Baby Names

Naming kids is probably one of the most unrealized stresses of pregnancy. Growing up, little girls are always naming their dolls and thinking of names for their own kids. But, when push comes to shove, naming is really difficult. Not only is it a big decision, that is only made more confusing with the increased indecisiveness of pregnancy, you also have to take into consideration your spouse's opinions. Luckily, for us, Hubster and I agree on most of our names.

Dillan wasn't named until we were basically walking out of the hospital to bring him home. We went in to the delivery with a short list of names, but none of them seemed to fit and we weren't leaning toward any one over the others. After spending the first few hours with him, we started to really fall in love with the name Dillan, but we couldn't figure out if we really liked any of the spellings. Let me tell you, deciding anything directly after pushing a child out of you is a joke. I was so indecisive, crying at any suggestion and any non-suggestions. We spent our second day in the hospital researching what the most masculine spelling of Dillan was and as we were packing up to go home, they came by to MAKE us fill out the birth certificate paperwork. I wish it wasn't something that we had to spend time stressing over the first few days and I am trying my hardest to be more prepared this time around. Keeping in mind that my efforts are probably pretty futile.

Dillan, minutes after arriving 

Few days later 

Hubster and I have agreed on a couple names for Little Lady, but our plan is still to wait until she makes her debut to finalize any decisions. Hubster, especially, needs to see her before really deciding. Well, we've been throwing them around to get a feel for them and asking Dillan which name he likes best. Within the last few weeks, Dillan has gotten stuck on one of them. He refuses to call the baby by anything else and when we offer up any other names, he adamantly tells us we are calling her by the wrong name. So, if Dillan is stuck on a name, are we? Do we now have to use that name? It's not as though it's a name we weren't considering anyway, but if we feel like we would like to use the other name, I want to be able to do so.