Hellobee Boards

I knew I was having a girl and still called her 'the baby'...for some reason I didn't feel right calling her by her name before she was here! I know, strange. But what about picking a nickname? I also called my lo "little peanut" when I was pregnant.

I loved being TG with my daughter. No one bought us clothes for my shower, we were able to reuse all our nursery stuff for my son, who was born almost two years later, and we got the gear we needed instead of gender specific things. But, I totally agree with you, it was hard calling the baby "it." Due to a new house and not wanting to paint, we found out my second pregnancy was a boy and it did make it feel more real. I liked being able to call the baby by the name and I felt like there was a deeper connection because I could think "my son" as opposed to "my baby," but I hated that one of the biggest surprises of my life was ruined. Since I'm pregnant again, and we only have one bedroom left in the house, I kind of want to be TG again. I thought it was super fun and loved the surprise, we will just have to see if DH is on board (and hope for a girl because that bedroom is pink!).

We called it different names. At first it was just whatever Fruit he was...so for a while he was "my little blueberry" or "my little lemon". Then he became Frances for a while, and eventually McBebe.

I called my son Francis/Frances while he was in utero, we were team green.

Hardest part was not stocking up on clothes, but in the end, it saved me a boatload of money!

We had a nickname for the baby but when we needed a pronoun we used "shim".

The hardest part for me was not being able to buy girl or boy clothes! I would have chosen neutral baby gear either way so we can reuse. But on the other hand, it stopped me from buying a ton of stuff in advance, so I had a better idea of how much i'd need in each size...and what season I'd need the size in.

We aren't TG but until we found out what we were having we just called her by whatever fruit she was at the time. I tried to avoid "it" because it just felt weird. So, it was either a fruit or The Baby.

We alternate pronouns like @Grace. I also use both names we picked but only in my head since we're not sharing them yet. Out loud we just say the baby, or baby blue if talking to my MIL (the baby was blueberry size when we told them, so she started calling her that).

Not buying clothes is the hardest part for me but I think it's more of a plus since I'm trying not to buy them until after my shower anyway!