I'm almost 36 weeks and we are still calling him his nickname since about 12 weeks.
I don't think we will actually use his name until he is here.
Did you use your baby's name before they were born (assuming you weren't team green)?
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Nope. We actually didn't even confirm her name until she was born.
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Nope. We finalized but didnt use the name aloud... we did a few frames of wallart with his name on it
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Nope- we decided his name once he was born!
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Yes, we did!
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We do, and we aren't even sure! lol. We have a front-runner but we're not 100% sure yet… but even so we just call her Fiona anyways.
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We didn't because we didn't decide on her name until after she was born, and because it kind of creeps me out when people do that. Don't know why, just does.
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Nope!
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No. She was Sneakers until she was born. We haven't called her Sneakers since, though.
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We did, but then we stopped calling her by her name after she was born and started calling her a nickname! I don't think we've called her by her actual name since.
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We did! that's how we ended up deciding which name we liked best. We had to test each name out for a few weeks. We decided on his name when I was about 28 weeks.
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We tested it out by calling him it while he was still in my belly
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We did at home to give it a test, but we never did it around other people, even though we didn't keep it a secret.
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Not super frequently, mostly to just try it out. We are kind of superstitious and don't want to slip up and call him his name in front of family members, so we don't do it very often.
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Yes we did/do. It's been hard this time though because we are keeping the name to ourselves (mostly) and DH has slipped up twice now since it's so natural to use it between the two of us.
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Not the first time, but we are this time around.
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Yes we've been calling him by his name maybe because we never came up with a nickname?
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@spaniellove: we never had a nickname either, and I felt bad calling her "baby." Seemed very impersonal haha.
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Yup. Ever since we settled on his name that's what we've called him!
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@Mae: Yeah, every time I say "the baby" I find myself pausing and wondering why I didn't just say his name!
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Yep, all the time since we decided at 20 weeks! I love that we're already used to her name.
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we had a name picked out before even ttc, so we've called her by her name to each other since finding out the sex at 16 weeks. We've told some people her name but not announced it to everyone (like, def not on fb!), so usually I'll refer to her as "the little miss" or "baby girl" to other people. Like, our shower invites said "Baby Girl <our last name>" rather than her name, even though a good chunk of the guest list knows her name
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Nope! We kept her name a secret so we didn't call her by it so we wouldn't mess up and let it slip by accident. Mostly I wouldn't slip up.
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it weirded me out to call her by her name. It took me a few months to put the name to the face. She was Shetus for all the time in-uteru
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No. We were team green, and didn't decide a name until after he was born. I guess I'm somewhat superstitious and didn't want to presume anything until after baby was here.
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Nope. We didn't have his name picked out until after he arrived.
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Haha, kinda. When we thought she was going to be a he, we called her by the boy name we'd picked....then when we knew she was a girl we called her by the girl name we picked...then when she was born we decided she didn't suit that name, so named her something different entirely!
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No, i'm weirdly superstitious about that. We won't even know the gender until Saturday (can't wait!!) but after that we'll work on narrowing it down to a small list. I don't expect to be able to settle on the name until he/she is born.
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we're pretty certain of our name but haven't shared it with anyone. we usually just call him baby boy
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We are calling them by name, but only at home/when no one else can hear us.
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i tried many times but it felt sooooo weird and like i was talking to an invisible stranger. he really only owned his name after we met on his birthday, lol.
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No. Both times we didn't decide on a name until they were born.
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Sort of. We had a name picked out, and often used it. But she was mostly little one or little bits. She's still called those names at 1 month - who knows when she'll learn her name!
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We used it all the time between the two of us but we didn't tell anyone else!
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Nope! We kept her name a secret until after she was born so we just called her "the baby".
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Yeah, we refer to him by name.
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Nope, only because until 2 minutes after he was born, he didn't have a name.
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nope - team green both times so we really couldn't. We actually hadn't settled on a boys name either time and DS didn't get named for a couple hours after he arrived.
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Nope! We were pretty sure of our name choice but for some reason it weirds me out when people refer to baby by name before he/she is even born, so we just called him baby.
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We're team green, but even if we change our minds on that (only 11w), we won't use the "real" name. We already have a sort of "placeholder" name, and we use that, and will continue. For one thing, I like having the name be just between us and a surprise for everyone else. For another, I'm not 100% sure LO won't get here and just totally not fit the names we have picked, so I don't want to have to explain if we change our minds. And also, we're very into names that are somewhat unusual (within reason! we don't want our kids to hate us for their names), and we'll at least avoid people trying to talk us out of them if we wait until it's on their birth certificate.
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