Why is it SO HARD to Pick a Baby’s Name?

It may not be hard for everyone, but it was hard for us!

We had a girl name from the very beginning.  Ariana in case you need a good girl name.

But had the hardest time with finding a boy name.  Each boy was born without a name.  I am always amazed when people know the name months before they have the baby.  Or sometimes even before they are pregnant!

With T1 he was 6 weeks early so we had a good excuse. He was named before he left the hospital.

T2 was 2 weeks late and we had a list of our top 10 and I had been whispering the name I liked in DHs ear each night.  When DH said he looks like a C.  I suddenly wasn’t sure.  But in the end indeed he was a C.  He too left the hospital with a name.

T3 was 1.5 weeks late and we had a list of 40 names.  Names like Zeus and Shark Boy (thanks to suggestions from T1 and T2)  The name I really wanted – Gideon – was relegated to his middle name.  He went home from the hospital without a name, but a few days later we went back to fill out his birth certificate.  It took awhile to figure his name out.  I still sometimes wish we went with Gideon.  I guess I should have been whispering it in DHs ear.  But at least it is one of his names.

I have been on the hunt for another boy name for years, just in case!

How about you?  Was it hard for you to come up with your baby’s name?