a teenager and one is in first grade. Neither of my daughters has had an Eloise in her class.

    • Anon says

      I don’t know anyone near us with that baby name, though I know someone in another state. we’d I like it much better than your other two names. I also have to say that on some level you shouldn’t necessarily go by popularity. In my kids preschool there are two boys named Landon in the same class, and a boy Elliot and a girl Elliot. So you can try to plan based on popularity as much as you want but there is no guarantee

    • Anon says

      Midwest- not popular here. I know 1 and I have a job that exposes me to tons of kids. Only thing I’d caution is the El-s are very popular (Eleanor by far, then Ellie, Ella, Elise and Elsie) vs Helen and Joan that don’t have popular sound-a-likes.

      • Anonymous says

        I have an Eloise (10 years old) in the mountain west. I think there is maybe one other Eloise in her preschool-grade 8 school and we don’t know any other Eloises here. We did hear someone call their dog Eloise at the park the other day! :)

    • Anon says

      Located in a big city in Texas. I know four young Eloises. It’s super popular in my higher income city-dwelling demographic.

    • Anon says

      In Northeast and I’d say it’s an emerging trend here. I had a baby within the past 12 months and know of a couple babies around the same age named Eloise from various baby groups. On one hand that’s only 2-3 but it’s also out of a sample size of 20 or so babies. I definitely think it’s rising in popularity but definitely not that popular yet.

    • Anonymous says

      Midwest. We haven’t met an Eloise yet but I agree that Ellas, Ellies (usually Eleanor I assume?), Elsas and Elsies are super popular so it won’t be a unique sound.

      I love Joan but I’m biased because that’s my MIL’s name and I really like her.

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