Anyone else's DH dragging their feet in talking about baby names?

Bubbles1022

My H has no desire to even start talking about baby names.  He thinks we have plenty of time and don't even need to start talking about it until December and we are due 01/11/10!!

I am so excited to start talking about names now that we know we are having a girl and my H and I are such indecisive people!! I think we need to start the discussion sooner or later.

I think talking about names is fun, I guess he doesn't agree haha!

I want to name her and start calling her by her name :-).

Anyone else's H's dragging their feet on this?

caldwemo

Yes, I'm also due in Dec. and we haven't even created a real list together. He just vetos......I have the feeling he will suddenly just come up with one name he likes and stick with that, rather than debating options, different styles, I guess. I'm just going to keep throwing names i like at him hoping one will stick

karaokerampergirl

You should just start calling her something and maybe he'll get the hint?

Bubbles1022

karaokerampergirl:

You should just start calling her something and maybe he'll get the hint?

haha yes, this is my plan if it gets to be the end of October and he still does not want to start talking about it.  I'm going to call her by the name I LOVE and want to name her.  Even though I know he is not 100% crazy about the name.  Maybe that will motivate him to give me some suggestions of names he does like!

ubermoose

My husband likes talking about names, but he rolls his eyes when I get unsettled about the girl middle name and want to revise. We find out in a couple weeks if it's a boy or girl, so it might be a moot point.

babydragonsister

karaokerampergirl:

You should just start calling her something and maybe he'll get the hint?

haha, this is what I just did!  DH is a golfer, so I said that I decided we were naming him Tiger and started calling him that.  He can't quite figure out if I'm serious or not and now is totally into considering the 100 names I've been throwing at him the last couple of months!

abba916

My DH was dragging his feet at first but then I just started saying what do you think about this or this....and I kept making lists for him to look at - if he said he liked something I would try to find out why (the sound, the way it looks) and try to find others that were similar..

just keep bringing it up 

Harms80

Yes and while we didn't decide on DS's name until about a week before he was born, this time it's driving me crazy!!!  We aren't telling anyone the name until she's born but I just want to know for my own sake!  And.... to make matters worse... he told his mom our list so far and she had something rude to say about all of them.  Now I'm worried that he's going to change his opinion b/c of her!  Argh!

losmitty

My DH is set on the fact that we don't have to talk about it until we know what it is. I tried to explain to him it would be a boy or a girl.... and it's totally legal to discuss both genders simultaniously...  

jmlushbough

Not only will my husband not have a serious discussion about baby names, he insists on driving me crazy by suggesting names he knows I'll hate. The most recent list included:

Gordon
Rudy
DeShaun
Lavon
Joan (for a boy!!!)
Gladys (for a boy!!!)

and his favorite is Trucker. Yes, you read that right. Trucker.

No offense if any of these are on your real list, but they're just NMS. And I know that my husband is totally joking around, but it's driving me nuts. I won't even talk baby names with him anymore. I know he'll decide last minute bc that's his style. Maybe I just need to tell him how important this is to me. It's definitely part of "nesting."

laureneyoung@hotmail.com

i'm due jan 9 and mine doesn't want to talk about it either. he thinks around christmas is fine. ugh. 

FutureMrs.Steen

I'm the one who brings it up, but he rarely gives suggestions. The only boy name he likes is Adam. Girl names are easy for us. We agree on a lot of them. I like Adam, but I don't know if I love it. We will see!