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April 2013 Moms
Ooglybear
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Not sharing name?
Ooglybear
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Is anyone not sharing their LO's name yet?
I think we picked a name, which is nothing short of a miracle. I like names that are slightly unusual or uncommon (not youneek), so I'm expecting to get mixed reactions on the name. I will probably spill the beans before April, but for now I'm not ready to hear criticism. I think I need a little time to get used to it to feel confident in the choice. But everyone (family, etc) wants to know, so I feel a little guilty about keeping it to myself.
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Re: Not sharing name?
We are not sharing names.
MIL bugs us about it all the time but no one else. My sisters did the same with all of their kids, so I think my family is use to it.
Glad you've found a name you can agree on-- you are the one whose DH was making all kinds of outlandish "M" name suggestions, am I right? Don't feel guilty about keeping them to yourself! It is fun to surprise everyone with the names when the baby arrives, or whenever you choose to reveal your name!
I've already shared my chosen names on here (we don't know the sex yet), but will probably only share them with a few people in real life. My parents don't want to know, and my sister and BFF already know them.
I don't really care what people say about the names we've chosen because they are all real names/family-connected, without weird spellings. It is definitely possible, or probable, that the names we've chosen are "nms" for a lot of people, but we love them.
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
Not sharing.
We're greedy like that.
The first time I read this, I thought you were considering naming your kid "Naturey". lol.. so glad it was a misread on my part.
BFP #1: 08/17/2012 DD1 born 05/01/2013
BFP #2: 07/31/2015 M/C 09/23/2015 (11.5 weeks)
I'm probably in the rare minority that finds it really odd when complete strangers won't share the name.
Ex: while working one day, a customer and I were discussing our pregnancies. She asked if we had names and I said yes and told her. When I asked her in return she said,"were keeping it secret"....I don't know anyone you know, who am I going to tell? Even though I guess it's none of my business and I shouldn't care because I don't know you but really...I'm not asking for your kids social security number. It's just a name and at some point everyone around you will know it, why keep it from a complete stranger?
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Yeah, that was me. Mirena, Medusa, Malnut, etc... Lol.
Exactly. I don't care if you think her name is dumb. It's her name, so tough. :-P
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We haven't with any of our LO's. I'm fine with sharing on TB, but we won't even actually choose decidedly until LO is born. With DS1 we were 98% sure he would be a different name, so it's always nice to be free to change your mind when you meet your LO face to face!
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We went that route with DD1. It drove our friends & family nuts, but I just didn't want to hear comments or criticism from them. We shared the sex with everyone so it was our surprise to share when she was born.
We do not have a name picked out for DD2 yet. If MH and I can decide on a name, I think we'll share this time around.
BFP 10/25/10 Brynn Helen born 7/7/11
We probably won't be 100% sure until LO is born, anyway, but we won't share. I don't want to hear people's opinoins, honestly, and once the name belongs to a living, breathing, cuddle-able baby people are much less harsh
I probably will tell a small number of moms from my original BMB that I keep in touch with in a FB group, tho, just because I'm a bad secret keeper.
I freaking love Milo. If we didn't have one in our close family, it would have been on the short list.
We aren't sharing our name either. We are still deciding and probably won't make the final call until he's here with us, but we aren't even sharing our options with our family. I've posted some of our options on here to get opinions from you ladies, but will not be sharing with people in real life until we can introduce him.
I don't do well with negative feedback so I don't want to hear all the "i don't really like that" from my family members. They don't say that when they have a sweet baby in their arms.
We shared our names and I do regret that we got a negative comment from FIL...thats the only downside
We are sharing with anyone who asks because we love the name and really don't care what people have to say. ;-D
As a funny side note, the only person who had a remotely negative reaction to it (everyone else was at least polite and hid their dislike) was my MIL! And the baby's middle name is after her late mother! Whatever, lady. lol
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
Nope! Not sharing. And it bugs me that that's one of the first questions people ask. DH is a hoot, though, and ages ago decided on our fake names that we were going to tell people.
So when people ask us, we tongue-in-cheek refer to our little guy as Ndamukong (yes, after the trouble-maker football player with the Lions). And before we knew we were team blue, we were happy to tell people that if it was a girl, we'd name her Katniss.
People stopped asking more questions after that, and I've been LOVING the reactions when we share our "names" . . .
Damn straight you're gonna tell us. Hahaha
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
We combined some family names to create our name. I posted it on here and have told ppl only b/c we are confident in our choice. Got some bad reactions to the name on here but that doesn't really bother me. I say that if you like the name and are excited about it....go ahead and share it. If others don't like it....oh well. = )
With DD1, we told everyone that we will not be naming her until after she is born, which was true. We had a list of about 5 or 7 names and chose the one that suited her best. So we technically weren't lying to friends/family who asked what we were going to name her .. it helped with a lot of the unnecessary comments.
We plan on saying/doing the same thing with DD2. Although this time, I do have one specific name I love .. if I can get MH on board, I still won't plan on telling anyone until after she makes her arrival :-)
We're Team Green, so we obviously won't have a definite name until baby is here, but even still, I'm sure we'll have a short list and won't name the baby until we see him or her.
I'm fine with sharing with my family and close friends, but people I haven't seen literally in years are starting to ask me on Facebook. Needless to say, I'm not saying anything to them.
Pretty much I'll tell the people I want to know. So, like my cousin.
Maybe my DH, who knows?
I lol'd at this. True story.
HAHA. DH tells has a list of fake names he tells people, including one that rhymes with our LN.
Yes, this! From the second people find out I'm pregnant it's "do you know what you're having?" "do you prefer a girl or a boy?" "do you have a named picked out yet?" "what are your nursery colors?"
Geez.
Does anyone know how to give a simple "Congratulations" anymore?