How to announce name

Crinita · June 2013

How do you announce the name in a way that it not awkward and does not offend any family members? DH is nervous about telling his parents our baby's chosen name. I think that he should tell them. I have already told my parents. (We want to tell the parents first out of courtesy.)

theimpossibleastronaut · June 2013

Why would this be offensive? I don't get it. We didn't tell anyone the name until she was born, then DH said, "this is our daughter; her name is..."

Elsa1984 · June 2013

Yeah I am curious as to why he is nervous. If he is nervous about their opinion on a name you picked....I wouldn't say anything.

theimpossibleastronaut · June 2013

Also, what's the name?

Empireceo · June 2013

If you're nervous about negative feedback, I would just say wait until the baby is born. People are much more likely to be critical of a name before it belongs to an actual human.

NerdyLucy · June 2013

Empireceo:
If you're nervous about negative feedback, I would just say wait until the baby is born. People are much more likely to be critical of a name before it belongs to an actual human.

Agreed. Once he or she is born, you can introduce the baby by name.

bsinno · June 2013

baconface:
What? I don't get it.
"Hey, we picked a name."
or
"Meet your grandchild - Bob."

does the bump have a like button?

Crinita · June 2013

Nervous, yes. MIL is cray cray. He seems to think for some reason that she is going to be upset that the name we chose is not a Hebrew name. Which I think is ridiculous because she didn't name either of her own children a Hebrew name. But we are in an interfaith relationship and that apparently makes things "sensitive." I agree, in a normal situation it shouldn't be a big deal. Like I said, I already told my parents and they are fine with it. She is a different story! Indifferent

Sam Buttons · June 2013

When the baby is born...

Zimger · June 2013

I told my immediate family as soon as we had made the decesion. I had previously discussed names with a few of them so they already knew the top three. Once we made the decision I called them up and told them what it was.

whoopsybaby · June 2013

I'd either announce it after the birth when it's less likely to be an issue, as others have suggested, or just put it out there and let the chips fall where they may. I do think he should wait until he's less nervous as it should be a moment of joy. GL

olemissreb1205 · June 2013

Wait until the baby is born

StephanieLove10 · June 2013

I have a similar situation with my in-laws. They are pushing for names that we have ZERO interest in (Wyatt, Colton, Dixon, etc) with his mother's maiden name as the middle name. Why they think we would choose his mother's maiden name over my own maiden name as a middle name is a whole other story. EYEROLL.

So anyway, we've decided to name the baby after our paternal grandfathers. (The in-laws that are pushy about the name are on my husband's mother's side). He's nervous about revealing the name because his parents are no longer married and not speaking and the families no longer have any contact. So he thinks the name will cause a huge rift.

I'm of the mind that it's our kid. At the end of the day, the baby is coming home with US.

Whenever I speak to someone from that side of the family, the first thing they ask is, "Have you decided on a name?!" It's become this weird thing. For the sake of peace, we decided not to reveal the baby's name until after he's born. Then everybody can have a collective freak out while I concentrate on getting the kid to latch.

blu-eyedwife · June 2013

We waited until he was born. For our parents, who were there, we introduced him - "This is Firstname Middlename"

For other friends and family we sent a message that Firstname Middlename Lastname was born on October 2, 2011 at 2:42am.

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