letting my children pick the baby's name??

kgordon756 · June 2015

we have decided to let our 9 year old boy and 6 year old girl chose our child's name so they can be a big part of having a little brother or sister...

so far my son has chosen the name Scarlett Marie for a girl
and my daughter has chosen the name Landon Christopher for a boy

Thoughts?!

SullyN · June 2015

I like those names! We've asked our 4.5 year old what he would want any siblings to be named and they're all either Star Wars characters or really attractive names like toot or poop...He's restricted to voting only now

Sovvy · June 2015

What are their names? They sound nice!

kgordon756 · June 2015

These are my munchkins!!

Mamabeagle · June 2015

If you like the names that's fine, but to avoid a potential train wreck if they decide to get more "kreeative" in the next few months, maybe have a list of three names they can help choose from.

kgordon756 · June 2015

Jacob Logan and Aubrie Alyse!

mamaksweez · June 2015

I think they did a great job! I love both names they chose and think they actually go really nicely with your other kiddos names. Good work!!

ErynnB03 · June 2015

That is a fantastic idea!

SparklesC · June 2015

They did a great job picking those names! Scarlett is my top baby girl name

My sister and I got to help pick our little sister's name as well!

GhanimaAtreides · June 2015

We've run hypothetical options by the 10 & 5 year olds. (The 14yo is visiting bio dad in FL and I really don't need the ex filling my kid's brain with "the new baby is going to ruin your life" poison.)

DS2 picked Logan Riley and Alexandra (Alexa) Caroline

DD picked Bruce Ryan (after GPA) and Rebecca (Becca) Genevieve

I provided them with the short list, 5-6 options per sex. Otherwise DD nominates REALLY 80's names. Or Dora.

Blueyedsky · June 2015

Lol someone in my hometown let their kids do this and they picked "cherry sprinkles". No joke they named their kid that.

jordans_wife · June 2015

They are more reliable than mine. So far we've got "Little Scotcher" for a boy and "Human" for a girl. Note to self: do not let your 5 and 3 yr old pick the baby's name.

kgordon756 · June 2015

I just literally laughed out loud lol

SparklesC · June 2015

I also just laughed out loud! Human is a hilarious name @jordans_wife

MsAlphaBee123 · June 2015

We asked my almost 3 yr old her suggestions... We got KiKi and Coco.
Back to the drawing board.

peppercorn16 · June 2015

These replies are hilarious!! OP I am impressed with both names your kids picked out! I think most people's children would have gone the "cherry sprinkles", "human" or "dora" route lol. My nephew suggested "booger" but did say that's "only if it's a boy" haha

BBEA2006 · June 2015

We asked what they thought, knowing this was going to be funny...baby, barbie, poopy pants, spongebob or it. Got to love 5 and 4 yo's!

SparklesC · June 2015

My niece gave her baby sister (before we knew the sex) the name smackadoodle. That is what we called the baby until they found out the sex lol. Once we knew it was a girl, my niece named her Rose Leaf, but my sister didn't go for that name either lol

jordans_wife · June 2015

@SparklesC Lmao! Ya my brother in law latched right onto Human. How freaking funny would it be to really name your kid that though?!;)

tuitwo · June 2015

Those are really good names! They must be taking this very seriously. If I'd been able to choose my younger sibling's name at the time, it probably would've been a Lisa Frank character or something. Haha

l4rk · June 2015

Wow, you lucked out... my parents still make fun of me because I wanted to name my future baby Falafel (when I was like 8).

adryt86 · June 2015

My 4 year old wants to name the baby after herself. Real humble lol. And she calls it jellybean so she proposed Olivia Jellybean Jr. We vetoed it but still call the baby jelly bean

laxdixdar · June 2015

Bravo to your children. My 7 year old wants to name the baby after pokemon or a variation of his own name.

Not happening lol

mandamoo165 · June 2015

I'm super impressed with those names! I asked my 4 year old daughter what she would name our new baby and she said if it's a girl, Baby Margaret (from Daniel tiger) or Skye. If it's a boy she said Marshall. So random haha.

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