I just don't know...

DH has loved the name Callahan from the very beginning of this pregnancy. I like it but I don't LOVE it. It just hasn't screamed, "YES! THAT'S THE NAME!". I'm not too fond of the nickname "Cal". I gave in and let him name DD. I do not like the way my DD's name is spelled but oh well, I got used to it. DH is so stubborn and says no to every single name I bring to the table. I love the name William Elias. I've tried meeting in the middle with Maxwell Avrum. Avrum is DH's middle name and of course would have his last name as well. He hates it and just likes Callahan. Urgh. Idk what to do. 37 weeks and I'm irritated knowing that I will most likely be arguing with him at the hospital about the name. I don't want to give in on a name I don't love but I also don't want DH being a pissy smurf about it. He named DD, why can't I get the final say for DS or at least get to pick his first name? UGH!!

He's being a child. He got the final say in your daughters name because he was whiny about it and he's using the same tactics to get you to name this one what you want. Tell him to stop being unreasonable and to compromise. If you don't like the name, you don't have to agree to it and if he's going to be a baby about it then let him be. This baby is yours too.

Maybe use it as a middle name?

He isn't the only one that is the parent. I would think you get a say in it too. At the very begining of every pregnancy we make a list (my husband and I) and then over the months it kinda dwindles and then its down to a boy and a girl name. We have actually had the same boy name 3 times now, but I guess we didn't really argue over girls tho...I just got a feeling if something sticks and then hubby lets us keep it. I hope you get it worked out..you don't need the extra stress especially now.

Quoting Mama♥Sweetpea:" He's being a child. He got the final say in your daughters name because he was whiny about it and he's ... [snip!] ... like the name, you don't have to agree to it and if he's going to be a baby about it then let him be. This baby is yours too. "

I've tried saying most of this to him. I'm just so damn tired of arguing about it. I don't want to name another child of mine a name I don't care for. :/

Quoting *MommaLindz*:" Maybe use it as a middle name?"

I've offered that. He only wants Callahan.

You should definitely agree on a name...I went rounds with my SO about DS's name, he finally picked one and I actually loved it. It's all about how firm you are about it not being that.

Quoting March 2013:" He isn't the only one that is the parent. I would think you get a say in it too. At the very begining ... [snip!] ... something sticks and then hubby lets us keep it. I hope you get it worked out..you don't need the extra stress especially now."

I wish it was that easy for us. I am open to a lot of names. I've been through so many names with him and he only wants the name Callahan. So frustrating... I've tried liking the name, I just don't care for it.  

Quoting Clopton™ [37 weeks]:" I've offered that. He only wants Callahan."

Then just name the kid what you want...point blank! give him the middle name and you pick the first. He gets the last name and the middle name tell him to suck it up and your giving you kid what name you like.

Dont let him get his damn why...u learned to like your other kids names he can do the same.

Quoting ~Raylan's Mama~:" You should definitely agree on a name...I went rounds with my SO about DS's name, he finally picked one and I actually loved it. It's all about how firm you are about it not being that."

I've told him that I don't like it and his response is, "You'll change your mind when you see him for the first time." He's not even willing to come up with a "back up" names with me. He just knows he's name will be Callahan. ughhhhhh

Yehh smurf that noise. Tell him HE got to choose DD's name it's YOUR turn period. Tell him if he keeps it up you won't let him be there when the baby is born LOL

Quoting Clopton™ [37 weeks]:" I've tried saying most of this to him. I'm just so damn tired of arguing about it. I don't want to name another child of mine a name I don't care for. :/"

Then I'd just tell him flat out you don't like the name Callahan and you're not naming your kid that. If he throws a fit let him. You're the one that's pregnant for 9 months and has to push the kid out, if he won't compromise on a name with you then you don't have to give into him just because he acts like a toddler.
My SO would only try that smurf once.

I always viewed that as a LN not a FN.... Don't settle for something you don't love!

<blockquote><b>Quoting Clopton™ [37 weeks]:</b>" I've told him that I don't like it and his response is, "You'll change your mind when you see him for ... [snip!] ... time." He's not even willing to come up with a "back up" names with me. He just knows he's name will be Callahan. ughhhhhh"</blockquote>




Come up with your own back ups and since you are pretty sure you won't change your mind, when it comes that time tell him the baby doesn't look like a Callahan and he looks more like (Insert name here). Seriously, don't let him walk all over you with this...that's what it seems like is happening.

Thanks ladies. It is so exhausting arguing with him about it. I'm not giving in this time. I told him that if he doesn't help pick another name then I'm naming him what I want without his say. He didn't take to that very well. He said he will look at my list tomorrow and try to compromise with me as long as I still try to consider Callahan. Fine...