Baby Name Anxiety
29 weeks and dealing with some name anxiety for our daughter’s name.
There’s a name I’ve loved since I was a teenager that I always imagined naming my daughter. At the start of the pregnancy, my husband and I considered it but also had a couple reservations. We came across another name that we loved and for a long time it’s been in between these two names.
There was a point a month or two ago that the name I’ve liked for so long suddenly didn’t feel right for *this* baby. So, my husband and I decided to go with the other name that felt more right. We’ve been in between different spellings but overall happy with the name. We’ve been keeping the names we’ve considered a secret from family and friends.
Now my baby shower is in a week and we thought it would be really fun to announce the name then. All at once, and “officially”, so hopefully we won’t get as much out-of-pocket comments from people since it’s pretty decided and we won’t be telling people one-on-one lol (I understand I’ll get feedback, not asking about that haha)
Well now that the name has been decided and we’ve decided to announce it… all the anxiety about it is popping up 🙃 like… is this really the right name for our baby??? What if she’s born and it no longer fits her??? What if the first name we liked was better?? What if a totally different name fits more??
I know I’m overthinking it. I guess it wouldn’t be *that* big of a deal if we changed her name when she was born (I have a relative who had decided on a name and then changed it after her baby was born so maybe that’s stuck in my head too).
I guess I need advice or assurance that it’ll be okay. Has anyone else dealt with baby name anxiety?