What if I change my mind?
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What if I change my mind?
| Wed, 11-08-2006 - 10:36am |
Just wondering if this ever happens and how bad it is! I feel like I wont be able to decide on a name for my baby until they are born and I see them and they are a few weeks old. This happened with my puppy, we didn't decide, didn't decide, decided on one name, then a week later changed it to what is now the absolute perfect name for my now full grown dog. You can't do that with a baby though, can you? You can't wait to chose a name and fill out the birth cert. later right? I feel like we will pick out a great name, see the baby and say, no way, that doesn't fit at all.
Kelli in VT
Kelli in VT

You can wait to officially give the baby a name.
This is why I always loved the name Elisabeth for a girl - it has so many nicknames that no matter what she turned out like, one of them had to fit. Elise, Eliza, Liza, Liz, Lizzie, Lisa, Libby, Beth, Betsy, Bess and so on ...
And I really like the idea of having a short list of names to take with you to the hospital and even waiting a few weeks to make it final if you need to. Even if you do fill out the birth cert. and change your mind later, I think there's still a period of time when it's relatively easy to get it changed.
hi-
we didnt have to decide on name until the day we were leaving the hospital. i had a csection so i had 5 days to decide. we did go in with 2 names and i spent the first 3 days testing them out, on the 3rd day my dh said "can we please please name her" so we did.
i do know people who come home w/o a name - when you take your hospital tour maybe ask them if they know the legal status on it.
alison