Does your family hate your baby name?
Have any of you dealt with family members or friends hating the baby name that you picked?
My husband and I just had our big gender reveal party last weekend for our first child. I was 21 weeks at the reveal party and everyone was SO EXCITED to find out if we were having a boy or girl! The party went perfectly. Everyone was so sweet, supportive, and truly excited for us. All of the love and support felt so great.
Anyway, we found out that we are having a GIRL!!! Of course, the next questions to come were "What are you going to name her?" and "Have you thought about names?" and "What names have you got picked out?" Well, my FIRST mistake was giving in to all of these questions and actually answering them honestly. I do have my baby girl's full name picked out, and I personally love it. But I should have told some little white lies and said "I don't know" or "I don't have any names ready yet!"
My parents aren't exactly thrilled about my name of choice, but they did not flat out say that. Their reactions were just... silence. LOL.
My mother-in-law flat out HATES it! She told me straight up that she "seriously hates it". On one hand, I do appreciate her honesty. Her and I have a great relationship and we have always kept it real with each other. But, on the other hand, I can't help but feel a bit... put off. And perturbed.
My mother-in-law has one other grandchild from her daughter (my husband's sister) - a sweet precious little boy. I asked her if she was crazy about his name when he was born. She said she couldn't remember.
I responded by saying, "whatever her name will be, I'm sure she will be accepted and loved". My MIL agreed with me, of course.
Has anyone else dealt with this level of opposition when it came to naming your child? How did you handle it? How did it make you feel?
If I am blessed to have a second child, I will NOT be disclosing his or her name in advance! That information will be kept in a vault, like the celebs do! LOL.
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