Picking the name that a person is going to be called the rest of their life is just kind of a daunting task. I can understand how some people pick their child's name before they're born because they like a name (or whatever), and I've got a list of names that I like, but every time I think I'm getting closer to pinning down one that I like "the best" I completely change my mind.
What if I get sick of the name a few years down the road? It's happened before with me. There were names that I absolutely loved in high school and was positive that I would someday use for my children, but I can't stand them now. Also, what if the name we chose isn't easy to scold with, or call from across the house, or some such thing? Seriously stressful.
I'm posting about this because my little name poll has closed, and the obvious winner was 'Charlotte'. But I can already tell you we don't know if this will be her name. We're not even sure anymore if we're going to use the names that were on our original "short list". So there.
We just can't bring ourselves to name little Baby before we meet her. After all, she has to look like a Charlotte, or an Emmeline, or whatever, if we're going to name her that and we have yet to see her. Maybe we'll just use the nickname my parents have given her--Roscoe.
Very frustrating.