Dear Queenie,
My husband and I are going to have our first child in a couple of months and we have been trying to decide on names for a boy or a girl. I was talking to my mother about this and mentioned a couple of the names we were thinking about and she immediately decided that she liked one of them.
She has been making all sorts of baby clothes and blankets and things for her first grandchild and now she is embroidering that name on them.
Queenie, what if we decide on a different name for the baby?—Mother-to-be
Dear Mother-to-be,
For that matter, if the name is gender-specific, what if the baby is of the other gender?
Thank your mother for her efforts and put the matter aside until the baby is born.
I do not think an infant will care what name is on his or her clothes, blankets and whatever. However, if you give him/her a different name and do not want to use the things your mother has made, put them away for the next child you may have or, if you think you will never use them, donate them to a charitable organisation.
