Do you throw out your baby name in regular conversation?

Lopo · June 2011

I like to do this so I can see which one I like best. Yesterday I told DH I was ordering Brynn's crib skirt from Land of Nod. It was via text, so he said "cool " It's kinda fun. Anyone else do this?!

ps...the names we are picking from are Emily Kate or Brynn Elizabeth. I did a poll a couple days ago, so thanks for everyone who participated!

ChefSarah22 · June 2011

Now that we've picked, we call her by her name. Just wanted to add Brynn Elizabeth was one of our front runners!

cmhicklin · June 2011

I like Brynn Yes

Lopo · June 2011

We don't have much for her yet, so tomorrow we are going shopping and I'm sure I'll use Emily then. LOL.

LaComtesse · June 2011

We've had his named picked out since before we were married, but I very, very rarely refer to him as "William" or "Will." I usually call him one of the following...

-Phantom Spaceman (before we knew he he was a boy or a girl)
-Little Man
-Kicky Boy
-Cuddle Boy
-This one
-Baby

Fianschneid · June 2011

DH and I use our top name at home when we talk about her but we are keeping it to ourselves, so we don't say it/use it around other people.

austenreader85 · June 2011

Once it was decided I did. And we chose not to keep the name a secret, we didn't care what people thought and actually didn't get any negative feedback. The only thing was FIL was disappointed not to have a III, but we were prepared for that and he accepted it pretty well (for him at least). Now, we get people that call him Theo instead of Teddy and that kind of annoys us, but we also know that if we 100% wanted to guarantee the name Teddy we would have had to name him Teddy and not Theodore. Note to all others, you can't guarantee nicknames, especially when there are many to pick from.

I like Brynn Elizabeth. It's different but familiar. I'm not sure I had a chance to vote on that poll.

MAMAxB · June 2011

With DD1, once we found out it was a girl we always called her Evelyn. This time we are Team Green however

My H always calls Evy "Peanut" but we haven't really settled on a pet name for this one yet. I usually just ends up being Baby or Baby2

.. boring!

erinms · June 2011

We picked out DS' name way before I was even pregnant, but once I got pregnant, I got sort of weirded out by using his name. I wouldn't completely commit until he was born, and so we never used his name until then. I don't know if I was feeling superstitious or what, but no, I never used his name when I was pregnant.

That said, I think I will call baby #2 (when we are blessed with #2) by name once we find out boy or girl. I hope I am more comfortable doing that next time. And if you are between names, I definitely think it is a good way to help make a decision.

evaazalea · June 2011

We used Holly's name from the time we decided (20 something weeks). DH wanted to keep it a secret but I slipped when MIL was over and said something about Holly's room. It wasn't much of a secret anyhow, anyone that really wanted to know could just ask DS, he'd tell them.

LMK1371 · June 2011

Yup I always refer to DS as Landon in any conversation, I have since we decided on his name which was at about 22 weeks.

LoveToTeach25 · June 2011

That's a good way to 'test drive' names that you like. Some might feel natural and others may not. Good idea!

sraexx · June 2011

Fianschneid:
DH and I use our top name at home when we talk about her but we are keeping it to ourselves, so we don't say it/use it around other people.

This. We love it, but don't want to risk people giving us the stink face when we say it. We are keeping it private IRL until she is here.

Sascha3 · June 2011

We have been calling the baby Cruz ever since we started TTC. My husband especially liked to ask me if I wanted to go "make a Cruz". He constantly refers to the baby by name. Only problem is that we don't know the sex yet, so we may be calling the baby by the wrong gender.

CactusGirl · June 2011

Yes, I love to use Grace's name Smile .

And I know you may not choose it, but I love Emily. If our next child is a girl that will most likely be her name.

Clerk9 · June 2011

erinms:
We picked out DS' name way before I was even pregnant, but once I got pregnant, I got sort of weirded out by using his name. I wouldn't completely commit until he was born, and so we never used his name until then. I don't know if I was feeling superstitious or what, but no, I never used his name when I was pregnant..

I feel similar to this! It took us a few months after finding out LO was a girl to come up with a name, & the one we chose was a "compromise name". I do feel like it's the only name for her, but still feel really, really weird calling her by it & usually just refer to her as "the baby". I think it might be superstition, as well.

But I think your strategy of test driving different names really is a good one!

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