Some advice please!

your sil sounds like a real pain in the a**!!!!

has she said anything nice about ur pregnancy at ALL?!

hopefully she grows up a lot in the 4years before they have kids!

Oh sweetheart, what a silly selfish immature Beearch. I feel like stomping up there and giving her an uppercut. I would name my baby one of "her" names just to p#ss her off.

Ah screw her... like Maria said, they are cousins... who cares if they have the same name. In situations where they are together you can develop cute nicks name/s for one or the other or both.

I must admit I have not told my pregnant SIL what names we have, I am the oppostie she is due to give birth in July me in Nov so I don't want her to not have the name she wants cause I 'booked' the name. She doesn't know what she is having and hasn't said too many names to me neither. My view is she is 'first in first served' and if she happens to pick the same name as us then so be it we will have a little while to think of another one. and thats why I purposly haven't said any names so that she can't be accused of 'taking our our name'

I had a problem sort of the same but different cercumstances, I was getting married (last year) a kind of 'friend' was going on and on about what songs she was having at her wedding (this is after she got engaged two months before our wedding) - one of which I had picked out, also the engagement ring she got was exactly the same as mine - everyone said that to her - she was not impressed. The on our wedding day when she came to the reception she was going on - I was having those colours, I was having that dress, Your wedding ring looks exactly like mine the list goes on... needless to say I wasn't impressed but thought too bad I had mine arranged well before you got engaged. Thing is the couple are no longer together and I guess imitation is the greatest form of flaterery (or at least they say!)

So what has happened with your SIL Paws? Any juicy updates on the name saga?

Nah, those names aren't too similar, unless both little girls become known as Maddy! Still, cousins with the same nickname usually isn't too confusing.

Nice name Paws! And I dont think they are that similar anyway - good on you for sticking with what you wanted, it's a decision you have to live with for a long time and you shoudl have what you want!

ohh I like that name!!

Awwwwww me toooooooo (again go the French names!!!)
The name is gorgeous and not nearly similar enough to get bitchy about it!

That is a beautiful name Paws - and don't you think that Grace is a great middle name? I think it sounds nice with everything.
Would you pronounce it Made - LINE or Made - LYNNE??