Name regret..?
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I wasn't totally sold on my sons first name even filling out their birth certificates, but I got to name his middle name after my brother that passed away so I went with the first name my partner liked. And now they're 17m old and he is 100% Max 🥹
@Stephanie wow a very similar situation! Does it mean the world to you that you get to honor your dad and sister? I know it means a lot to my husband and I don't want to interfere with that.. hmm
This is probably going to make me sound awful but…. I wasn’t sold on my eldest sons name but after I had him I fell in love with it and it suits him, one of my twins I picked her name quickly knew exactly what I wanted and when they were born I know which girl was getting the name, the other twin we couldn’t decide for nearly a week after they were born what to call her, in the end her dad chose from a list I gave him and it wasn’t my favourite but again after a few days of using it I fell in love with it, naming my kids is one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made!x
It means alot to me. I also didn't want to name their first names after them because a part of me felt like I have a scared place in my heart for those names and didn't want try to replace them. Also felt like saying their names everyday would remind me they're gone....so middle names was perfect for me.
@Stephanie same!!
I should also add that you are the one carrying those babies so you should be included in the decision. If you don't love the names then using them as middle names is a good compromise
@Stephanie your feelings are absolutely valid, we’ve used family names as middle names because they were important but I didn’t like them as first names x
Thanks ladies! The names my husband has chosen aren't the exact names. We have Alexander for his dad Al And Christopher for his sis Christy So ideally we would call them Alex and Chris.
My youngest is named after a video game character🤣 and I really didn't like the name but had none that I did like so just went with it he is 10 months now and I couldn't imagine his name being anything else
Alexander and Christoper are good names I think, my twins are named after marvel characters🤣
I think that if you’re not completely sold on the names you should talk to him. You should be able to live the names too. Maybe a way to honor them is using them as middles names instead. My oldest daughter has my mom’s name as middle name as she has passed.
I'm still preggo so not sure about regret after they're born but I'm paying respect to my dad and my sister who have both passed in the babies middle names. My husband wasn't sold on the names for the first names and I want to make sure he loves the names we pick since they are his babies too!