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Not Discussing Baby Names with Friends and Family
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Anonymous
| Just wanted to say that while I understand why you wouldn't want to share names before the child is born, it definitely does NOT stop people from commenting on whether they like or dislike the name once the child is here. Trust me. People have commented negatively after my kid was born. |
Anonymous
Very true. As well as many other things, as as well. |
Anonymous
| Here's what we did: we picked a female and male name before our 20 week sono and then as soon as we saw the gender we started calling the baby by his name. We told folks we were expecting a boy and that his name would be XX. And that was that. No one will make suggestions of other names if you tell them that you have selected a name. And if you tell folks that you have chosen a name but aren't sharing it, then be prepared for folks to try to guess the name --- it's human nature. FWIW, I think it was fun telling folks at 20 weeks that we were awaiting the arrival of XX --- it somehow made everything more real and exciting. Also FWIW, folks tend to be excited about babies and potential baby names, so I think this is probably the best way to handle things if you are irritated by name suggestions. |
Anonymous
| We have told people that we'll announce the name after our baby is born. To help ease the pressure from friends and family, we've told them "we want our daughter to be the first one to hear her name." This seems to placate everyone, and they think we're being sweet. In reality, we just don't want to hear the negatives or discuss it like it's up for public debate. |
Anonymous
Whew! No kidding! Sounds like your MIL is a handful. 
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