Changing Your Mind????

2mommiesinoh

So we have had a little girl's name picked out for three years now (just now expecting our first)....my SO comes to me the other day and said I was thinking maybe we should pick a different girl's name?  WHAT????? We have told all of our family and friends the name and both love it (or so I thought) now 5 weeks before she is set to be here we are starting the name search all over again?

nanabanana

H'es probably just concerned that you have your heart set on this name, but what if the baby comes out and....it just doesn't fit.  I've had a few friends go through that.  Hubby has a name that he loves and I keep second guessing it, not that I won't use it...I just can't commit until I see the baby.  After you let him look through names, he'll probably come back to that one and say yes, it was perfect. 

krissyh21

I had second thoughts once we decided on Dillon and it was close to the end of my pregnancy. It was kind of like cold feet. But once he was born, I knew for certain he could not be anything but Dillon. 

chicsub

We did this with DS.  We liked the name for about 5 years, but when I was pregnant we tried to find other names just in case we were so focused on one name b/c we liked it for so long and not b/c it was our favorite.  It still won out in the end!

Under.the.Rose

As the day grows nearer, I can completely understand having second thoughts about the name you've chosen. I think it's reasonable to have a "back-up name" picked out and decide once baby arrives.

This is exactly the reason why we're not telling our family and friends what the name is... we wanted a surprise for them but we also wanted to have flexibility to change the name up until the day baby arrives. 

loveyoubean

We were going to name DD Hazel, then changed our names while I was driving to the hosptial with DH.  I kid you not.  It happens!  Now I can't imagine her being named anything besides Anabelle, sometimes it just happens that way!

Jessica*Fletcher

It's pretty common to feel that way, even if you haven't had the name picked out for years. We did this with our first.  I felt like, it's his name FOREVER, and it has to be perfect. That, plus all the other anxieties that come with the end of pregnancy can be overwhelming.  I would chaulk it up to nerves.

cari12

We did this with DD. We were going to name her something different, announced her name to everyone after we found out we were having a girl and then found a name we loved 100x more a week later. If you're not 100% set on something and find something you love more, change it - don't worry about what others will think. I'm SO glad we changed our mind about DD's name, she's so not the name we had picked out and I don't think DH and I would've been happy had we not switched

sigmabelle

My feelings are that you can change it at anytime you want.

Until the Birthcertificate comes and you have to pay $$ to change the baby name/

 My Son Tristan was supposed to be a Garrett. Halfway through pregnancy i heard the name Tristan and loved it. DH liked it too.

We went back and forth for a bit then sent an e-mail to some of our very opinionated friends.

One responded "Garrett...Farrett. That is what I call my best friend"

This response forever ruind the name for me.

Good luck