Just name the baby!!

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My ds and bil had a baby yesterday afternoon and still haven't named it yet.

I'm getting a bit irritated that they couldn't think of a name before the child was born -- they've had a fair few months to decide a couple of names, see the baby and name it ffs.

How very selfish of them to not consider you and your wants at this precious time of their lives....

really?

Totally agree!! This frustrates me so much!! As you say they have months to decide beforehand.

You irritated really? A healthy baby has been born and your irritated? Ffs. Well it's there baby not yours and I'm sure they will name it when they are ready.

Make they had a list of a few and now baby has arrived they are thinking what is best

I can't understand why after 9 months a baby is still nameless when it's born

Tarla you beat me to it.

We would have driven you crazy - it took us 12 days to decide and we knew our baby's sex (gender?) at 20 weeks. It would have helped if my DM had stopped putting her views about names forward...

Really!?

I'm due soo and haven't decided. Struggling to name something I haven't seen.

Surely the important bit is the fact you have a new baby in the family? The name will come soon enough when they have picked the one they think is right.

As your stuck with your name for life (unless you go to the hassle of changing it!) then it's not really a decision parents should rush!

Ffs your post!

You have a healthy grandchild? Yes
Mother and baby are well? Yes

They will name there baby when they wish so suck it up!

I can't decide if this is a serious post. It may be a little irritating for you, but they are just enjoying their precious newborn and will name them when they are ready too.

What? You can't be serious!

A baby has arrived safely and your irritated that just 1 day after birth they haven't completely decided on a name

YABVVU

Sometimes the name you have in mind doesn't suit the baby

Or is your need to know the name immediately more important than the parents taking the time to choose a name the child will have to live with forever?

I get that it's frustrating, but that's really your problem, not their fault. Yes, they've had months to think of a name, but many couples can't agree due to wildly differing tastes in names, or have a shortlist to choose from at birth which they're still considering, or had a name chosen but have decided it doesn't suit their baby after all...

This isn't about you, or how you feel about the baby being currently nameless. YABU.

Oh and we took four days with DC1 and 6 with DC2. DH and I struggled to agree on a name and some of the choices didn't fit with the baby.

Coz you don't know what the baby looks like. You might say 'Peter' then think 'Oh, Peter doesn't suit him at all'.

This can't be serious?!

I was registered on the last possible day because my parents couldn't decide. They had chosen Ruth before birth. Then, at birth they didn't like it, and pondered Athena. And Niamh. And others. At the 11th hour in front of the registrar my mother changed my name order and added an extra... I don't think it's done me, or my relatives or parents friends any harm. For some people it takes time. We think we have a girls name but nothing for a boy. We're not going to worry about it, we've already decided that we're sticking with "baby" until birth. Posssiby beyond if I'm anything like my mother.

I'm due soon too PberryT and also have absolutely no names. We settle on a name and then it loses its appeal so we settle on a new one then that loses its appeal too and so on. Our shortlist is currently completely empty so the new plan is to wait until the baby is born and pick something then.

You get 42 days from the birth before you have register it, I might take the full 42 just to piss people off

It's my dsis and bil- sorry for typo! So, not my gc.

I'm sorry I just don't get it! I have 2 dc and picked their names months in advance. I realise that it's about them, I'm just wondering what the thinking behind it is. Just like I don't get people who don't want to find out the sex of their baby. Demented if you ask me.

Reverse?

I do think that it's a bit attention seeking when people take ages to name their baby; it's as if they want people to constantly ask what they've named it.

DH's friend and his wife named their DD immediately but refused to announce the name for 2 weeks. Now that's weird!

X post.

I think they're going to be a constant source of disappointment tbh. I'd go NC. Save you the years of shit.

Not a reverse. I just forgot to add 'is' after 'ds' -- so sue me!

That's mad about waiting 2 weeks to announce the name! Attention seeking much!!