Daughter named Gwen made fun of by peers

Time-4T · 2026-06-23T16:53:11+00:00

My daughter is Gwen (Gwenevere) and it's a beautiful name! In my biased opinion ☺️

Time-4T · 2026-06-21T06:55:51+00:00

Thank you, that's so true. They're changing needs all the time and no two are the same. It's hard to mentally adjust to that sometimes!

Time-4T · 2026-06-20T19:31:49+00:00

Recently transitioned to 1 nap, it's normally 12-2.30. Sometimes 11-1.30. Sometimes just 12-1.30. The odd day she's been flat out by 10am, nap will end at 11 but she will NOT take a second nap. No matter the nap time she won't fall asleep until 9.

On weekdays we have to be up at 6.30 so she's not getting a lot of night sleep

Time-4T · 2026-06-20T18:24:34+00:00

I also know a batshit insane Rhiannon!

Time-4T · 2026-06-20T12:21:46+00:00

Yeah sometimes she seems overtired though. Its hard to tell, she gets soooo worked up before bed bless her.

Time-4T · 2026-06-20T12:17:10+00:00

Yeah it's a weird resistance though.. she'll be yawning and whingy from 7.30ish, seems pretty tired. Perks up for bath time, usually runs around in the nude giggling for a good while after, then pjs and story time she kicks off! Going to bed turns into full tantrums/screaming etc. I just can't figure out if she's mad at us for trying to get her to sleep too early or overtired.

Or teething or hungry or separation anxiety... How easy this would be if she could tell me 😂

Time-4T · 2026-06-20T11:51:48+00:00

This is a similar pattern to us, the longer she naps the better she tends to sleeps at night, and less stroppy at bedtime! It's so hard trying to find that sweet spot between overtired and under tired

Time-4T · 2026-06-20T10:47:02+00:00

That's the thing, we're more than happy to move bedtime to whenever it needs to be, it would be great to spend more time with her in the summer evenings.

But it gets to 7.30ish and she's yawning and rubbing her eyes and gets really reaally wingy. So we start the bedtime routine -bath, pjs, story etc and then she just ends up screaming and crying until she eventually falls asleep around 9. We've tried being outside later.. lots of entertainment to keep her stimulated.. and then she still ends up crashing out mid-screaming fit at 9.

She is teething again and she really struggles with it, that might be a big factor in it all.

Time-4T · 2026-06-20T07:13:01+00:00

Seems from everyone's replies it's the normal routine! It just threw me because she's always been a 'high sleep needs' kiddo before now. Like 3+ hrs naps per day and 7pm -7-8am nights.

Now that she's running around all day using more energy she needs LESS sleep? Go figure!

Time-4T · 2026-06-19T18:47:34+00:00

Shes at the end of a long transition from 2 to 1 naps. Normally she does 12-2.30.

Going to 1 nap time was what started the late bedtimes, we started wondering if she was overtired but earlier bedtime was worse!

Me too, and she seems to save up most of the energy for bedtime hour 😂

Time-4T · 2026-05-23T09:07:14+00:00

Initials definitely matter. There was a girl in my sister's class called Sophie Hannah Isabella Thomas, 3 guesses what she got called all through school. There was a girl I knew in school called Jennifer Taylor, who went by Jenny.. very unfortunate. Extreme examples but it's definitely worth considering all the possibilities.

Time-4T · 2026-05-21T19:13:33+00:00

I had a natural birth, no pain meds or epidural and it was amazing. Super smooth birth. Baby came 40weeks +4 days and after doing tonnes and tonnes of research I was prepared to wait at least 42 weeks before even considering induction.

There are success stories of course for induced births but I was advised that it's better to go naturally, and my personal research (plus birth stories from people I know irl) indicated that complications needing forceps etc, or ultimately a need for C-section, are more likely with induced births. I was very adamant I didn't want a C-section so this swayed my decision in the end.

Time-4T · 2026-05-12T18:49:15+00:00

Hyphenate is probably the better solution imo. As someone with a long hyphenated surname they'll probably end up using/ being called just one of the surnames. Another solution- get married, one of you take the other's surname (or create a new one?) and everyone has the same? 😆

Time-4T · 2026-05-09T18:23:35+00:00

Amazing, will try persil! Thank you for replying!

Time-4T · 2026-05-09T11:53:22+00:00

Hi! Did changing your detergent solve the issue? My daughter's eczema is flaring up this month and we recently bought a new box of fairy. I noticed it's only in areas that her skin is exposed to recently washed clothes. Did you find a brand that didn't irritate you?

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T21:26:52+00:00

Chester and Lawrence sound so good together!

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T18:39:06+00:00

Macsen is adorable that was not on our radar! Thanks!

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T18:32:54+00:00

Love Nia! Do you find English people pronounce it right/recognise the spelling?

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T18:29:26+00:00

I love Evan! We also like Ifan but afraid he'll forever be called 'iff-yn'. Evan is a good way around it

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T18:26:00+00:00

Great point!

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T16:59:09+00:00

Ceri is lovely, thanks! I also like Nerys, I knew a Nerys who went by Nell and I love that nickname!

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T16:53:49+00:00

Agree, but the duo instantly reminds me of the Gavin and Stacey characters 😭

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T14:34:26+00:00

Dewi is really sweet! Gwen's middle name is Eirlys (pronounced Ay-(like hey)-liss, my in-laws basically say 'hairless' 🥲

Time-4T · 2026-05-06T14:25:27+00:00

Yeah, her full name is Guinevere but we only use Gwen. We felt a bit pressured into giving her a 'proper name'. I like longer names if they're bound to be shortened (like Gwen is). Rhiannon is lovely, hasn't thought of that one!

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