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Aaargh, having baby tomorrow and DH changing his mind!!

35 replies

hw2004 · 18/09/2008 10:44

Bloody men!!

For ages we have decided to call baby either Toby or Sebastian. Now I have asked him a million times for other suggestions but he has come up with NOTHING!!!

Now after talking to some random woman at work he has decided he LOVES the name Christian/Kristian and wants to call the baby this. Talk about last minute!!!

Now I don't dislike the name but my heart is set on Toby and even though I like Christian I don't like the thought of it being shortened to Chris.

So, any opinions on Christian???

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sammybeth · 18/09/2008 11:25

I think Toby is the better name of all of them. Christian sounds a bit old fashioned!!

tortoiseshell · 18/09/2008 11:24

I like Christian best out of those. What about Christian Toby?

MrsTittleMouse · 18/09/2008 11:19

I prefer Toby or Sebastian. Not that it's any of my business! Personally I think that the person who - carries the baby around for 9 months, gives birth, and then has the baby latched on for breastfeeding for months after that - gets the casting vote. Your DH obviously doesn't have any problems with Toby or Sebastian or he would have voiced them long ago.

MmeLindt · 18/09/2008 11:16

Toby is a slang word for dick in Scotland, so gives a whole new meaning to the restaurants Toby Carvery

We always used to LOL when we passed the one in Perth

Not relevant, but you just reminded me of that

conniedescending · 18/09/2008 10:56

ooh nooo, don't let him replace Toby or Sebastian with Christian. Christian is a bit camp imo - your other choices are lovely.

fortyplus · 18/09/2008 10:55

When I read your thread title I thought dh was chinging his mind about wanting a baby!

I prefer Christian. I know boys with all these names - Toby and Sebastian are drippy and Christian is a cool dude whe never gets called Chris! But that's just me putting connotations onto the names because of the people I already know.

Toby got called 'Toby jug' all the time at school.

Moogatron · 18/09/2008 10:53

I remember a Radio 4 play where parents wanted to call their son Sebastian. The grandad sputtered (think broad Yorkshire accent)'SEBASTIAN?! SEBASTIAN?!, what kind of name is THAT? No wonder Seb Coe was a fast runner with a name like Sebastian!'

That said, I used to go on lots of French exchanges and it is a very popular name in France. Christian is nice, but I have the above broad Yorkshire reaction to it....

TigerFeet · 18/09/2008 10:48

(No idea why there's a question mark after best of luck - sorry)

TigerFeet · 18/09/2008 10:47

Use Christian as a second name maybe? I'm with you, I think Toby and Sebastian are both far nicer names than Christian. Obviously Sebastian Christian sounds a bit ridiculous but Toby Christian sounds fine (imo obv).

I read the thread title before reading the topic it was in and thought your dh had changed his mind about having the baby

Best of luck?

MmeLindt · 18/09/2008 10:47

From your names, I prefer Sebastian tbh.

Christian is ok, definitely spelt with C rather than K. It was pretty popular here in Germany for a while, lots of 30somethings called Christian.

You could just wait and see if he looks like a Sebastian or a Christian

Good luck tomorrow I take it you are having a CS?