tell me its ok we dont have a name...

[monocyte]

There has been no discussion at all. We just don't agree, so I stopped bringing it up.

Anyone else in the same boat? Suddenly, I'm a feeling overwhelmed by not have at least a few (well, I have a few, but DH isn't really sold on any of them, and his names are well, not my style!)

[Da WIC Lady]

Originally Posted by monocyte

There has been no discussion at all. We just don't agree, so I stopped bringing it up.

Anyone else in the same boat? Suddenly, I'm a feeling overwhelmed by not have at least a few (well, I have a few, but DH isn't really sold on any of them, and his names are well, not my style!)

We're stuck on a girl's name... I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Anna

[NatureMama3]

No harm. don't need a name till baby's here right?

names are hard for us too. what about each of you makes a list of preferred first and middle names, then switch. highlight those on each of your list which are ok and start negotiating from there? that's how my twins were named.

[yogachick79]

Kelli, we have a few but neither of us are 100% on ANY of them but a girl's middle name... So pretty close to where you are It's driving MIL batty and she's driving me nuts with all of her suggestions!

[mich]

Your post reminded me of the night ds2 was 3 days old and I was at the computer (homebirth) doing name searches at midnight saying to dh "We are not going to bed until we agree on a name!!

It will happen, no worries mama!!

[monocyte]

with DS, we looked at him and completely changed names...to something not even on our list.

Then we got home and realized his initials are SAP. :
But, DH is from VT, so we blame it on the maple syrup connection (and DS middle name is a county in Vt as well).

So, Im trying really hard to not repeat that. We have a last name that just doesnt go with a lot of things.

Like Lousiana...or Maya...or Elise...or william seward

[Heather Marie]

We aren't set with a name either. We do have some girls names in mind, but boy names have been very difficult for us. I am banking on when the baby comes it will come to us.

[Rikki Jean]

We have a name for a girl, but if this baby is a boy, he's going to go atleast a few days, if not longer, nameless. We have names that we like, but we can't really agree on middle names, or we just can't come up with one.

I have a friend who had a baby last year, and he went three or four weeks without any name at all! They just couldn't decide. She looked through thousands and thousands of names online, and finally settled on something. It was her seventh baby, so maybe all of her favorites were already in use!

[NaomiMcC]

We don't have one either. * sigh *

[artgoddess]

we didn't name our daughter until she was a week old. we got teased a little, but really it's not a big deal.

[GinaRae]

I was having such a hard time getting hubby to get serious about names. I decided if we got to the end and s/he was born, I was picking the name without him. You could always go that route! My mom and dad couldn't decide on my name either and mom finally picked in the hospital I guess.


So anyway, I made that pact with myself and that's when the clouds sort of broke and we stumbled on a girl's name that just fit (it was actually one he'd mentioned early on and I'd turned down, but when paired with the middle name of my choice and when I stopped being a brat, it just fit perfectly!)

Then we were able to form a list of 5 boy names that neither of us disliked. I was okay with having those 5 names at the birth even. But over the weeks we got rid of one or another due to whatever reasons.

We whittled it down to two and suddenly the other night he started talking to the baby and used one of the boy names and our girl's name and said, "Mara or Nolan, you need to give your mommy a break! She's tired." And it just melted my heart!

So hubby chose the final boy's name because he liked it better than the other one. He compromised on the middle name too. I am about to post about this though!

[lisalulu]

We're not even close. I think we've got the list down to a page and a half for first names. No clue on the middle. We sort of go in spurts of working on it and putting it down so hopefully we can the list to a manageable size in the next few weeks and pick from that when he comes!

[Mom2ManyBlessings]

Just last week, DH came up with our boy middle name. We've had our girl name from the get-go, and a boy first name, but no middle. So I've been convinced we're having a boy, b/c it was nameless until just a few days ago.

Don't worry - you'll figure something out. And I know LOTS of people who wait until the baby is born to name it, b/c they want to see what "fits." My guess is once your LO comes, you'll know what the name should be!

[Undercover Hippie]

It's been bothering me too that we don't have a definite name. We've always been totally set before. Well, with DS there was a lot of debate but still, by the time I was in my last trimester we had definite girl and boy names narrowed down. Then with DD I knew who she was before I even knew I was PG. So not being sure who this little guy is makes me kind of crazy! But I think it will work out. We have a few in mind and one is kind of the forerunner, and I think we'll just have to see what fits him once we see him. It's a new method for us, but seems to have worked for lots of other people.

[Lizzie9984]

We haven't settled on anything either, even with my mom's help....It's starting to get frustrating, I'm 36 weeks tomorrow, dangit all! I'd like to narrow the options down to 2 or 3 first and middle name combos for each gender, but it's starting to feel like a go-nowhere battle (no thanks to hubby constantly changing his mind on what names he likes....)

I figure if this kid still doesn't have any names set aside by the time they're born, either myself, my mom, or both her and I will pick the name. I just don't see my hubby getting his butt into gear even with the baby in his arms, lol.

[renaissanceed]

Then we got home and realized his initials are SAP.

My husband only agreed to Miriam's middle name because her initials are MSG, which we both knew but I was desperate to figure out a name for her (this was days and days after she was born). He was gunning for "The Icepick" as her middle name until I gave him a list of options that did not include The Icepick.

And I think it's perfectly fine not to have a name picked out ahead of time. Like you said, you never know who your baby is going to be until they get here.

[sorteep]

we have no girl name but we are pretty set on Dean for a boy (MN up in the air for now).. but, then again, I have chg baby names 2x after delivery with both boys so who knows!

[StacieM]

It's okay you don't have a name. We have a boy name, but not a girl name. I've seen many mamas give birth and even post pics here on MDC and still not have a name set.

When we had my oldest daughter we had not yet decided on a name. DH didn't like the one I liked, but when she was born and he saw her, it fit and that's what we went with.

[GinaRae]

My youngest son's initials are JAW.

[ananas]

I personally think that babies name themselves- sometimes long before they're even conceived (my second has named herself Eleanor- and I don't even have a first yet! ). Don't worry about a name- believe me, it will come to you. Maybe it won't even be until (s)he is born, but you will have a name, I promise.

Sometimes there will be a name you keep pushing away, and once the baby is born, you know that that's the child's name, no doubt about it.