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The Pit Parenting Thread

awakeandready said:
The difference is that more people will just keep their mouth shut about not liking it if they only hear it once the baby is born and it's officially the name. And like you said it can totally just be a taste thing, not a truly stupid name thing, so I'd rather just not hear it if they don't like it.

Plus, except for the family name that we are 100% on using, I like having the option of changing my mind on the name at the last minute if so desired and not worrying about people having already put the name on anything.
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This is all good logic. Harder for people to criticize the name when your baby is looking at them all cute and Mini-AWAR-like. Also, if you need someone to point out to you that you're naming your child Julia Goulia or KKK or Jeffrey Dahmer, you have far bigger problems.
 
calideacon12 said:
Ha yeah I'm not that concerned about someone who doesn't know me figuring it out if they really want to go look it up. And actually it looks like it was just #420 on the individual page about that name, not sure what year that graphic is from. It's not #420 on the numerical list from 2013 which is the easiest to find list on the front page. It's significantly lower on the 2013 list.
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Gotcha, I didn't know if you had friends that post on here or not.
 
awakeandready said:
The difference is that more people will just keep their mouth shut about not liking it if they only hear it once the baby is born and it's officially the name. And like you said it can totally just be a taste thing, not a truly stupid name thing, so I'd rather just not hear it if they don't like it.

Plus, except for the family name that we are 100% on using, I like having the option of changing my mind on the name at the last minute if so desired and not worrying about people having already put the name on anything.
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Good point on the changing. I thought about that with my sons, but thankfully wasn't an issue.

Maybe I'm just desensitized from my kids, but people having an opinion on your kid's name is just one of those things that you'll never even think about because there is so much other stuff going on with hoping you don't screw the kid up.

I totally got mellowed out by my kids. So many less things actually matter. Weirdly, I'm much less stressed since my kids came along, because I just don't give a shit about the little things like some rando making a weird face after I told them my kid's name.
 
I totally get the not telling people thing for the option of being able to change your mind. And especially get it if you're not finding out the sex (cause you may want to keep the other name secret and use it for a second kid).

However, once we definitively determined the name, we ended up telling people since we knew what we were having (and subsequently got a few cute things with her name on it). My thing was that I didn't want to tell people "these are the three we're choosing between." I think that's really when people give you their opinion...when they know you're wavering. But if you say " this is the name. period" (whether it's before or after birth) I think most people would keep their opinions to themselves.
 
I won't give a damn what people think about D'Brickashaw Chewbacca brewslastname's name, because he's going to be kicking all of their kids asses anyway
 
Oh man, nothing like a full blown tantrum at midnight (featuring our good friend a small tantrum-induced vomit) because the kid wakes up and wants to sleep in mommy's bed, but daddy won't let him. I swear, I sometimes feel I should be shooting a video of these moments, then showing it to high school students to persuade them to use rubbers when boning each other.
 
For a girl we both liked Pearl. But alas, its a boy.

We are gravitating toward:

David
Joseph
she likes Gabriel, Im kinda like eh
Clifford
Christian - family name
William - family name


I like Aaron, but my mom was all "no names starting with vowels for boys..." wtf
 
RevDeac06 said:
We have an Ellie (short for Eleanor). I know I'm biased, but it's an awesome name. We really liked our girl name more than the boy name, guess it just depends on the family.
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I LOVE the name Eleanor. I've got a few years to sell it, too... plus, it would go well with my middle name (which is also my mom's middle name).
 
David Joseph. DJ ____.
 
lbE08 said:
One can only hope their last name is Jazzyjeff.
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I don't think Bake is married, so they might hyphenate.

DJ Jazzyjeff-Andthefreshprince
 
lbE08 said:
I LOVE the name Eleanor. I've got a few years to sell it, too... plus, it would go well with my middle name (which is also my mom's middle name).
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I wanted to name a girl Eleanor or Amelia. Wife shot both of those down... and we had a boy.
 
PhDeac said:
I don't think Bake is married, so they might hyphenate.

DJ Jazzyjeff-Andthefreshprince
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engaged! :) planning wedding for next spring/summer in NC. I have been telling her we need to go ahead and get married at the JOP and then have the formal wedding then. We don't even need to tell the 'rents if we don't want to.

I like DJ JazzyJeff.

She wouldn't go for Keith Mick ________, Jerry Bob ________, or Geddy Lee ________ But she did smile when I suggested Joe Jackson __________.
 
Joe-and-Michael-Jackson.jpg
 
WakeandBake said:
engaged! :) planning wedding for next spring/summer in NC. I have been telling her we need to go ahead and get married at the JOP and then have the formal wedding then. We don't even need to tell the 'rents if we don't want to.

I like DJ JazzyJeff.

She wouldn't go for Keith Mick ________, Jerry Bob ________, or Geddy Lee ________ But she did smile when I suggested Joe Jackson __________.
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My husband was advocating for Darryl Strawberry __________ for a boy or Strawberry __________ for a girl.
 
I missed who said they heard "no vowels" for boys (Vermont?) but we liked Andrew and Ethan for boys.
 
Pro Tip: Google your kid's possible full names. Google the initials as well.
 
Hope you plan on only living around white people.
 
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