More Than One Child With The Same Name

[WImom]

tips? I have a new girl that started today with the same name as another girl here. Never had that before. Do you just call them by their name and initial?

[Heidi]

tips? I have a new girl that started today with the same name as another girl here. Never had that before. Do you just call them by their name and initial?

ask parents if she has a nickname, or come up with one together before you get used to calling her by her real name...quick!

[laundrymom]

I call them big Susie and little susie.

[melissa ann]

My dd's name is Hannah, and I used to have a girl whose name was Anna. They kept telling me I was getting there names confused. I wasn't. They just didn't pay attention Anyway, I just called my dd hannah mae (her first and middle name) to end their confusion.::

[cheerfuldom]

I tried the "big" and "little" thing once and a mom complained. She thought I was calling her daughter fat, since I referred to her as "big Brooke"....two Brookes in the same class. We just called them both Brooke, even though it was confusing.

[Cat Herder]

I just add the first letter of the last name as PART of their name... They do it at DD's junior high school, too.

She has 4 friends named Brittany.... Brittany H is my personal fav (although she also answers to "yo, chatterbox!")....

[Crazy8]

I think adding the first initial of the last name is the most common practice in school but if the name can be shortened or parents have a nickname suggestion I would use that.

[WImom]

sorry, I should have said they have the same nickname, 'Maddie'. They have different first names...madeline (the new girl) and Madison is the one I've had here about a year. Both parents call them Maddie and their full name is for when they are bad so I'd rather not call them by that name but I guess I may have too.

[mismatchedsocks]

Just call them both maddie. even if you pick another name, both will answer to maddie.

I have mason/madison hemi/emery daniel/danielle jayden/aiden I am lucky if i get their names right half the time anyway. I just look at who i am talking to. LOL

[melskids]

I do the last initial as well.....

I used to have

Megan B. and Meagan M.(this one was supposed to be pronounced meeeeeeegan, but it always came out megan anyway) )

[e.j.]

I've used the first initial of their last name, too.

[Meeko]

Funnily enough...in 27 years I have never had two kids at the same time with the same name!

I have, however had names that were hard to pronounce.

One was just known as Nani........because her actual name was Nanineolani!!

[daycare]

I do nick names..and of course let the parents know.

I had in the past

Robbie, Bobbie, Cori, Rori, Lori ..... Try getting all that out of your mouth when you call names....

[safechner]

There were one of my daughter and another of my daycare girl have the same names so I called them **** number 1 since she is my oldest daughter and ***** number 2. It works for me.

[KEG123]

I'd most likely do middle name... or else find a nickname...