Hi ladies'

Just wanted some advice on how to tackle baby names. I happen to like unusual names ( I named my first son Jett) at the moment if it's a boy I want to name him Foxx, Phoenix, Drake, Neo, or Colt, if it's a girl I'm thinking Matilda, Scarlett, Ebony, or Aurora. My problem is my new mother in law and my husband to be don't like unusual names (as my mother in law is Italian she wants an Italian family name like Leonardo or Costatina). I have had many a discussion with my mother in law on this issue, she thinks of the child being picked on in school. My argument is that kids get picked on for more things than names I was bullied for being skinny, having a British accent, poor parents and an old car.

Do I go with my new hormonal *****ier side and think 'well I've carried this child for 9 months so I'm going to name it what I want?' or do I be a doormat and succumb to family pressure? I just really don't like old boring names, some of those can be picked on too, Richard is shortened to ... well you know. Nobody made much of a fuss when we first heard Tiger Woods or Forrest Whitaker...

I've actually told my husband to be not to mention any of the names I'm thinking of in front of family anymore because I can't stand seeing the smirks and eye rolls on their faces. Why can't they just be happy that I have something to name at all, as it is their son's first child? Sorry I'm a little hormonal at the moment! Jett's grandparents love the unusual name, they think it suits him! (Jett has a different father to this baby) Anybody else have issues like this with family, if so how did you tackle it?

Any advice please