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Baby names

Has anyone picked names yet? We have been avoiding the conversation because we fought over names with our last one, especially boy names. It wasn't bad when we found out we were having a girl because we only had a few picked and it was easy to narrow it down. I hit 20 weeks tomorrow. I have my ultrasound in the morning. We don't plan on finding out the gender with this one so we have to pick a name for both boy and girl. I'm not excited for this part. I have no idea where to even start. I have had a name picked out for a boy since I had my first kid (which was with my ex husband) and I have 3 girls so I haven't been able to use it. But I told my boyfriend what it was and it was an instant veto (it's similar to his dad's name and he doesn't get along the best with his dad) and then his mom said if we named out kid that she wouldn't baby sit anymore (his parents are divorced). I'm stressing about names now that we are hitting the halfway point and our lives are so busy we don't really get the time to sit and talk about it. I know it's still a ways out but it just feels like it will sneak up on us and we won't be prepared for it or still arguing about it.

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My partner picked both names ❣️ Our son born April ‘23 is Moses Amadeus And our son being born April ‘24 will be Mateo Alexander ✨✨❣️

My husband and I went back and forth about names when I was pregnant with my daughter back in 2019 so he picked the first name that we both liked then I picked the middle name. Our daughters name is Elena Harmony This pregnancy were having a boy, and decided on Griffin Bryer

We've been fairly solid on names. Boy: Aaron Kope (Aaron is my friend of 20 years that passed in the spring, Kope was my husband's grandpa) we originally had Robert Kope (both grandfathers) but my husband likes Aaron more Girl: Celia Renee (my godmother and my aunt who passed, both very important women in my upbringing) or Erin Renee (female version of Aaron). Everyone has been pressuring me to do a K name for a first name. My husband is Kerry, my brother-in-law is Kevin, my nephew is Kooper. As one could imagine I don't want to be the K, K, K, so no K first names. We agreed on that immediately. Ultimate do what you feel. It'll come to you and you'll know it when it does. My friend didn't name her kids till after they were born.

I picked my baby name the minute I got confirmation I had a boy and a girl name picked out so I had one for both I will never advocate for single parenting because it's really hard but it is nice not having to have the name argument lol My baby girl Ansley Brooke is due March 31st 2024 and I absolutely love her name Y'all will definitely figure it out I suggest both of you find time one night sit down and write out a list of five girl names and five boy names each and then compare and see if y'all can find common ground or a name y'all both mutually like.

@Flo dang that's awesome! I will have to check that out!

I have 2 girls from my previous marriage so when me and my boyfriend found out we were having a girl I let him take more of the lead on that one because I already got to do it twice and that was his first child and I really liked what he picked. Her name is Shania Rose. My older 2 are Makayla May and Braelynn Paige.

Maybe each have a name .. one chooses the first name and the other chooses the middle name. My boyfriend pretty much agreed to what I wanted but I’ve also changed it many times 😂

I think there’s added pressure and opinions (that often don’t matter) when you share the process with people other than your partner. Everyone is going to be biased one way or another. My husband and I don’t have a lot of downtime together either so we often have shorter conversations about it while keeping a running list, and then pick it up again. Don’t feel like you need to decide on a name in one day. Throw some names out there and then come back to it. I know it seems like you’re running out of time, but you’re not there yet. You guys will figure it out.

My husband and I keep having fights about naming our first boy, so i feel you! He’s dead set on one name (his grandfather’s) and won’t budge and will barely come up with other options and vetoes everything i suggest. The name holds significance to him for a grandfather he never got to meet and he wants to follow the Italian tradition of naming from previous generations. I’m not crazy about it but one idea I had was to go with it (it starts with A)and then name him a J name for middle so that we could call him A.J. I don’t know! Grrrr… it’s tough

My husband wasn't thrilled on talking about name's yet. I found an app that gives names that you can say you like and dislike. Kind of like a swipe of a dating app. Then we can see the names we both liked. So far we have gotten about 2 names we really like but haven't narrowed it down. We are planning on deciding on 3 names then waiting until our baby boy comes and decide then.