The "What To Name Our Baby" War

We couldn't agree on a name until about 1 month before our daughter was born.  Like someone said earlier as soon as we heard it we were both "yep that's the name!"

On the other hand I know a mum from a baby group who didn't name her daughter until the last possible day- I think you have 30 days here in the UK- maybe longer.  She's Eastern European and he's English. She wanted to name the baby after her grandmother Grintara (how it's pronounces not sure of the spelling)and the husband was dead set against it.  In the end she won I think because of pure stubbornness.

You could also do what a guy I worked with did.  He and his wife couldn't decide on a name for their second child, so they let their 4 year old daughter pick.   They just went through the name book with her, and she found one she liked.  They weren't really sure about it, but since the girl had already told all the nurses that's what the baby would be called, they just went with it. 

You could also do what a guy I worked with did.  He and his wife couldn't decide on a name for their second child, so they let their 4 year old daughter pick.   They just went through the name book with her, and she found one she liked.  They weren't really sure about it, but since the girl had already told all the nurses that's what the baby would be called, they just went with it. 

Now I want to know what the 4 year old chose!! I hope it wasn't something like Princess Tiaami...

Well, thumbing through the book, they obviouslys started with the A's, and she just latched onto Avery.  Started telling everyone that's what her sister was called.  And that was it!

You could also do what a guy I worked with did.  He and his wife couldn't decide on a name for their second child, so they let their 4 year old daughter pick.   They just went through the name book with her, and she found one she liked.  They weren't really sure about it, but since the girl had already told all the nurses that's what the baby would be called, they just went with it. 

A friend of mine did this.  She has 3 kids, and left it up to them to pick, and they came up with Hannah, which was a name that she hadn't even thought of, and wouldn't you know, as soon as she was born, she looked like a Hannah!

DH and I had a horrible time with naming DD.  He wanted her to have an Irish name, which is fine, but I wanted it to be a name that had a spelling that was easy to pronounce.  I don't think we decided on a name until maybe a week before she was born.  With DS it was easy; I had a boy's name picked out since I was 5 or 6 years old, and I simply told DH that we were going to use that name, and that was that

My aunt and uncle couldn't decide on a name for my cousin.  I think she was almost a month old before they named her.  They just used a different name every day until they found one that "fit".

Well, thumbing through the book, they obviouslys started with the A's, and she just latched onto Avery.  Started telling everyone that's what her sister was called.  And that was it!

Ooh, I love that name!

Well my daughter wanted a baby sister...I'm no so sure that Isabel will be fitting for our son...lol.

We actually came up 3 full names last night that we both like...now we can't decide which one we like the best.  The middle name is the same for all so we just have to decide what we want the baby to be called.  I feel a lot better now that we've actually agreed on a few suggestions though.  Even if we do wait until he is born, at least we both now know that we will be satisfied.

My husband and I were in complete agreement on a girl's name but in complete disagreement on boys' names.  There was no overlap on our lists at all.  The scan showed I was having a boy so we started trying to hash it out.

Then when I was about 8 months pregnant my husband just came home one day and said he knew what our son's name should be (a name that had never been on either of our lists).  I was so-so about it, but he started calling the baby that and telling everybody that was his name so that by the time our baby boy was born that was his name.  The funny thing is that now (13 years later) I can't imagine him ever having been anything else. 

Phew - glad you've got three names sorted BUAS, that way you can just see which one he looks like when he arrives.

We went through that a lot prior to the birth of my son. Prior to even getting pregnant, I had tons of fantasy baby names (most of them girl names, however). When we found out that we were having a son, I was thrown for a loop. It was so hard deciding on a name.

I eventually wrote a list of all of the names I liked, handed it to my husband and had him pick from that. Of course, he didn't like any of those either. About 2 weeks before giving birth, DH finally suggested a name. By that point I was so fed up and exhausted that I would have agreed to "Boy" if had suggested it.

But the name he chose was very fitting (Brendan), and I couldn't imagine my son having any other name today.

Best of luck with your decision!!

God help us if we decide to add to our family down the line....