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"You're Naming Her What?"
9 Rules for Discussing Names
By I.J. Schecter
You might find a name completely wrong the first time you hear it – six months later it may seem perfect. Consider how often your opinion on other topics changes over the course of nine months. As the pregnancy moves along, you'll come to feel closer and closer to your developing baby, and this may change the way you feel about certain names. So keep doors open as long as you can.
8. Honor thy father and thy mother – but honor thy baby first. Certain familial pressures will accompany the naming of your child. Consider yourselves lucky if you're not subject to plenty of this kind of thing: "Wouldn't it be wonderful if he were named after so and so? But we don't want to influence your decision." Though it would be nice if you could please everybody, you can't. There's only one baby, and he or she can only take on so many names. So concentrate first on finding a name that suits you, then on finding one that suits everyone else around you. In the end, everyone will just be happy that the little bundle arrives safe and sound.
9. For Pete's sake, have fun with it. Your partner may come up with names you find perfectly ridiculous. Don't get frustrated. Enjoy the process, and learn to laugh about the names you disagree on, just like you've learned to laugh about other disagreements. You're discussing what will be the most important, most enduring part of your emerging child's identity. It should be celebrated!
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