Baby Boy

#1

Rodney (my son) became a father…

Brecken Michael Waldren
Born: Fri 10/2/2009
At: 2:22 AM
In at: 6 lbs 4 oz

Couple of other interesting facts though: My son Rodney and Atlanta (baby’s mommy) do NOT get along. At all. As in they cannot even have a 5 minute phone conversation without the two of them pushing each other’s buttons and fighting. So they are no longer a couple and haven’t been for months. IN short, she wants my son to just go away and leave her and the baby alone. Rodney doesnt have any finances to demand his rights, so he is pretty upset and broken up about being shut out they way she is doing. On top of it, it is an even bigger slap that she didn’t give the baby his father’s last name.

Or is it just me? What are your thoughts on illegitimate baby’s names and whether it is ok to not give them the father’s last name?

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#2

Last name or not? Here it depends whether they child’s parents are married or not. If they’re married, the last name is usually the couple’s(or the father’s if the mother has not changed her last name), if they’re not, the last name is usually the mother’s.
Personally it would depend entirely upon the situation, in this one, I would say it’s the mother’s last name that should be used.

That’s only my opinion, though.
Sorry if it seems a little strange in it’s form of writing, I’m just a little tired.

#3

Well if you aren’t sure about the last name, you can always give him a cool one, like Ringo or Gonzo or Kramdar.

#4

Is there a place I can donate?

#5

Frank Zappa had some cool names for his kids. I prefer Moon Unit to Dweezil. even if that was a girl’s name.

If you consider two nouns a name.

For girls.

#6

Even tho they are not married I am just wondering if it is unusual to not give your newborn baby the father’s last name.

#7

No, it’s normal. I mean, unless the child is living with the father, which I gathered he wasn’t.

Congratulations to your family anyway. I wish it was under better circumstances.

#8

It’s ok, I was an accident too. My parents never should have been married imo.

So it’s a good thing that didn’t happen.

#9

I agree. Look at you!:fffuuu:

#10

Congratulations!
Sorry to hear about the parents not being togehter anymore.

I wish the Babbeh all the best! :slight_smile:

#11

Name him Jack, then when I grow old and leave this forum, I’ll pass my account down to him. B)

#12

My last name, after I was born, was my mother’s maiden name, Carnson. My parents weren’t married at the time, but once they were it changed to what it has been for the past 19 years (they were married when I was 3): Entwistle.

I’ve never seen it as odd for a child to be given the name of it’s mother if they aren’t married.

However, congratulations on the latest addition to your family, even if it is under tumultuous conditions =/

#13

I always thought they gave the father’s last name name unless the father gave up all rights to the child…could also be state laws that mandate what name the child gets?

#14

I got my mom’s last name as well, had it for as long as I can remember.

#15

Parents should have equal rights by default, regardless of marriage or not.

#16

It’s not that simple. The only part a man plays in “making a baby” is pretty fun (hopefully for the woman, as well), while getting pregnant and carrying the baby inside, having to eat for two, being flooded with hormones that make you go crazy most of the time and getting more and more horrifically encumbered by the growing human being in your belly is usually seen as “hard work”.

The mother, therefore, has had to endure more pain and suffering to bring the newborn to this world than the man (though committed husbands that have been sent out for a pack of strawberries and a couple of raw livers at 3am on a late december night might think otherwise).

#17

She didn’t take his name herself back when they WERE married, why should she give the baby his name after their divorce.

Pshaw… a flippin mess is what it is. Hopefully she will let us in as a part of his life tho.

(Goes to say another prayer)

#18

Good luck, Catz.

#19

I’ll keep your family in my prayers too, Catz.

#20

Congrats on becoming a grandma!

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