Is my dh the only one who won't discuss baby names?

[mameulah]

I don't get it? We are week 28 and he is still not up for chatting about it, although very excited about the baby. Anyone else in the same boat?

My DH didn't want to until after the birth.

All 4 of them.

Worked for us.

I am very over threads that are "despairing as there's 39 and a half weeks to go and no name yet".

We finally talked about names while in the lift up to the labour ward.

Just tell him if he isn't interested then you Will pick the name yourself.

Either he will get involved or you will get to chose. Win win!

Thanks, that makes me feel better. We lost a baby last year so haven't really done anything practical to prepare for our baby arriving, I just figured he would be excited, rather than underwhelmed, about thinking up names. Any I know exactly what you mean about the 'despairing as there's 39 and a half weeks to go and no name yet...' thing. My most annoying one of them is a 'friend' despairing about her mil feeding her kids too many sweets. She isn't even pregnant yet. Arg!

MikeLitorisRings, I agree! I figure that is the best way to play it!

My DH was the same. Didn't see the point until the baby arrived. He was looking through the names book during my labour. Which was fine as I had decided what the first names were going to be anyway, so he only had to choose the middle name. Her middle name begins with an A so take from that what you may. . .

Hi, I'm really sorry to hear about the loss you experienced last year. Maybe your DH is acting out of self-preservation? Maybe in his mind, he doesn't want to 'jinx' things by discussing the baby' name, who isn't here just yet?

I sincerely wish you luck xx

My DP had thought up a couple of names he really likes, and has had his sister talk him into liking another couple of names. I haven't liked them so far so I spent a couple of hours this afternoon looking at names and got together a list of about 25 that I like.

So I showed him the list this evening and he said he didn't like any of them, he only likes the ones he's chosen.

I feel like we're getting nowhere but I'm only 26 weeks and it was much later than this that we decided on DD's name.

DP didn't want to talk about names till about a week before the due date with DS1. Even then he had no suggestions, just a yes/no to my ideas.

As DS2 arrived 5 weeks early he hadn't wanted to talk about names and we didn't name him till he was 5 weeks old (tho he was in NICU and we were v pre-occupied with that).

I think some people just are not into the naming thing.

WhitePony, thank you.

MrClaypole, I think my dh might just be one of those people who are not into the naming thing. I know he has HEAPS on at work at the moment and I think that the name conversation might give him more of a kick. I have definitely given up for the moment though!

My DH isn't into the naming thing really. With DC1 he wanted to 'wait and see his/her personality' and then decide. This time round he has realised that most babies don't exude tremendous amounts of personality from birth and has agreed to deciding a name in advance. Thats about as far as it's gone though...

We started talking names during the football - "Isn't X a nice name for a boy?" introduced the subject neatly. I think he was so that i wanted to chat about something footie related his mouth had expressed his opinion before he realised what we were discussing!

Just to give you hope, DP suggested loads of names after the DSes were born. I think he just needed to meet them first!!