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mrs.conn23mrs.conn23 member
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How long did it take you and DH to settle on a name for your LO? 

DH and I are having a hell of a time deciding on a name. We have the middle name (it's my middle name, which is a family name) and we're not worried about it all 'flowing' together.  We just can't agree on anything. 

He's stuck on ONE name and I'm not a fan.  I'm actually beginning to hate it. 

Poor nameless Baby C.  Maybe we'll figure it out by the time he's 18, LOL. 

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  • uofibabeuofibabe
    That's a hard one to remember but I think maybe right after we found out it was a boy we narrowed it down to about 2-3 and then just settled on the one we both could agree on.
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  • Bride7-14-07Bride7-14-07 member
    We started thinking of names at the beginning of the pregnancy and had a boy/girl name picked out by 15 weeks. When we found out we were expecting two boys, we started back from day one. I think by 22 weeks, we had both names instead of calling them "baby A and baby B."
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  • SusieDMBSusieDMB
    We had a list of 3, and by the time we got to the hospital it was down to 2.   We knew we'd use Grace for a middle name since we both had a grandmother named Grace.  We didn't decide for sure until the next day.
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  • jac*n*abejac*n*abe
    We has settled on a girl name by 35 weeks-ish, I think. We didn't decide on Grady till the night he was born. Abe actually fought me on the name for weeks. I was obsessed with it and felt it was "right" for a while. Then, a few hours before I was wheeled in for the c/s he said "I like Grady if the baby is a boy." I asked if he was sure, he said he was. When Grady was born and we found out he was a boy (is it weird that I'm tearing up right now?) and had a moment to look at him and meet him, we knew he was a Grady :)
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  • NDwife07NDwife07

    I think naming Ella was an exception to the rule - we agreed on that name years ago, before we were even married, and we held on to it.

    When we talk about future kids, though, it's rough. I think unless you have a family name you're going to use, agreeing on something is extremely difficult.

    It's not like choosing home decor - even though you both live in your home, chances are one of you cares more about decor than the other. With naming kids, you both really really have to love it. It's your kid, not your window treatments.

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  • NDwife07NDwife07

    imagejac*n*abe:
    We has settled on a girl name by 35 weeks-ish, I think. We didn't decide on Grady till the night he was born. Abe actually fought me on the name for weeks. I was obsessed with it and felt it was "right" for a while. Then, a few hours before I was wheeled in for the c/s he said "I like Grady if the baby is a boy." I asked if he was sure, he said he was. When Grady was born and we found out he was a boy (is it weird that I'm tearing up right now?) and had a moment to look at him and meet him, we knew he was a Grady :)

    I had just started tearing up reading your reply and then you asked that question - lol! So is it weird that I'm tearing up?

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  • jac*n*abejac*n*abe
    imageNDwife07:

    imagejac*n*abe:
    We has settled on a girl name by 35 weeks-ish, I think. We didn't decide on Grady till the night he was born. Abe actually fought me on the name for weeks. I was obsessed with it and felt it was "right" for a while. Then, a few hours before I was wheeled in for the c/s he said "I like Grady if the baby is a boy." I asked if he was sure, he said he was. When Grady was born and we found out he was a boy (is it weird that I'm tearing up right now?) and had a moment to look at him and meet him, we knew he was a Grady :)

    I had just started tearing up reading your reply and then you asked that question - lol! So is it weird that I'm tearing up?


    Gosh motherhood has made us soft, Lauren! Haha! Ridiculous.
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  • Val&B0604Val&B0604 member
    L was about an hour old before we named her.  We both had a name we loved and the other hated.  We tossed around Grace that day because she was born the same day as her Great-Grandma Grace, that ended up being her middle name and we went with a name we hadn't considered all pregnancy.
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  • MrsRender06MrsRender06
    Once we got bfp, we started throwing names out. Before we went to the ultrasound to find out if it was going to be a boy or girl, we settle on Gracie Jean. We were very lucky we both loved it.
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  • SL25SL25 member
    I wanted names picked for our 20 week ultrasound. I didnt want to say it anymore, I wanted to call baby by his/her name. I gave my hubby a list cause we were having a time agreeing and told him if he didnt pick one we were calling him Parker and I didnt care what he thought! I now suggest to people to choose your childrens names before you say "I do" !
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  • amstepamstep member

    Jonah was Jonah from the day after an U/S at 15 weeks when he showed us his family jewels.  I LOVED knowing him as his name, and not just as "baby boy". It was the name I had picked, and DH said, "It's the only one I don't hate."  Nice, huh?

    Elliott, however, was another matter entirely.  We fought the entire pregnancy, and had finally compromised on the name Bennett by 34 weeks.  At 35 weeks, DH announced that he hated it, and so we were left with no name until about two days before when he suggested Elliott.  In my mind it was still a toss up between B and E, and it took us until about 2 hours after he arrived to finally name him E.

    I did NOT like not knowing the name until after he was born.  It took me forever to get used to.  I kept messing up and calling him Jonah and feeling mother guilt over not "knowing" my child (I know, I was a mess of hormones).  

    If we ever do this again, there will be a name at least by 20 weeks, whether DH has a part in it or not.  He drove me nuts this last time!

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  • magdalina.hmagdalina.h member
    we still haven't. That's why he's not getting named until he's born
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  • heatherchelleheatherchelle
    I've loved the name Isabella as long as I can remember.  When DH and I were dating and it got around to the subject of children I said that I loved the name Isabella and it was all but set in stone that if I ever had a daughter that would be her name.  He liked the name too, so we never even thought about another girl's name.  We had a boy name picked out before we were even married as well.  The boy name may change if we ever have a son.
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