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

[sara-t-05.livejournal.com]

I think it's a motherly instinct that grandmothers get when they find out their child is going to have a child. It's like it's their child without having to bear it, so they feel they have a say in decisions for the child's life.
When my sister was mentioning names that she would name her children, my mom got so mad saying that she would never name her children that and started suggesting names.
I guess you can just ignore them or play along saying you love the names and then when the baby is born, name it what you want. They can think you're naming the kid what they want throughout the whole pregnancy. But, when the baby is born and you announce the name, it'll floor 'em. lol
Good luck, though. I wish I wasn't as anxious to want to find out the sex of my child. I'm not pregnant, but I know for a fact I could not go 9 months without knowing what the baby is.