Hello! My amazing baby daughter is 6 months, almost 7. I have been second guessing her name since she was born. I won’t mention the names as I don’t want that to affect your opinion.
We went to the hospital with 2 names (we were hoping to decide beforehand since I knew it would be hard for me to choose In the hospital) but she came 2 weeks early! Perfectly healthy thankfully. I kept going back and forth in hospital and allowed myself to be influenced by opinions of my family when I told them both names. My gut said the other name. I also felt pressured to leave with a name but wish I waited a week as I think I would have chosen the other name.
I think her current name is beautiful but I realize I like the other name better. Her name is a bit of a mouthful and a many people pronounce it wrong or call her by her nickname which I don’t like. ([name_m]Even[/name_m] though I thought I would). The nn is so natural and easy that I feel, and even if we try to go by her full name, she will always be her Nickname. I really thought I would like her name more than I do but I don’t as much in use.
We’ve almost changed it a few times…even announced the new name to close family members but then I chickened out. Funny is that I always thought it was too late too change it and I now realize that doing it at 3 months would have been so much easier than 6! I still have her birth announcements ready to go that I haven’t sent out…I’m not so worried about telling my family and friends but she has been in daycare for 2 months so I feel really weird about that.
I wind up not using her name a lot and just calling her “sweetie,etc”. I also sometimes call her both names.
My husband prefers the name she has but is fine changing it because he wants me to be happy. I have a 3 yo I’m worried about confusing although not sonmuch because I openly talk and have joked with her about using the other name, which she likes. I do feel a little selfish if I change it but I also can’t control how I feel about it. I wish I could move on as is but keep thinking about it. I wish I changed it earlier but was reluctant to do it, thinking it was hormones or feeling tired so didn’t want to make the wrong decision- but now I feel recovered and am getting sleep and my opinion about her name is the same.
I do feel that if I change it, I can’t wait much longer as she is probably beginning to recognize it.
Has anyone changed their baby’s name? [name_m]How[/name_m] have you felt? Would people think I’m crazy at her daycare? Thanks!
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