does anyone else's children think they have a huge say in the new baby's name?!

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Can anyone relate ?
If so, how do you deal with it?!
It's been tricky to find names my OH will consider, its even harder when our eldest then shouts about how much he hates that name! 😐

My little niece at 5 suggested Rose or Daisy for her sibling if it was a girl, and refused to countenance the possibility of a boy. Reluctantly she then came up with Nettle and suggested that her grandparents should raise him.
It was a boy. He is not called Nettle. 😂

Just as well I'd never been allowed to name a human when I was a child, because I named my Baby Born "Rat" and refused to budge off it. My best friend's doll was named Annabel, but not me, I was insistent on Rat.

I don't think there's any problem with including them in the process, or "considering" their choices (ie. pretending to, if they're that unbearable), just don't tell him what you've chosen until after the baby is born.

In hind sight I realise that maybe my parents weren't caught up in picking the perfect names for my brother and as they didn't really pick our names.

A grandparent chose my first name, second name plucked from thin air (I think they just thought you should have one). My brothers first name chosen by me, his second name is our paternal grandads name following a tradition (should have been my dad's name but it got vetoed)

Mine have always suggested ridiculous things as names for their younger siblings - one was Shark, another Hammer.

My nephew choose the names for both of his siblings - he suggested names and they were the ones that his parents loved and used. It's quite nice really if they have a sensible suggestions to involve them, but make it clear that the parents make the decisions.

My oldest thinks she chose our youngest's name. No idea why she thinks so but it seems to make her happy!

My elder daughter objects to the name we've chosen- she'll come round! She just wants Disney names!

We have a nickname for baby in utero and DS is going to be very confused when she arrives and we insist on calling her something different. I tried to explain this (he has a nickname too) but he just started asking me about his submarine.

If it was up to DS, Dd would be called Batman, "Doogoo" or "Poguey".

My ex and his partner involved DD in the naming of her little sister. DD named her after her favourite teddy. The teddy that I bought her and named when she was little.

I like to think that means that I named their child!

Luckily it is a lovely name for a human. Presumably they would have vetoed it otherwise!

DS1 wanted to name his brother Hug And A Kiss Wiggly Eye. I like it, but it is not DS2's name. He really wanted a little sister called Emily.