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Baby naming question...(long)
So DH and I have had a name picked out for a while for a little boy....Jaxon Daniel. We both liked Jaxon, and DH has his father's initials (JDL) so he wanted to carry that on. Well, MIL and her sisters have decided that they don't like it....they think he will be made fun of and called "Jack Daniel".
I honestly don't see a problem with the name. First, we aren't going to call him Jack, and second, how many people/kids are really going to know his middle name besides family?? For the most part we will just call him Jaxon or Jax for short. So I need opinions...is this a bigger deal than I am thinking? Am I setting my child up to be made fun of? I honestly didn't think so, but they won't drop it.
They call DH every 5 minutes seems like offering up different middle names...it is really irritating me!! I told him it was our name to choose, nobody else's!
Re: Baby naming question...(long)
I think it is great and you should definately keep it!
Your MIL already named her kids...I can understand them telling you what they think about it, but it is not up to her to offer other names. That would irritate me. sorry!
No matter what you decide to name your child someone will always have their opinion. This is your child and you can name it what you want. No questions asked.
It's not world war 3, its not the end of the world and life will go on (literally, ha!!). As my mother would say - if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
Sorry, I guess I understand why people wait to announce the name of their child til it's born. I've had friends (like Brooke did) and just gave the initials in case people wanted to monogram and then told the name after it was born.
I also had a friend who did this - thought about it as if it were their name. Or if it was a friends name, would they like it, what would they think etc.
Again, it's YOUR child. Do not worry with what other people think. In the end it's a child that will be loved.
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I agree...it's your name to pick.
Ok...I like the name :P Like the pp's said...it's your decision! You guys name your baby whatever you want. Eventually they will accept it!
Oh....and if anyone does call him "jack daniels"....it will just give him a cool nick name when he is in college...lol
Girl I can so relate to this post !!!!!
We are just now narrowing our names down and its HARD. Everyone has an opinion when you tell them. Don't let others influence your choice. As far as the Jack Daniels thing.....I didn't even think about that when I heard the name. And if a child is going to be made fun of it won't matter what the name is.
My DH is the devils advocate in our naming process. He takes every name and trys to make fun of it just to see what he can come up with. I guess to test it. I am to the point where I don't care anymore.
I love the name ya'll have picked out!!!
I would call MIL and tell her to leave your name alone. I think the name is great! And besides you want to set the precident now that you and your DH are the parents and though you appreciate their thoughts it is your decision.