https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:29:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born/page/2#post-1293677 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:48:47 +0000 Mrs. J 1293677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were team green, so we shared both names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born/page/2#post-1293676 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:48:22 +0000 MrsTiz 1293676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did and will for any future LO's.. I don't get the keeping it you yourself thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born/page/2#post-1293645 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:39:02 +0000 Alivoo01 1293645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! Some people were eh about it, but we didn't care. It was our name so other people can shove it. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born/page/2#post-1293603 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:23:29 +0000 LuLu Mom 1293603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did if people asked, but next time I think I will keep it quiet (although I think everyone will know if we have a boy, girl will be a surprise (since it will be to us too as we can't agree haha!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born/page/2#post-1293598 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:21:41 +0000 autumnlove 1293598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, but with less people than with baby 1. I didn't tell my parents Baby 2's name until after she was born....they were holding out for EMILY which is similar to LO 1's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293520 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:49:35 +0000 mrsjyw 1293520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't really decided until the last couple of weeks...at that pt we told our BFFs and our parents and my bro </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293513 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:46:06 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1293513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did, and one person commented that they didn't like it for a trivial reason. I've never forgotten what they said :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293512 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:45:23 +0000 Beyond2 1293512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were team green and announced a boy and girl name and then when we had DS we announced his arrival and gender... with no name. It was days later that we named him and we didn't use the name we had previously planned on! This time nobody is really asking, they probably don't trust us anymore lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293507 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:44:26 +0000 yin 1293507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We shared the two names we had in mind with our first, which was a big mistake. People were very opinionated and did not hold back. This time around I made sure to keep our options to ourselves. We didn't even make a decision until two days before he was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293424 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:47:07 +0000 Boheme 1293424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't tell anyone except our parents. DH's parents were so rude about it, we didn't tell anyone else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293422 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:46:32 +0000 MrsKoala 1293422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We aren't sharing with anyone and people love to guess! It keeps them on their toes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293413 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:42:04 +0000 blackbird 1293413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did but people weren't assholes about it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293402 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:25:33 +0000 MamaMoose 1293402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. We were team green anyway but even if we knew 100% the gender and name we wouldn't have told. I didn't want opinions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293400 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:16:38 +0000 anbanan15 1293400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If directly asked I told, but we didn't go announcing it either.</p> <p>It's not like it was a big secret, I just have a thing about baby being referred to by their name before birth and figured if less people knew the name the less likely they would use it....actually DD is 4 weeks and I still only refer to her as "the baby" (I think DS was almost 1 before I started using his name). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293397 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:10:03 +0000 mamainprogress 1293397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did and both my parents and the in-laws hated it! It's grown on the since but for the longest time they asked us to consider different names. It's definitely made me think twice about sharing if we do have another LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293368 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 06:21:39 +0000 jedeve 1293368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMcD: I would say that cause I felt like not telling was rude. But then people would just start harping in me to decide already!</p> <p>No winning. </p> <p>We waited. We named him after his great grandpa and my dad. FIL texted my parents the name (we were waiting to Skype with them). Yeah... I didn't tell anyone the name for nine months. You think I wanted people to find second hand via text?</p> <p>Guess who will know the name last this time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293363 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 06:12:07 +0000 PinkElephant 1293363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We shared our "final two" last time (although we'd actually already decided). This time I'm torn - we know two other people expecting baby girls about four weeks before ours, and I'm for some reason really worried about one of them using the name we've chosen, then having to decide whether to "copy" them or start over with something new. I don't really believe you can stake your claim on a name, so I'm concerned that sharing our top choices might serve as inspiration for these couples rather than a deterrent to them using the name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1293353 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 05:38:32 +0000 Dandelion 1293353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: Matthew :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292714 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:58:19 +0000 Jellyfish 1292714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't mainly because we just couldn't decide. Would've felt stupid if we told people and then changed our minds! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292712 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:58:12 +0000 Ra 1292712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did. We weren't worried about negative reactions. Surprisingly, no one had anything negative to say anyway. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292708 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:56:57 +0000 nana87 1292708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've told some people but not everyone </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292704 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:55:55 +0000 skipra 1292704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but we didn't totally decide until after DS was born. It drove me nuts when people asked. This time I also do not want to share until after he is born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292702 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:54:26 +0000 Smurfette 1292702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope!! And I loved it. Will do again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292700 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:54:18 +0000 GrapeCrush 1292700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DS we told everyone. We knew that was his name, wether people liked it or not(not that it would change even if they didn't like it). With DD only DH and I knew the 2 choices. We didn't want people to away us one way or the other so we didn't tell anyone. It drove them allllll soooooo craaazzzzyyy! I didn't understand why people cared that much haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292686 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:48:28 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1292686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: ooh what is it? I haven't heard? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292631 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:22:54 +0000 Dandelion 1292631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do if people ask. Its not a big deal to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292568 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:46:39 +0000 chopsuey 1292568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't share for either of our LOs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292555 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:39:22 +0000 Running Elley 1292555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't share for either of our LOs. We didn't care about negative opinions- we just wanted it to be a surprise. I'm glad we did it that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292529 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:28:44 +0000 artsyfartsy 1292529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We shared as soon as we settled on a name. I don't worry about people taking it or their comments on it. We've gotten a few negative comments but I honestly don't care. I'm in love with his name! My mom originally begged me not to name him that but now she's all on board with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-share-your-los-name-before-they-were-born#post-1292496 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:20:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 1292496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh really wanted to keep it a secret so we did. It drive people crazy since we were also team green. But we also wanted to meet the baby before totally deciding. We even sent out a "it's a girl! Name tbd." When she was born. My dad said we were like the duke and duchess of Cambridge. </p>