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Baby names

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When did you name your baby...?

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justmilkpleasenosugar · 31/01/2011 12:38

My DH would like us not to rush picking a name if DC is a DS..saying waiting a few days is okay...I was just wondering when you named your baby!

Years in advance, when s/he arrived and you saw it's wee face or 2 weeks later...???

I'm very keen that we have a list sorted in advance but DH want's to 'wait and see'

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TallulahDoesTheHula · 31/01/2011 14:44

DS1 had his name from about 12 weeks pg
DS2 we decided on the day after he was born. We had a short list but I decided on a completely different name after he was born. DH agreed as I was so convinced it was 'his name' but was not reallly that pleased that I'd picked a name he wasnt really keen on and had no input into (only really caame out afterwards and caused a row). Its fine now and we both love DS2's name and it suits him perfectly BUT this time with DC3 we are DEFINITELY picking out a name before he/she is born and sticking to it to avoid any hormonal fuelled disagreements!

nancythenaughtyfairy · 31/01/2011 15:03

I had been researching for several years, dh eventually joined in a few days before the birth, and that was when names were agreed. Couldn't be trusted to wait and "see what he/she looks like". IMO one is then at risk of choosing something ridiculous when in a hormonal sleep-deprived haze.

Hatterbox · 31/01/2011 16:06

We had names shortlisted, and had our favourites, but we didn't make a final decision until we 'met' our DCs.

We wanted the names to suit our DCs, rather than trying to make a name suit them.

mannicmummyhavinaiccy · 31/01/2011 17:42

In the cab on the way to register the birth, on the last day before would have been fined! It was because all the names I had choosen were vitoed or laughed at :(

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justmilkpleasenosugar · 31/01/2011 18:24

DH has made it clear that I might be 'hormonal sleep-deprived haze' he seems to forget that he'll be sleep-deprived too...!!!1

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AllieW · 31/01/2011 18:30

He might. Or he might snore through it all like my DH!!

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justmilkpleasenosugar · 31/01/2011 18:41

Oh god...Allie he's a snorer!!!

Aghhh oh well at least he want be fussing over me, and then I can pull the 'you fell asleep so i'm picking the baby's name' card...

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Firawla · 31/01/2011 18:49

we had our most likely choice selected but then waited til they were born to finalise it, but was settled almost straight away after birth cos personally i dont like to leave them long without a name and we didnt change from our most likely ideas on either of our dc, but just left the option open incase we wanted to go with something else at the last minute.
ds1 i do remember thinking about it while we were still in hosp for the first week and thinking shall we change it or add something or adjust it a bit, but decided not to in the end. and ds2 although first name settled straight away we took a couple of days for the middle name

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FoxyRevenger · 31/01/2011 20:32

When the midwife said "it's a girl"

Had four boys names picked as I was convinced I was having a boy, but as soon as I realised she was a girl I knew who she was.

gree · 31/01/2011 20:40

with dd1 from before the 20 week scan, with dd2 she was about a week old. I didnt have a short list or even a long list.

In the end she was named something I had suddenly mentioned just after she was born, its a lovely name but it was a bit by default because there was nothing else . The problem with not having a name is everybody thinks that its ok for them to give you ideas and there are only so many times that you can say yes Olivias lovely Ill think about it when you have just had a baby before you burst in to tears sobbing just leave me alone, or that might just be me

JiltedJohnsJulie · 31/01/2011 21:17

DS as soon as he was born. Whilst pg DH had asked to name the baby if it was a boy, the name he wanted was a family name on both sides and although I've seen it described as boring and common on here I really love it and it suits him.

DD whilst in the 3rd stage. We had agreed on a boy's name but couldn't agree on a girl's. DH held her and said "what about x"? It was a name I'd suggested previously and really suits her.

I would talk to your DH again, if only to rule out the names he really doesn't like. You don't want to spend 9 months thinking "oh I really like x" only to be told after the birth that he has always really hated that name.

PracticallyImperfectInEveryWay · 31/01/2011 23:27

We went into hospital with 2 boys names and 2 girls names chosen. When DD was born DH asked which one I liked best and we used that.

babybythesea · 01/02/2011 08:24

Years ago!
DD has my middle name (one that is traditional in my family - she's the 5th generation with it), plus a middle name from Dh's mother. Her first name is one I've loved for years. DH didn't get a choice, I just said 'if we're having a baby girl her name will be...'
For a boy, working on the same principle, he'll have middle names from both his grandads, plus a first name that I've always loved. DH doesn't object to the names, but neither will he hold a sensible conversation about it. Insists on coming up with ridiculous ideas which he thinks are hysterically funny. I've told him, no being sensible, no being involved...!!!
Where we're stuck is if we have another girl. I used up all my ideas the first time. It's all hypothetical at this point but even so I like to be prepared!

Jas · 01/02/2011 08:31

DD1, we had a shortlist of one girls name, and no boys,so she was named at birth (Still have no idea how long we would have taken if she was a boy.)

DD2 was Twinkle for a month, and was finally givena proper name at about 5 weeks.

DS was Boy for a month before we agreed on his name.

GwendolineMaryLacey · 01/02/2011 20:39

Years in advance and finalised at the 20 week scan. No doubts at all.

jaggythistle · 01/02/2011 20:57

We didn't find out sex, but agreed one boy's name and one girl's name about 2 weeks before due date. Stuck with the name and it seems to suit DS :)

Glamour · 01/02/2011 21:43

i was 8 months pregnant when i named him! and i cant imagine him suiting any other name,

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