ChatterMoms

That was a good post, Boys2men!  My husband and I like unusual names, and we've recieved a LOT of flack for them.  With our first child, we made the mistake of asking people if they liked the name.  NOBODY liked it, and it made us rethink our decision, even though it was a name that had special and important meaning to us.  We named him our name anyway, and we couldn't be happier with our decision.  I've never once regretted his name, and it suits him perfectly.  When it was just a name, not attached to any child, people didn't like it.  But when I tell people his name today, and they see my adorable little boy that has the name, suddenly the "name" isn't so bad and I've even been told by a couple people that they loved it enough to give a future child that name (something I'm NOT too happy about--what's the point of an unusual name if people start stealing it???)

 Anyway, with our 2nd baby, I've just been telling people "His name is going to be such and such" and not asking if they liked it or what they think of it.  My husband and I LOVE the name, and love it more every time we call our baby it, so frankly, I don't care if anyone else likes it.  Once the baby is born, it won't be just a weird name no one's ever heard of, it'll be our son's name, and that's what people will know it as.  Ya know?