Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Maybe being someone who has experienced late term losses, I get uncomfortable with anyone referring to even with the nicknames they have picked out (yes, my family already has nicknames for her when we haven't even decided on a name yet)

We actually like to have more than one name picked out until we meet our child in case one name just doesn't seem to "fit" her personality. I've even stopped telling people my top 5 favorites because I will walk into work, someone will look at my belly and say "is baby so-n-so doing okay today?" - makes me feel uncomfortable

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

was Kicky until the day he was born

Now is Apple, even though I am about 95% settled on a name. My mom would always ask how big she was after the weekly babycenter emails and the Apple week just stuck. Makes me feel like I have a bond with G. Paltrow

In all seriousness, I could never call them by their real name until they are here. No real reason why, just feels strange to me.

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Coming from someone that calls my baby an "it" (with love of course), yes. I get freaked out refering to the baby as she.

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

We had discussed baby names with members of our friends and family, they were 100% tentative but someone on DH's side keeps referring to the baby by one of our tentative names. I find it very annoying. We've since changed our name choice and we're not telling anyone, so we can avoid this. We just call our little "Baby".

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Posted by Shorty

There's a certain member of DH's family that is RELENTLESS! S/He constantly refers to my unborn child as Logan (as opposed to "the baby", i guess) and it weirds me out a little bit! S/He even went as far as to address an EASTER card to him!

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Yes - it completely freaks me out!!! Even though I know this one is a I still refer to it as "it" (not in a bad way of course)

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Call me superstitious but I don't like it. Until my baby is born, breathing, and healthy I don't want people calling her by name. In fact, I was reluctant to tell people the name we picked for this reason.

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

I don't like to use her name much of the time, but I find myself doing it now and again. Most of the time I refer to her as 'the baby' or 'little girl' or the 'brat' when she doesn't want to move when someone's trying to feel her!

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

I guess it depends.. a lot pf people refer to him as baby jerry.... ive gotten a card with him in it... but not addressed to just him!

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

yes its a bit werid!!! which is why i refer the her as either "her" or "the baby" or "bean" lately its been "kungfu panda"

it doesnt help that we dont have a name for her yet so it makes it abit easier but we want to keep the name a secret anyway so it helps with the not wanting people to call her by name

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

I don't really care about it either way, but DH REALLY hates it. His coworker kept telling people about his son, Jake and they would ask how old he was and he would say Oh my wife is 5mo pregnant. Then they would look strangely at him. DH feels by calling the baby by his name is kind of tempting fate.

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

I'm on Team Green and won't share any of my names with my family until it's time- b/c calling it by name would definitely freak me out!

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

Re: spinoff to name telling: does it freak you out when people refer to the unborn baby by name?

to me, i don't think i would mind. if you know the sex and you have chosen a name, that's the name of the child, so why not call it by his/her name? i think i would like it. i feel so connected to this person inside me, why not personalize it? the only reason i haven't done it, is i'm Team Green.