Baby's last name?

[JuliaAnn02]

I don't know whether to give my daughter my boyfriends last name or mine..I hope to get married to him one day in the future but anything can happen and him and i could potentially break up. What have some of you ladies done? I could really use some input. Thanks!

[maybay]

My sister gave her sons her laat name and so did my Aunt. I think it makes things like school easier for them. Usually they will calk you mrs. Last name of your child.  It always made my mom upset because my little sister has her dads name and that's what they would call her not her name.

[Aurorasmommy2be]

Just because you might break up us no reason to not give her her daddy's last name. It has nothing to do with whether ya'll are together or not.

[holly_ett]

Both my kids have both our last names cause potentially we are both the parents

[KensleysMom]

I don't understand women creating children with men they don't want to name after.

[JuliaAnn02]

@Ashdub07 Oh my gosh, that's ridiculous! I would really like her to have the same last name as me...but then again I don't want to have to go through court and pay all those fees and everything to change it if I end up marrying him sometime down the road. Such a tough choice.

[Ashdub07]

I don't think this girls baby daddy just gave sperm lol she said they are going to be married. Every situation is different but she asked about hers specifically. I was in that same situation and now I regret not giving my daughter her dads last name cuz now it's gonna be a long process to change her name. Even tho hes her bio dad I have to petition a judge to allow the name change and when he/she does I pay the lawyers filing fees and court costs to be able to change it. Looking at a good 500-600 bucks to change my daughters name to her dads. Lame as hell

[babydue07182013]

I'm going to hyphen my daughter's last name since her dad and I aren't married, and he's still legally married

[shyloveskai]

Daddys last name.

[beccak12]

Just because someone gave you sperm doesn't mean the baby has to have their last name! My baby's father doesn't even know when I'm due so why should he have the opportunity to even see my child? Someone else is fighting for his family and my baby is getting my last name until I marry my current boyfriend.

[CShuter]

My daughters is hyphen with her dads and my bby boy will be hyphenated as well cuz anything can happen. Like my daughter n hrr dad never made it. My bf is pushing me to have my last name is our sons an take out a middle name my last name is also hyphen with my mom n dad.

[jabell0804]

Have you considered hyphenating the two?
My best friend did that so her son has both names.

[mommygg]

I would give em daddys last name because wether u and daddy r together thats still her daddy im married to my husband but I never legally changedmy last name so its confusing for my daughter why I have a different last name as her and her daddy I plan on changing it eventually lol weve been married 7yrs

[PhysicsMommy]

I chose to give my first son his dad's name.  We had been together 5 yrs and though we weren't married he was not going anywhere.  We are now about to have our second and have been together for 7 1/2 yrs still not married but he is a great dad and a good man so I don't regret it.  The way I look at it even when your married you can end up divorced and than baby still has his name. I know my son is mine no matter what his name is.  My personal opinion is if he is a good guy and wants to be a dad give the little one his last name on the other had if he is an *** and isn't going to be around than use your name.  In the end it really is what your most comfortable with don't let anyone push you one way or another do what feels right for you.

Another aspect to look at though is legal issues Luke taking them on a plane or out of the country if their last name is different than yours it can be tricky sometimes.

[JuliaAnn02]

Aww, poor girl..well thanks for sharing your experience:) I guess i have a lot of thinking to do by the time she arrives!

[Ashdub07]

Lol well my oldest is 6 and wants to know why her name isn't the same and why we haven't changed it bc I told her we were going to change it to match us! She doesn't get money concept so I just tell her as soon as we have enough money we will change it. She hates being left out :(

[JuliaAnn02]

That's what I'm so worried about! But I don't know how I'm going to feel if I give her his last name because it will almost seem as shes not mine. Ahhh I'm so boggled about this:(

[Ashdub07]

My oldest has my last name. Now me and her dad are married and she has a different last name from her sister :/