Baby names

[PrincessFiona]

Sooo...ever since Aidan was about 4 months old, Thomas and I have been talking about #5. We decided that if we had a girl, we'd name her Zoe and a boy...Zachary.

All of our other children have 'A' names and we thought it would be cute to go from A to Z. I've actually been hooked on Zoe as a girl's name since I was pg with Aidan. I don't know why..I just love that name.

Fast forward....Amanda hates it....absolutely abhors it! "It's just weird, mom...who would name their child Zoe...her name should be Ashley".



Yesterday, I was at our neighbor's house...she just had a baby girl 4 weeks early and now that she's home we went over to visit it.....Amanda went first, and she told everyone that the baby would be called 'Ashley'...and she also told the same thing to her teacher at school.

She is begging, pleading, carrying on..."please mom, please!"

There is a huge part of me that feels that this is so important to her that I should cave and have an 'ashley' instead of my little Zoe......

Oh..and she completely has my mom on her side too...even my mom keeps telling me to call the baby Ashley. When I ask Aidan where baby Zoe is, he tells me it's not baby Zoe, it's baby Elmo.


On a side note, he did really well with the new little baby at our neighbor's house yesterday.

Any advice or words of wisdom out there?

kris

What the heck is wrong with Elmo? Or maybe Elma for a girl?

[rainbabies]

Don't let your kids name your kids.

I got stuck with Tracy because of that...actually Tracy was Mom's counter to Terry.

Tracy is right. My brother would have been Kermit or Jimmy (as in Jimmy Carter) if I had my way.

I still remember the discussion and feeling disappointed. But I'm pretty much over it.

Maybe Ashley could be a middle name as a compromise. I agree that kids shouldn't get to name their siblings. At 16 I liked the name Anarchy :!

There's a reason you're not supposed to be a parent until adulthood.

[PrincessFiona]

I was going for Zoe Christine, I think....though we'd also considered Madeline as a middle name (stealing from Rapunzel's twin girls ). I don't know..I guess I feel torn because it is so important to her...and it isn't like she wants to name the baby...Anarchy...holy cow, Jenn...I'm glad you didn't become a mom at 16

..Anarchy...holy cow, Jenn...I'm glad you didn't become a mom at 16

You and many, many others.

Good luck. I can't weigh in since I've only known one Zoe in my life and she was weird.

Isn't it funny how that happens? Why does anyone have to ruin an otherwise good name?

[Phoebe]

How about Zoe Ashlyn or Ashlyn Zoe? I like Zoe. Next week, Amanda may hate the name Ashley so maybe just give it some time.

[Meenah]

I agree with Tara, you get to name your baby!!
Luanne

[DCJenn]

If I recall, whn you were pregnant with Aiden, we all discussed how cool it would be to end with Z. Tell her that the iMSN mommies and daddies all agreed on Zoe.

So, Amanda can name her own daughter Ashley...or maybe the doll house people can have a new baby.

Jenn

[Sheherezade]

Do you think it will be hard to be the only kid without an "A" name?

:!

[houseelf]

RE: kids' changing their minds about names they like....

In the fourth grade, I insisted that my name be changed to Kyra, like the elf in the movie "The Dark Crystal". Yes, I've always been a dork and I've always associated myself with the elfs. Weird. We elfs tend to be a happy albeit dumb serving class type. Further, we're cute in an ugly sort of way. Apparrently, I had real insight early in life.

Also, my parents have a tape recording of my then five year old brother insisting that my parents name me "underdog".

I think you need to be cautious about giving into kids' whims. A name is very important (and damn difficult to come up with).

Best of luck.

Kelly

[Michele]

Do you think it will be hard to be the only kid without an "A" name?

I wondered this too.... :!