Tell or not

[Nati]

Did you tell your loved ones the name you had picked out for your child?

I did tell my best friend but no one else. Close to my due date I finally told my mom it was a bible name because she was asking me about the name, and telling us to make sure we know the meaning. Not because she can't stand the suspense but because my brother and his wife gave my niece a "pagan(middle) name" according to my mom.

[stephwhiz]

Yeah we told everyone what our children would be named before they were born. I guess we told them a month or two before. Stephanie :D

[ChamomileFriend]

My parents and our close friends new, but it took the news longer to travel to extended family. We did tell people before Alex was born, though.

[Eva]

Yes we told everyone what she her name was going to be. I think next time around I will keep it a secret.

[Crissyanna]

We told with Dainyah. However, next time, I doubt it. We got all sorts of grief from my family for our choice of names (we had one for each gender chosen, even though we were told it was girl). They came up with every possible way to corrupt the names we have chosen and made fun of them. His mom decided at my baby shower (held after her birth) and proclaimed to a friend's of mine's mom that we chose a name she could hardly remember, let alone spell :twisted: I was irked to put it mildly. Half tempted next time to not tell anyone we are pregnant....let alone what the name will be.

[jessgr]

We told our family and close friends both times. Come to think about it , I probably told anybody who asked me what their names were going to be.

[love2bmom]

We told everyone... I can't keep fun stuff caged up.. :lol:

[Godzgirl]

We told everybody. :D

[pa_wife]

With dd we told everyone that the baby's name was "Sprocket"
With ds we told them "cool beans"

[myjoyoverflows]

yeah, we told just about everyone that asked...

[toni]

Yes I did with all 3 of mine. My first one I told before I even knew what I was having. God layed on my heart Gabriel Michael so I knew a boy it was. My last two we told when we found out what we were having.

[NZMummy]

I like to keep the name a surprise to be announced at the birth. We didn't tell anyone the first time and I wasn't going to tell anyone with our second child, but before I realised it dh had told quite a few people so we ended up telling a number of people.

[Aalena]

As soon as we found out the sex, we let everyone know. The reasons being:

Tired of hearing everyone's opinion on what the baby "should" be named. Including the stupid joke names - that irked me.

Wanted to call my little one by name to be closer to him.

There are a lot of others pg right around us (at work, church, etc.). I wanted to make sure everyone knew we chose the name and didn't get it from someone else.

[mama bronc]

With my 1st, I told people names I was thinking of and every time someone shot it down and made me change my mind.

So with number 2, I decided we'd better decide between ourselves, and keep it a secret until the baby was born. I didn't want people's opinions this time around

[Threeredheads]

Yup!! Everyone!

[Timmys mom]

I didn't even know anyone kept it a secret. As soon as we knew we told everyone. We even told people all the names we were thinking about. Everyone in my family does.

[PBJ]

We told everyone what names we picked out!

[LaDonna]

Nici I am the same way....can't keep it to myself. The day that we found out I was preg with Madyson was 4th of July 2002 on the way to my parents house we decided on a name for a girl... We had long had a name picked out for a boy....with Emma we knew she would be our last one and so still having a boy name picked out even though we knew we were having a girl....she is named after my dad's mom whom I never met. It means alot to me because my dad was here to see his mother's namesake and get to know her somewhat....my dad passed away very sudden when Emma was 3 mths old.....but yeah I could never keep quiet I am also one of those mom's who had to find out what I was having besides the obvious....a baby

[4Angelz]

with our 1st we didn't tell anyone because everyone had something to say about whatever name we were considering :shock: ... we decided it was best to tell when the name was permanent. with #2 we didn't tell anyone until the day b4 his birth... i told my parents. then with #3, i was positively itching [whatcrazy] to tell because i like the name soooo much. i told one of my SILs b/c she was preggo too and we didn't want to end up with the same name for our sons.

[HesAlive]

yes, we told everyone the names we had picked out. i think i'll keep it a secret the next time though.....just cause i can......hehehe

[Madre]

With dd we told everyone that the baby's name was "Sprocket"
With ds we told them "cool beans"

I love this! :lol:

We actually never knew if we were going to have a girl or a boy, but we may have mentioned names we were considering.

[lovemykids]

We told as soon as I got them figured out! I loved getting to figure out what we are gonna name the kids!! I have one more girl name figured out. But I dont know if we are gonna have anymore. But I think that we are going to adopt one so I hope it is a girl!

[LadyLavender]

We had pet names for both pregnancies- DD was "Punkin" and the boys were the "baby Sprouts."

With DD, we didn't know what we were having- we told some people what our top name choices were, and got a lot of grief. (We like unusual names.) My parents lobbied HARD for one particular name (not the one we ended up picking.)

With our sons, we had their names picked out by the end of the pregnancy, and did tell people- no one complained about their names, but I think they were afraid to antagonize a woman who was heavily pregnant with twins. :)

I think if I were pregnant again, I would still tell the names- but I would be much more confident and secure in the fact that as long as DH and I agree and are happy, it doesn't matter what ANYONE ELSE thinks about our babies' names.

[tiffany]

no we didn't tell anyone the names before. with #1ds we didn't know if it was a boy or a girl so we didn't want people giving their "opinions". :roll: with #2 we had two names that we were deciding on until literally i had him in my arms!

[Ren]

I can't hold stuff like that in- Everyone we know knows everything like that as it unfolds :wink: -ren

[TXMommy]

We did not tell our son's name before he was born. We had our boy and girl names picked out long before he came along.

[amybeth]

We didn't tell. We told everyone that our daughter was going to be "Ralphina" after my uncle Ralph. Too many folks have opinions about names and it's nice to have something that's a secret.