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| Tue, 12-21-2004 - 3:02pm |
My husband wants to pick the name if it's a boy and have me pick the name if it's a girl. Anyone else doing this, and if so, how's it working out?
Christal

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we didn't do that. that wouldn't have worked. guess i didn't want to not like my child's name if my dh picked something i couldn't stand...and vice versa. not too sure that could work. what if he picks a name for a boy you absolutley hate?
best wishes!
leah
Not a chance! Your childs name should be a joint effort!
hi
We are doing the opposite. I have always had a boys name picked out, way before I met my hubby. I knew i would name a boy either Josh or Jacob Hamilton. Hamilton is after my grandfather. So when we found out we are expecting and we were already discussing baby names, i had to inform him he had no say so in choosing a boys name, but he had almost free reign over a girls name. He wasnt to happy, but he liked Jacob Hamilton better, and wants to call him Jake. Although i will probably call him jacob. He wants to name a girl after his grandmother, Ann, even though his cousin named her daughter Annie Beth after her. We have almost decided on Courtney Ann, hes always liked Courtney.
Most people like Jacob Hamilton, but some arent crazy about Courtney Ann. My hubby also likes Rachel or Rene, no offense to anyone out there with those names, but i am not crazy about them.
Any ideas on girls name to go with Ann? We cant use Bethany, its my ex best friends name. I still have bad images associated with that name.
Thank,
Marcy
We have an Emily Ann and a Reagan Anna.
Christal
EDD 01/09/05
well, we kind of did this. DH comes from an italian family and his brother has 7 children, not one of whom is named after their grandmother, Anastasia, nn Sia. so when we decided to start a family, he insisted that the first girl be named Anastasia, nn Sia, and that I could name all the rest of the children. since we were only planning on one, that didnt seem like such a great deal on my end! At first, he wasnt open to ANY negotiation at all, but we now have an Anastazia, nn Zia, Lukas (my grandmother's maiden name). we are TTC #2 and he still maintains that the "rest" are "mine" to name (altho I am certainly taking his preferences into consideration---i DO want our children to have names we both like---)
hope it works out for you if you decide to do this!
sim
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