Changing a child's name

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Changing a child's name

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When my daughter was 7 months old, my husband and I decided to change her name. Which I'm really glad we did. But I have to warn parents that it is costly and a bit of a headache. You have to go through the legal system, you have to hire an attorney, you have to go to court, even though it's just a baby. So if you can agree on a name before you put it on the birth certificate, I highly recommend that. We could not. And unbeknownst to us, we both had name regret. And we decided to go through it. And I'm really glad we did, because I love her name now. But it is a costly experience.

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Dani Shear

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Dani Shear is a writer and the mother of two kids, who are five years apart – an age gap she highly recommends. When her daughter was seven months old, Dani and her husband decided to change her name – a process that leads her to believe that if you can possibly agree on a name before putting it on the birth certificate, it would be a really smart idea!

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Transcription: 
When my daughter was 7 months old, my husband and I decided to change her name. Which I'm really glad we did. But I have to warn parents that it is costly and a bit of a headache. You have to go through the legal system, you have to hire an attorney, you have to go to court, even though it's just a baby. So if you can agree on a name before you put it on the birth certificate, I highly recommend that. We could not. And unbeknownst to us, we both had name regret. And we decided to go through it. And I'm really glad we did, because I love her name now. But it is a costly experience.