Hi all,
I’ve read lots online and on here about ‘baby name regret’ as I’m having a bit of a crisis about my 8 week old’s name. I think it’s a combination of having received a couple of negative reactions to his name and stupidly looking up opinions on the name on Mumsnet since he was born (massive mindf*ck!)
I don’t have one particular name that I wished we’d called him, although we did have a shortlist, and my regret comes from not trying out all the names for a few days after he was born (which we did with my first child and I love her name). I have pangs of regret for the names we didn’t use which sounds ridiculous!
I’ve always struggled with making decisions and have often felt ‘buyer’s remorse’ after making particularly big decisions so I suspect this is just an extension of that exacerbated by the negative reactions etc. His name is probably a red herring for this anxiety and I doubt changing it is going to be the quick fix that I’m looking for.
But I just wondered if there anyone out there who had the same experience and actually went ahead and changed their baby’s name? And if so, how old was your baby and what kind of reaction did you get from family and friends?
My husband is being reasonably understanding about how I’m feeling but has shut down the idea of changing his name as ‘we can’t be the parents who changed their baby’s name’…)
TIA x