Vol 3. Naming another boy is HARD!

Someone special has arrived...

So, I will slow my writing down during this special time as our beautiful new baby boy arrived on Tuesday, 17 October, at 9:32 a.m.

But I wanted to jump on today whilst I had the energy to share and announce the birth of our son and share our naming journey, as we have taken our time to decide on his name.

FINDING A NAME THAT IS EQUALLY AS STRONG AS THE FIRST SON

I have been undecided on many of the names we discussed, as none made me feel like they were strong enough to match Phoenix’s name. Phoenix was the only boy name we liked when considering names, so we had no second name options to use when we found out it would be a boy. We had to go back to the drawing board, and even after he was born, nothing came to us straight away with some of the names we had saved from before.

CARE MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT vs…

What do you think other people will say as an opinion? It’s weird how their judgements creep into your decision-making process, especially when your parents/friends make friendly/loving recommendations to be part of the process. I remember with Phoenix, I felt a lot of anxiety naming him due to worrying about what the parents would think. I knew it was unusual for both families, and it might not be loved as much as we loved it. They love his name now after a very unresponsive reaction when we told them on the day.