Which do you monogram: Given name or nn?
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| Sun, 04-01-2007 - 10:49pm |
I am a monogram freak. I never was until I lived in the south and married someone from the south. But now that I like it so much, I am running into some issues. I basically love anything from pottery barn kids, so anything in the catalog that can be monogramed is something I have or want.
When my son was first born, we didn't know we were going to use a nn, so everything from the beginning has his full name on it, such as blankets, bedding, sign in his room, hooded towel, baby robe. He also got a luggage set for Christams from my parents but since they use his full name that's what is monogramed on it. I am wanting to order him a new hooded towel now that he bigger and I want a little robe for him to wear after the pool, but I do not know which to get monogramed on them. My DH says his full name, I think his nn. Ultimately DH doesn't care, but he said just don't get it monogramed so you won't lose any sleep. But I can't get used to the idea of blank towels.
So I thought I would ask you all to see what others do. Do you mongram full names or nns?
TIA

We always do the given name, not the nn. My sister is Donna Rebecca, nn Becky - and all of her monogramed items are DR__. My mother goes by Betsy for Elizabeth and everything she has monogramed is with an E. I recently gave Pottery Barn Kids monogramed stipped beach towels as a gift and they were a big hit.
Brooke
ahh - yes it would! Everything from my sister's childhood that is name monogramed is Becky.
HTH,
Brooke
ETA: I do think it depends on how much the nn is used. My sister went by Becky 100% of the time as a child. For a friend recently I had a hard time deciding what to do for her daughter Madelyn, nn Maddie. Madelyn goes by Maddie about 50-75% of the time. I ended up chosing Maddie, but Madelyn would have been safe too.
Edited 4/1/2007 11:49 pm ET by baylorbrooke
I know you mean personalized, not monogrammed. ;) Really it just depends on what you want to do. If it's just an at-home nn, you might want to opt for the full version. Or if he almost always uses the nn, it might seem odd to put his given name on something he'll use often. Make any sense?
For practicality's sake, I'd probably put Hayes, rather than Hayden ... at least on things he might use someplace other than home (a towel or cover-up/robe that might be misplaced at the beach or public/hotel pool, for example). Then you not only have the personalization for appearance or cuteness, but also to serve a purpose. Hayden being so much more common than Hayes, I think that might be an arguement in that direction. ;)
I'd do the same with Abigail, FWIW, probably using Aila rather than her formal name on things that might be used in public. Whereas Devanie would be the opposite, her given name being so much more unique than her nn, KWIM?
HTH
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Thanks everyone, I just ordered the little cover-up with his nn. I agree with everything that Kelli said about it, and since it will be used outside of the home at our gym pool this summer, I thought the nn would be better. At our gym now, there are no Haydens, Braydens, Caydens, that I know of, and one Aidan. But, we are moving about an hour away this summer, and what if there are three at our new gym? Since there is also a nursery/kid's room where they watch your kids while you work out, I will "recreate" him as Hayes when we join. At ours now, he started out as a Hayden, so even though I call him Hayes, the girls who watch him call him Hayden. One of the girls who baby sits for us outside of the gym too calls him Hayes.
Kelli, I was waiting to see what you would do with your girls' names. I guessed you would have said exactly what you did, nn for Aila, full name for Devanie. Thanks for your response. And yes I meant personalized, not monogramed, but I am so lazy, I didn't want to edit it!
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My 2-year-old DD is Julianna, nn Annie. I'd say that we call her Annie 75% of the time. She knows that Julianna is her name, but she calls herself Annie.
I've struggled with this, too, whenever we get her things that are personalized. Basically, my "rule" has been that if it's something she might keep for a long time (say 5-10 years or more), I lean toward Julianna. If it's something that she'll outgrow or that will stop being used in just a couple years, I lean toward Annie. I don't always do that, but it's kinda a guideline for me.
Her beach towel says Annie. Her name puzzle on the wall of her room says Julianna, and I think she may leave that up for quite a few years. (Plus, when she plays with it, I like that she's seeing and learning her full name.) The name letters on her dresser say Annie, partly b/c it was cheaper to only buy 5 letters ;-) and partly b/c I liked the symmetrical look with her sister's 5-letter name.
Now, that all being said, my 3-year-old DD is called Meg a lot, but we almost never use Meg in writing. (She writes just "Meg" once in a while when she's tired.) I always introduce her as Megan, and I can't imagine getting anything personalized with just "Meg" on it.
I don't think there's any right or wrong way to do it -- just depends on the item that you're personalizing and what your DS might prefer. If I were you, I'd probably put his nn on the robe and towel. He won't be keeping them forever, and if he currently identifies more with the nn, he might like seeing that on there.
JMHO,
Stephanie, mom to Megan Joy (nn Meg), Julianna May (nn Annie), and #3 edd 8/30/07