Baby Naming Trouble

[loki-quinn.livejournal.com]

I don't know if anyone else has run into this problem, but I'll give it a shot.

Have you been afraid to tell your friends/family baby names you picked out because you didn't want to hear their negative reactions/suggestions for improvement?

I'm only fifteen weeks along and already my grandmother called with a suggestion my husband and I absolutely loathed. When I told her I didn't think that was what we were looking for, she got all huffy and asked what we had come up with. It's not that I'm superstitious about naming the baby before it is born or anything but a.) we wanted to be surprised by the sex of the baby at birth and b.) we wanted our name choices to be a part of that surprise for our family and close friends. It seems I have apparently not made anyone happy because now everyone is obsessed with knowing the baby's sex (for shopping purposes) and knowing what names we have picked out. Any suggestions?

Oh, and a big reason why I've decided against finding out the baby's sex is so that my child isn't confined to a world of pink or blue before it is even born.

Comments

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

I really wanted to wait until my son was born to know his sex but its our first baby so we couldn't stand it.

My boyfriend and I HATE sports stuff and his Mom is always buying us onesies covered in baseballs. I know exactly what you mean.

You should tell people to buy you unisex things, clothes and items both female and male could use. Theres a lot of clothes (white, spring green, yellow) that make great clothes for both girls and boys.

Theres no way of really convincing a family to let you do it your way, its something they have to deal with. :) In my boyfriends family they always want children named after others. They wanted us to name our son James (which we didn't like) and got upset when we kindly said no. After realizing we weren't budging they finally gave up and are perfectly fine with my son's name. When they see you aren't going to bend to what they want, they respect your decision. :) So just ignore the pestering, its your baby to choose for.

[loki-quinn.livejournal.com]

I'm so scared of little boys clothes! Before I started visiting Babies R Us, I thought that pink was horrendous enough. But it seems like boys clothing is either a. old fashioned or b. covered in sports/trucks/airplanes or vehicles of some sort.