S/O Do you refer to baby by his/her name?

surfergirl28

Knelli made such a good point in her name post... I think the reason I'm having trouble connecting with him and really letting this be real in my mind is because I still often refer to him as "the baby." I'm getting better at saying "him" sometimes, but I definitely need to get better at it.

We haven't fully decided on a name, but we have it narrowed down to 2 or 3. I wonder if it might help us fully decide if we spend some time referring to him by one name for maybe a week? And then trying another name the next week? Or is that weird? I sort of feel like I'm jinxing something by calling him by name before we meet him...stupid.

Do you refer to your baby by his/her name? Is that how you finally decided?

chrisloveskristen

Noah is our top name choice..even though we haven't decided on it, I like to refer to him as Noah so we can see how it feels using that name...I think it is a great idea to refer to him with the different top name choices to see how it feels.

knelli

We said we were going to do the same with with the names...I suggested to DH that we refer to her by Elise for a week or so to see how it felt and to make sure we really liked it... I think we did it twice!

I dont know why. but we always say "our little girl" or "she"... but starting this past weekend we have been saying her name and it is helping a lot.

PurpleK26

With family and DH we say Kaygan, but if i'm just talking to some random person, client etc, I just say the baby/she.

mcjb09

We always had a name picked out (boy or girl) but I still go by 'Baby' or 'the baby'.  I think it will feel more real if we call her by her name which still kinda scares me.  If you're not sure of what the name will be- I agree, try out different names per week.  GL!

shaunnalar

I have been getting better calling her by her name, Natasha instead of "she."  But I still say our baby or baby girl.  Which I'm sure will continue after she is born.

kristinem17

We are Team Green, so we can't use the name yet, but we refer to our LO as Baby V.  It would be much better if I could call him/her by their name... but we are super excited to be waiting it out for the big reveal at delivery!

coolteacher79

Yup! For the most part  we refer to her as Eliana or Ellie. Sometimes I say she, but sort of use it all interchangably. Calling her by name isn't how we decided... we decided then started calling her by name.

After losing Isaac, it became important to DH and I that we, as well as others, connect with her as personally as possible while we know she is alive and well, even in utero.

 

superaunt

I do refer to her by her name - when I'm talking to my husband only. We're not sharing the name with anyone until she's here so it's hard saying "the baby" or whatever when I'm not talking to DH.

I DEFINITELY think the connection grew tenfold once we found out the sex and agreed on a name. No doubt about it.

Eviebee

I was thinking of coming up with a name for this LO, but not the official name since we don't know the sex, but a nn instead of saying "the baby" all the time which feels so impersonal.  With DD we called her Pepe.

Addicted2thenot

At the time of our first U/S with DS we had a boy name & a girl name picked out. The minute they said its a boy he became Jacob/Jake.

I am hoping we decide on another baby boy name before we find out gender

I am keeping my girl name ...... Julia.