8 days old and still no name...

My very good friend had a baby last week. A healthy baby boy! He is still nameless... This doesn't sit well with OCD need to know all the information Type A me So, my question to you all is this:

How long did your baby go without a name?

Message edited 3/15/2007 6:35:27 AM.

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We had a name before the birth. I was hoping it would change for the 1 day until I had to fill out the birth certificate.

I had several good friends who secretly referred to the baby by the name I choose until I got used to the name it was.

eta. 8 days without a name is too long. They had 10 months to pick out & settle it.

Message edited 3/15/2007 6:38:47 AM.

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With DS we had no idea what to name him, we were still undecided until we were ready to go home.

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We decided before the birth. We didn't tell most people, but we knew. DS we knew a few months before the birth. DD we were more undecided on and probably only really settled a few days beforehand.

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Jake was nameless for the whole time I was in the hospital. He was not named until the very last minute when I had to fill out the birth certificate. So, 5 days!

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officially, probably 12 hours or so. I "knew" who they were but it wasn't written down for a while after they were born - they were Twin Male #1 and #2

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My DD wasn't named until I was being discharged and had to fill out my paperwork for her birth certificate. So 2 days...

My youngest sister was not named for more than a week too. She was my parents 6th and they couldn't think of a name. Her original birth certificate says Baby Girl LastName. She was then named and has an amended certificate.

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we had her name when i was 6 months pg.

But my DH was baby boy lastname for almost 2 weeks before he was named!

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I am so Type A, OCD, anal too. She had her name 20 weeks into my pregnancy. It would have drove me batty if she didn't.

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that is too long, JIMO. We had a few names picked out and when they came out, the dr said okay Baby A is out, what is the name? and then the same for Baby B. I couldn't go that long without naming my baby(ies).

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"unofficially", DS was named right away. When I filled out the birth certificate form is when it became official. I even turned to DH and said, are you sure you are OK with this name because now it is for real!
I actually picked out his name when I was about 3 months pregnant, when we decided who we were naming him after. I always loved the name.
Thankfully we did not have a girl because we could not agree on a name!

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Steven has been Steven since I found out he was a Steven and not an Ella

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1 minute.
They said, "It's a Boy!"
And we said, "Hi Jacob"

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Yeah, 8 days would be way too much for me. What do you call the baby or how do you refer to it. We had it narrowed down to a few choices and then as soon as she was born we went with what felt right. I'd think even if you were having trouble you'd have to pick something by the time you leave the hospital. I don't know. But I too am a type A.

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Nikolas didn't have a name for about a day and half .. we had our boys names narrowed down to about 3-4 but were waiting to 'meet' him to see which name suited him best.. and we wanted to just spend time with him before naming him. Now we know we were right - he's definitely a Niko

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We settled on Justin when I was about 6 months pregnant. I wanted Justin all along and my DH finally agreed!
I wanted Justin Ryan and he didn't like it. Then my DH went to get his hair cut one day and came back and said "What about Justin Anthony?" I loved it and even better than Justin Ryan. We didn't know if he was a boy or girl so when they said "It's a boy!" then he was Justin Anthony!

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My parents brought me home nameless. They finally decided when I was about a week old mainly because my mom got tired of calling me "the baby".

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well, we knew if we had a girlthat we wouldname her Alyssa before we even got prego - so at 20 weeks when we found out it was a girl...she already had her name.

8 days and still no name is a little strange to me but who am I to say? I would just find it hard to have my little boy home and not be calling him by name....

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I knew if I had a boy he was going to be named Bryan. I love the name.
As they were wheeling me into the OR (unplanned c section) DH turns to me and says "Hun, I think we should come up with a girls name...Quick"...LOL
We agreed if we had a girl she would have been Lauren Nicole.
About 10 mins. later, Bryan arrived

8 days is too long for me not to have a name picked out. I was getting stressed going into the O.R. like, I have to pick a name NOW!

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We know someone who didn't name their baby until she was about 2 months old. That was overseas though. IMO, 8 days is too long so 2 months is definitely way too long!

We named DD about 20 minutes after her birth,when we got to hold her for the first time. We had a favorite name at about 34 weeks but we didn't officially call her that until after she was born.