I’m feeling torn. I’ve been living with baby name regret for the last almost 4 years, hoping it would go away, but it’s only gotten worse. My son clearly knows his name now and I feel like it’s too late to change it, but this feeling is awful. Basically I felt from the get go that it wasn’t the right name…but didn’t change it. Then a year went by, another, and I kept thinking that I would grow to love it. I never felt this way AT ALL about my other kids’ names. I never even knew baby name regret was a thing before having my son, and I know I probably would have judged parents in the past for changing their child’s name so late in the game…but I’m feeling like if I don’t change it, this feeling will persist forever. When I think about changing his name to this one name in particular, I feel immense relief…but then I wonder if it will cause deep issues for my son and of course scared of what everyone will think- that I’m a bad parent or weird. I know others’ opinions don’t matter fundamentally. but I still feel so ashamed that I feel this way. I asked my son a few days ago if we were to call him something else, out of these 5 names, what does he like the best? He said he likes the name that I have secretly been thinking about. I never once mentioned this name to him, but he likes it the best, which makes me feel like I should maybe just bite the bullet and change it to this name we both like. My husband and our son’s siblings are supportive. I guess I am just looking for reassurance here. I feel like such a shitty mom because of this. I love my son so so much, so this feeing has been so hard to deal with over the years😥