If any of you are like me, I’ve been thinking about what to name my kids since before I was married. When the day finally came to name my baby, it was a much harder chore than I ever thought it would be!
The names I had picked since before my babies were even an apple in my eye, were no longer on the table. I happened to marry a WONDERFUL man who didn’t like any of my dream names! So now it was all about looking through the baby name books and finding a name we could both agree on, which was much easier said than done!
We finally agreed on a name for each sex (we let the sex of our baby be a surprise on his birthday)! We had agreed on Robert (my 2nd choice, my husband’s 1st choice), and decided we would call him Bobby. My 1st choice was Jack, but my husband said “no way”. I liked the name Robert, so I relented and Robert “Bobby” it was.
When Robert was born I realized, after about 48 hours, that I hadn’t called him by name. The name “Bobby” just didn’t fit – I couldn’t look at him and call him that name. My darling husband was calling him Bobby, his grandparents were calling him Bobby and his aunts, uncles and cousins were calling him Bobby, but his Mommy wasn’t.
I broke the news about 48 hours after his birth, that I couldn’t call him Bobby. There was no reason why, except to me the name just didn’t fit him. My husband was very understanding. We talked for a long time about what to do about it. Should we change his name (I again suggested Jack, but was nixed), should we call him a different nickname?
We decided to keep Robert and change his nickname to Robbie! As soon as I was honest with my husband about how I was feeling, and we decided to change his nickname to Robbie, I have loved it ever since. His name has fit him perfectly for the last five and a half years.
Here’s the irony to this story: Our second son was born, and although it took us the entire pregnancy and two days after his birth, we named him Jack. When Jack started talking in his second year, he called his older brother “Bobby”. He has been the only one in all of Robbie’s life to call him Bobby, and I LOVED it!
Sincerely,
From the Stork’s Nest ~
Rebecca
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