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01-18-2013 at 9:21 AM
lalamakita
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I really hate this part....

Am I the only one who actually doesn't like this part?  For some reason I find this process very difficult.  It just isn't fun to me, either too many names that have too many associations, connotations, baggage - I just feel so blah or downright negative about so many names.  Maybe that means I just haven't found the right one yet.

On most decisions I like to have all possibilities in front of me and then to eliminate from there - so clearly this is a hard way to approach this task - no way to do it this way, so maybe I feel I'll always find another one I like after the kid is born, not sure if that's the feeling or not.

This is baby # 3 - naming DD wasn't too hard, and actually still love the name. Naming DS was much harder - mainly b/c my DH who is a Jr. struggled deeply with whether to make our son a "III" or not. After severely waffling for the last month of the pregnancy, we ended up first announcing the name (after the birth) as DH's name with the III - then he panicked - and backed away from it in the hospital and we ended up filling out all the paperwork, birth certificate, SSN in a different name (my only favorite boy's name) and then when we were home several days later, DH said he wanted to share the name with our son.  AGH! So we went ahead and had all the paperwork changed (luckily he took the reins on that task) I was really cool about this all and honestly think DH was having a mid-life, father (of now 2) panic attack and it manifested itself in this issue.  

So fast forward to now - DH has essentially given me the green light to choose by myself.  We'll find out the gender this time, probably most for this reason, to only have to choose one name. 

This is really the only part I'm really not looking forward to.  Am I the only one? 


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01-18-2013 at 11:55 AM
kplaxco85
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I like thinking about potential names, but we don't actually make a decision until we see the baby! 

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01-18-2013 at 12:04 PM
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While I had fun with it (and have fun envisioning some ideas on what DS's future siblings names will be) I found it a very difficult task, choosing his name. 

 


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01-18-2013 at 12:52 PM
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I hope it's an easy task for you!

To answer your question - this was always my favorite part. But for two of my three kids, we had a name picked out long before I got pregnant (in the case of this pregnancy, we've been holding onto the name for five years) and my DH and I have a freakishly easy time choosing and agreeing names.

The only difference was with DS6 - we picked out two names that we both completely loved and I could not decide between them, so I let DH take the reins and pick which one he would rather have. He picked the one that would name DS after our two grandfather's (one of whom had died recently, so DS6 was the first grandchild born after his death) and looking back, I loved David Blake (the other name we'd picked out), but I'm so glad he picked the one he did! And DS looks like a Luke and not a David, so it worked out :). 

Good luck! Just pick one you love and you can't go wrong. Well... unless it's Hashtag lol!


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01-18-2013 at 1:26 PM
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For us, it was a fun game.

My father died in February 2009.  We live about an hour away from my mother (without traffic) and were spending every weekend with her for at least a year.  So driving up and back we started talking about baby names - friend's kids, awful names, and eventually names we liked.  It gave us something light to do when spending so much time in the car.  By the time I got pregnant in January 2011, we knew each others' favorites and it was just about checking in to see how we still felt about them.


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01-18-2013 at 1:31 PM
Grace0609
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With my first 2 kids I loved naming them.  I am with you in hating it this time around.  And, I could definitely not do it without input from DH!  That's a big decision!


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01-18-2013 at 1:32 PM
Grace0609
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kplaxco85:
I like thinking about potential names, but we don't actually make a decision until we see the baby! 

Your LO is beautiful!



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