Hellobee Boards Topic: Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:45:02 +0000 SusieQ on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-134168 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:33:09 +0000 SusieQ 134168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Everyone who knows we are expecting knows the names we have chosen. Giving the baby a name (and sharing it) just made it all so much more real for us! Mrs. Tutu on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-133474 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:57:16 +0000 Mrs. Tutu 133474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think that this is the one thing we will leave a surprise! I can't help myself...I will probably tell them everything else, so we need at least one surprise! MamaMoose on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-133263 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:15:24 +0000 MamaMoose 133263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope we won't tell. We aren't finding out the gender. And honestly I think we'll probably go to the hospital with two boy names and two girl names and decide what is the best fit when the baby gets here. peachybee on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-133249 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:11:53 +0000 peachybee 133249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are telling. I love that we are getting used to her name and we "talk to her" with her name but at the same time I hate that some people feel that they can comment negitively to our chosen name. What ever happened to politely lying and giving a smile. cyneswith on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-133097 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:16:42 +0000 cyneswith 133097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Telling. Names are important to me - strengthens my emotional attachment. ktdid23 on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-133088 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:26:03 +0000 ktdid23 133088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We didn't tell anyone :-) We shared that we were having a girl & made everyone wait until her birth day to share her name! It drove our parents crazy but I wouldn't change a thing. It was fun to have that little "secret" between the two of us. pastemoo on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-133067 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:59:04 +0000 pastemoo 133067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @chopsuey119: me too-- why do others think it's ok to pick s nsme for your kid? it bugs me, too! eeh on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-132540 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:06:39 +0000 eeh 132540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We told..my husband can't keep anything a secret so the cat was out of the bag pretty much immediately. We haven't heard anything negative about her name. Everyone's been really great and positive. I am a little worried about receiving a ton of personalized gifts we won't be able to use with future children or sell once she outgrows them but oh well. Ms.SK on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-132539 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:03:11 +0000 Ms.SK 132539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We aren't telling but it is so hard! It took so long to agree and I don't want other peoples opinions to change DH's mind. He listens to others. mrsjyw on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-132348 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:43:31 +0000 mrsjyw 132348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm not sure yet... most likely friends and family? BSB on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131825 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:12:00 +0000 BSB 131825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are TTC and a bunch of people already know our tentative list. When I get pregnant, I'll try really hard to not tell everyone the name but I think it will be hard for me. kiddosc on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131824 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:11:10 +0000 kiddosc 131824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We've told family and a few close friends... and I'm pretty sure I told over on WB... but I still refer to him as the baby and it kind of bothers me when other people use his name. I guess I'm feeling a little superstitious about using his name before he's here and safe and healthy. Which really makes no sense, I know. Goldilocks1107 on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131786 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:43:56 +0000 Goldilocks1107 131786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just picked our first name (still working on middle name) but aren't going to share with anyone. We shared the gender, but the name is going to be just ours until she gets here! HabesBabe on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131769 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:29:28 +0000 HabesBabe 131769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We haven't told anyone, really. BIL guessed one of the girls' names (we're Team Green, so we have 1-2 names picked for boys and girls). I don't want people's feedback because we haven't decided ourselves 100% yet! mrskc on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131764 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:27:27 +0000 mrskc 131764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I haven't decided yet. Maybe when we're 100% sure of the name. I just hate hearing people's opinions about names. Someone out there won't like it and I don't want to hear it. Mrs. Pickle on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131762 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:22:59 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 131762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When we get pregnant we'd like to keep the name a secret. Honeybee on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131759 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:21:07 +0000 Honeybee 131759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were Team Green with both pregnancies, so we told people our boy and girl names; some people referred to the babies by one of our chosen names, but it never bothered me. It was still a surprise at birth! Minnie_Girl on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131559 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:45:47 +0000 Minnie_Girl 131559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We won't know the gender until Bday, so no! It's Pat Shim until then. :P LuLu Mom on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131524 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:20:55 +0000 LuLu Mom 131524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We weren't planning on telling, but DH decided to slip up at Easter so we just decided we won't announce it on FB or anything, but we won't keep it a total secret. Which I'm good with because we have at least 5 friends having babies around the same time as us! I don't want to have someone "steal" the name! Mrs. Sunglasses on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131517 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:16:33 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 131517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We did for both. I think we made it clear that it was our choice and they were entitled to their own opinions, but almost everyone loved Mavrick's name and Sienna (even if they are both models of cars) ha PBandBaseball on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131458 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:46:44 +0000 PBandBaseball 131458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think we'll keep it to ourselves when the time comes. mamabolt on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131447 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:38:52 +0000 mamabolt 131447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are mostly keeping it a secret but we've told a few very close friends/family and sworn them to secrecy. purrpletulips on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131419 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:18:23 +0000 purrpletulips 131419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We told people what we were thinking but since we were team green most people just referred to her as "baby" which is what we called her too. We'll probably do the same with this pregnancy. winniebee on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131417 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:16:39 +0000 winniebee 131417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have told a few people some of the names we are thinking of, but we haven't decided, and even if we do, we won't be telling. Andrea on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131352 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:04:40 +0000 Andrea 131352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, we told people. Rosie Girl on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131351 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:03:53 +0000 Rosie Girl 131351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We kept her name a secret, and it was so fun! I would definitely do that again, if we had another one. Alivoo01 on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-131347 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:02:49 +0000 Alivoo01 131347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We probably will. mediagirl on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-130692 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:52:57 +0000 mediagirl 130692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope. I don't want the response of, "ohhhhh... " I figure once she is here, it hard to say anything bc you're so excited to meet the baby. :-) banana on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-130617 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:33:37 +0000 banana 130617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We'll only tell once we're 10000% sure. And that might not be until right around delivery at this rate. It's hard coming up with girl names!!! MsLipGloss on "Will you tell people your LO's name before s/he arrives?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-you-tell-people-your-los-name-before-she-arrives#post-130616 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:33:02 +0000 MsLipGloss 130616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We haven't told any friends or family . . . but I did tell 2 neutral people: (1) my neuro; and (2) the sonographer who did my a/s today. It felt good to get it out, lol. :)