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

[zenpuppy.livejournal.com]

Despite the pressure your recieving from family members you must always keep one truth in mind - your baby, is YOURS. I have met plently of couples who choose to keep the name & sex to themselves untill birth, and although I do not have the self-restriction to do that myself, I think its a lovely idea. Suggest to your family if they which to purchase you items for your child, make them sex-neutral. Yellows, whites, greens, and hey - if they insist on buying pink and blue, whos to say a baby boy can not rock the pink? Or suggest to them other items you may need - such as a crib, a walker, bottles, etc. etc. All which can be purchased in black, green..etc. Or - a simple gift certificate to a store of your choice, so when your bundle of joy is here - YOU choose exactly what you may need or want for your child. I also suggest that you encourage your family members to instead start a college fund for the baby - and the sex of the child in most states is not a need-to-know factor to begin one of these. That is a gift better than any blue or bink onesies they could ever buy or make themselves. I want to congradulate you with sticking to your guns -

As far as your name choices go, assure them that a name is simply that, a name. Untill he or she is born, allow them to call the baby your bundle of joy - or their furture grandchild. Encourage them to think of it as a gift, and like all gifts - must remain a surprize untill the unwrapping ;) Or in this case - the birth. :)

Congradulations!