How long after giving birth would you consider not to have decided on a babies name a bit weird ?

Bah!





My sister-in-law had a lot of problems conceiving. Three failed IVF's, two miscarriages and 15 years later she had twins. She couldn't decide what to call them for SIX weeks and only settled on the names she did then because she had to register them that day!





You'd have thought the 'what should be call our children' discussion might have happened at some point during all that time!

How long after giving birth would you consider not to have decided on a babies name a bit weird ?
We didnt name our daughter until she was 3 weeks old, Everyone thought it was really weird and tried pushing us to choose a name, Which we wouldnt do. We thought we was having a boy and didnt really think of girls names, I was so exhausted that i couldnt settle on a name and i didnt want to look back and regret the name i picked for her, so we waited until we was 100% which i admit did take a while because everything i liked he didnt and vice versa.


Im glad we didnt name her straight away, She gained a lovely little nickname which i called her before she was named properly.





Anyways to answer your question, I would start to think its weird after a month, I think its after 2 months that you are forced to name the child, they also fine you after 2 months.
Reply:Our daughter was called something completely different for the first two days of her life (not officially, luckily we didn't put it on any paperwork)! We'd sort of decided on a name, but then someone close to the family called their daughter that three weeks before ours was born, so we picked another name - that really didn't suit her at all and we changed it! 38 weeks pregnant now with another little girl, and I have a few ideas but I don't know what she'll look like, or how she'll act, so how can I name her?





I think a couple of weeks would be as long as I could leave the decision before just picking a name out of a hat, or asking our family to choose!
Reply:hehe , Megatron! Awesome. Um, I think it's just up to an individual.


I was convinced my daughter was a boy..and had a boy's name picked out. I did have 2 girls names just in case..Tara Marie and Jenna Elise..but I didn't know which I wanted %26amp; was positive , lol that she was a boy. She had complications, so they took her away and I didn't get to really hold her til about 4 hours after the delivery. And by then, after having been in labor 3 days,they made me give her back and sleep...so it was 8-10 hours after her delivery that I really settled in with her and decided she was Tara.


I think if you aren't sure, you should wait. I mean , as long as you get it before they start school, right ;-) ? Megatron, hehe.
Reply:My sister took 3 weeks to decide her son`s name .... I knew my son`s name when I was 7 ... I informed my husband on our first ever date what I was calling our first son ....and there would be no negotiation ... LOL





EDIT; His name is Callum ..it was one of the vets in All Creatures Great and Small .. I was besotted with that programme !
Reply:I would think that if it isn't chosen before the baby is born, it would be weird for the baby to not have a name after the day it is born, at least.
Reply:2-3 days Max.





What would you say to the baby? Hello, you? I love you, (blank).? How would you introduce people "here is our nameless baby..."





Although, maybe I am weird, I talk to my newborns....
Reply:I would say 2-3 days. Around the time you would be leaving the hospital. I just remembered the old show Mad About You and how it took them forever to find a name for the new baby
Reply:More than 24 hours. I'd plan to have the name picked before-hand, why would you wait?? How would you feel to know you were nameless for days and referred to as Baby #442 lol
Reply:Who is shouting at you? You asked a question and people are answering.





I'd say that you should have a name before you leave the hospital.
Reply:I think it should be decided within the first couple of hours - when you're pregnant you tend to pick out definate names beforehand or pick out a few names and see which suits baby best . I chose my sons name before he was born x
Reply:thirty years
Reply:The hospital wants to know RIGHT NOW so they won't get behind in their record-keeping.





Some will pressure you relentlessly until you give them the name.
Reply:past 2 days is long overdue. Nickname fine but its real name is usually always in the back of the mothers mind for those 8 to 9 months.
Reply:it took us a day and half to finally make up our minds with our second baby ...with our first we knew the minute we found out if she was a boy or a girl
Reply:A week or so... Babies develop a few more features and looks within the first couple of days, so you'd know :)
Reply:i waited 3 weeks till i decided
Reply:legally you have six weeks- i decided on my son's name about 4 months before he was born
Reply:You have at least 8-7 months before baby get here, so I say that's about enough time to make up your mind!
Reply:I would expect after the first 48 hours it would have a name.
Reply:I would think a couple of days, get some baby names books.


You cant call your baby 'it' for long.
Reply:Id say after leaving the hospital....come on, youve had 9 months to pick one!! haha
Reply:24 hrs!
Reply:30 years
Reply:I'd say about a 3 weeks..!!
Reply:like after a month


the kid needs an identity
Reply:2 days.





a week if you're really pushing it.
Reply:the first second
Reply:id say the first 24 hours
Reply:About a week or two..maybe up to a month
Reply:two days