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A Good Baby Name is Worth the Wait! - Baby Name Drama

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A Good Baby Name is Worth the Wait! - Baby Name Drama

Ada

The Baby's Name

Ada Miriam

The Baby Name Drama

There were two dramas over the baby's name: 1) Choosing her name and 2) how long it took! It wound up taking us three weeks to finally settle on a baby name. We went back and forth over what name would honor our relatives as well as what fit the baby. Our friends and family were a bit annoyed.

We scheduled a baby naming, but literally hadn't chosen a baby name until about an hour before the naming. We had it narrowed down to two names. It was hard and no one really understood.

Advice

  • Don't stress out about it, that just makes it harder.
  • Don't listen to the pressure people give you, you and baby have to live with the name, not the other people.
  • Just smile and say it's complicated.

Did you change the baby name?

We did not change her name, because we took the time to do it right the first time.

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