Hi ladies! How many of you revealed the name of your baby right away? How many of you waited? We aren't due until December and our parents are already dying to find out the name. It's the first grandchild on both sides for our parents and the first girl for my husband's family in years. We mainly wanted to keep it a secret until December because I'm not willing to listen to advice about our child's name or what we should've gone with, etc. My family is known to give their two cents whether you want to hear it or not. It's hard not spilling it to my mother tho.....she wants to know so bad. Suggestions?!
Re: Revealing baby name?
Samuel Jacob
Due 2/16/17
A kiss he will never forget- Disney World 2014
BFP 3/30/14.
If we can ever come up with a name this time around, we will wait again to tell people.
We revealed our top 5 contenders to people. Our parents knew which one was the very top contender for DD. Our names were all very traditional so I didn't experience any negative feedback.
If negative feedback is going to upset you, I'd say don't announce at all.
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Up to you. We shared right away, and I just told everyone to go to hell who didn’t like it. My babies name is Roarik Night, so people didn’t like that. This baby is Rogue Elena, and people don’t like that either. I don’t care.
As PP's have said, totally a personal choice. Of course waiting until LO is born to reveal the name doesn't gaurantee a good response either. When I was born my parents call my grandmother (dad's mom) to tell her my name, she actually hung up on them after hearing it. She did eventually call back to appologize.
It's not like my name is uncommon either (Rebecca) but you do never know how people will react. At least my whole family laughs about it now, that includes my grandmother.
I've never kept it from my family, and never needed to with my XIL's. They could be quirky at times, but I never felt they were going to criticize our name choices. With my current IL's, almost everyone is respectful and polite but FIL. I don't think he means to be an outspoken offensive jerk, but he is. Rather than tell everyone and say "Don't tell FIL because neither DH or I want to hear his unsolicited opinion," it's easier to say we will share it when baby is born.
Really, we chose both male and female names before our wedding, but it's easier to say we are still kicking around possibles.
DH told his parents flat out this time once we shared it's a boy that we wouldn't share the name until he's born. FIL took it surprisingly well. YMMV and you definitely know your family best.