What last name will bub have?

[SairBear]

ok heres my dilema. we have a bit of a blended family

i have a 4 yr old from a previous relationship who has my surname.
My partner and I are expecting our 1st bub together in april.
What surname should/would the bub have??

Ive never had to think about it until now.
Will it have my surname , DP's Surname or a hypenated surname???????

[MummyCharmzy]

My son from previous relationship has my surname, DP's son from previous relationship has his surname....

until we get married our daughters both have hyphenated surnames! lol Its a bit funny to see it all written down but the girls bring us all together IMO, when we get married the 6 of us will all share DP's surname

[Lirael]

Ds has my surname- he is from previous relationship
and DD has my surname too cos- ok this sounds lame, but I wanted them to have the same last name and her dad and I have had a very difficult relationship so I kinda stuck with mine in case he took off

[shed]

Probably your DP's surname I would think.

Whichever one you like better.

My cousins all have different surnames because my aunty has been married three times. They all grew up in the same house with all these different surnames and they all seem to have turned out allright!

[mummyof5]

I told my then DP that if he didn't marry me before baby came, it would have my surname. We ended up compromising after he proposed when I was pregnant (as I didn't want to get married very pregnant) and the older 2 had his surname before I did...

[Buddha Bubbas]

i have a blended family also. my DP has 2 kids. I have 1. and we have 1 together.

My daughter has my surname. MY DPs boys obviously have his. So we agreed if DS was a boy it would get his, if a girl mine. Also i wont be changing my surname when we get married as i want it to be the same as DD.

[SairBear]

I told my then DP that if he didn't marry me before baby came, it would have my surname. We ended up compromising after he proposed when I was pregnant (as I didn't want to get married very pregnant) and the older 2 had his surname before I did...

i like your thinking mummy.

Thank you for all the advice, its sorta a hard one to decide.. i just dont want it to be confusing, my DD is already asking why DP has a diff surname to us. It might confuse her even more if her sibling has a diff surname to her also. And i have considered hypenated surnames but dunno if it will be too much of a mouthful lol

I will keep you posted if we come to a conclusion.
All your idea about it have been wonderful
thanks

[kerrin]

My DD has my husband's surname but also has my surname as a middle name (I have kept my maiden name). This way she has a part of both of our families in her name without having a very long hypenated name.

I haven't had any real issues or confusion with her surname being different to mine.

[EskimoMumma]

DS has his fathers surname, same for DD and this DD will have her fathers surname as well.

Why break tradition?? (then again slavery WAS a tradition as well... )

[meags]

my partner and i have had our first child before we were married so we gave him a hyphenated surname my surname then his dads... our 2nd child is going to have the same...