Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

We keep running the 3 names we have past our oldest...who is only 2 1/2 mind you....

she was stuck on one name for a few days, and now she's stuck on another.

Do we let her pick it out?
Or should we leave it with 3, and wait till #2 is born?

Re: Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

oooh, good question. How about waiting till is born, and when your daughter sees her for the first time, ask her what the baby's name is. See what she says.

If that doesn't work...the worst is that you'll have to decide in the hospital.

Message edited 6/10/2008 3:44:27 PM.

Re: Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

Well it depends on what she is picking...LOL

I say just wait until is born and see what she looks like...my vote is still for Ella Jayne

Message edited 6/10/2008 3:45:32 PM.

Re: Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

No, if my DS had it his way he'd name his brother Casper

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Posted by 2003fallwedding

Well it depends on what she is picking...LOL

I say just wait until is born and see what she looks like...my vote is still for Ella Jayne

Re: Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

OMG there was a contestant on a TV game show a few years ago whose parents let his sister choose his middle name, his name was Max Trotter something or other (the Trotter bit was chosen from a 70's TV show...its the equivelent of calling your son John Starsky and Hutch)

I say let her choose!!!

Message edited 6/10/2008 3:48:20 PM.

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Posted by stayandjohn

No, if my DS had it his way he'd name his brother Casper

Re: Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

I cant even tell you what the girls wanted to name the baby before he was born...

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my son picked out the babies name he came up to me and said mommy if its a boy i like the name Austen so thats what we are going with..so now if its a girl he needs to think of another name. so i say go for it

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my inlaws did this...now Leo has a little cousin named Barney

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My neice is 4 1/2 and she came up with her sister's name (Leah) bc she loves John and Kate plus 8. So cute.

I love th eidea of letting your little one choose- it's a family decision.

Re: Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

LOL, my niece picked out her sister's name. She was only 2, but started calling the baby "baby Emma". No one was really sure where she got it from, but it ended up sticking. It was pretty funny

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lol, Emily tells me she wants a sibling named either Sally (for a girl) or Freddy for a boy.

So, um, NO!!!!!

Re: Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

I wouldn't because he was 20 months old at the time.

I have a friend who's 4 siblings voted on the name of the last. His name is Luke, after Luke Skywalker.

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My sister picked my name but she is 4 and a half years older than me she named me after her best friend in preK

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My 2 yr old sister named me - after a character on sesame street!!

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I know someone who did that. When she was preggo with #2 her DD who was about 3/4 kept saying that she was having a little brother named Gregory. When they discovered it was a boy, they named him Gregory.

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DD#1 wanted us to name the baby Chrystal (we said NO!) She is 7. She was so mad and did not like the name we picked. Peyton! Now that Peyton is here she loves it and would not have it any other way.

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My parents were having trouble deciding on a boys name. When I was a kid I was obsessed with The Brady Bunch. I suggested the name Bobby after Bobby Brady.
They loved the name choice. My brother was born Robert (nickname Bobby) a few months later.

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My cousin who was 4 at the time (now 17) chose his brother's name.... He wanted to name him Billy after a Power Ranger. So my aunt/uncle called him William and we call him Billy for short.

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I think it's a cute idea. I think wait until the baby is born and ask her what the baby's name is......then go with it.

I on the other hand can't have DS pick out his brothers name b/c whenever you ask him what he wants to name his baby brother he says SISTER

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Posted by neener1211

oooh, good question. How about waiting till is born, and when your daughter sees her for the first time, ask her what the baby's name is. See what she says.

If that doesn't work...the worst is that you'll have to decide in the hospital.

Re: Would you let your oldest DC pick a name?

I was all for my oldest choosing a name but my DH said absolutely not!