Speaker 1: Who baby A baby? I need you, Oh hell, I
Speaker 1: need you. What to Expect is a production of I
Speaker 1: Heart Radio. I'm your host Heidi Murko and I'm a
Speaker 1: mom on a mission, A mission to help you know
Speaker 1: what to expect every step of the way. A baby
Speaker 1: by any name would smell a sweet. That's just a fact.
Speaker 1: So what's in a name? Too soon to be parents,
Speaker 1: whether they're expecting their first bundle or their fifth, a
Speaker 1: lot hangs on that name. Choice names are, after all,
Speaker 1: for life, for better, for worse, for mispronounced from misspelled.
Speaker 1: Some parents have those baby names picked out before they
Speaker 1: even start trying to conceive boy less and girl less
Speaker 1: first names and middle names. Lucky them. But if you're
Speaker 1: still not sold on a name or family only feuds
Speaker 1: are fueling a contentious debate, or you're just playing stressed
Speaker 1: about the responsibility of naming the bundle you'll soon be
Speaker 1: bringing home, you're not alone. Lucky you. We're here to help. Today.
Speaker 1: We are breaking down latest trends in baby names and
Speaker 1: your biggest questions about what to call your little one.
Speaker 1: Besides sweet, I'm here with Emma. A baby I named personally.
Speaker 1: I like it, I didn't like it. When I was
Speaker 1: like nine, I wanted to be in Michelle after Michelle Tanner.
Speaker 1: But um, now I'm happy with it. Okay, how did
Speaker 1: you choose Lennox and Sebastian. So Lennox I looked at
Speaker 1: like a literature baby name book. One night in the
Speaker 1: middle of the night when I couldn't sleep, I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: I love Lennox. It's like a Shakespearean play. I think
Speaker 1: it's King Lear and his middle name is Page after
Speaker 1: Jimmy Page. Sebastian's name is a lot more fun. I
Speaker 1: wanted to name him something else, and my husband's like, no,
Speaker 1: we have to name a Sebastian. What did you want
Speaker 1: to name like West or something. I don't know. There's
Speaker 1: a kin Lennox's class names now, so it would be weird. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so with your names, um, Emma, I love the book
Speaker 1: by Jane Austen, so that was a no brainer. Now, Wyatt,
Speaker 1: we didn't know the gender with either one of you,
Speaker 1: so if why it had been a girl, he would
Speaker 1: have been Willa, which I still wish I had another
Speaker 1: girl to name Will. I love that name. He broke
Speaker 1: the mold with me, Mom, true that with why we
Speaker 1: were all set on the name Winston until like thirty
Speaker 1: seven weeks when Eric just all of a sudden realized
Speaker 1: the baby's names should be Wyatt. He's a big fan
Speaker 1: of Western so that made sense. He's not a Winston,
Speaker 1: he's so a Wyatt. So how far into your pregnancy
Speaker 1: were you when you knew the gender? So that gave
Speaker 1: you a head start. Um, I don't pretty like immediately
Speaker 1: like he was like, okay, it's Sebastian. Okay, um, and
Speaker 1: then Lennox I think halfway through. Okay. So baby names
Speaker 1: here in the US, of course, anything seem to go um,
Speaker 1: and not just when it comes to celebrity baby names anymore.
Speaker 1: People get super creative, and for the most part in
Speaker 1: the US, you can by law and name your baby
Speaker 1: anything you want to. I mean, there are some states
Speaker 1: that limit the total number of letters if you add
Speaker 1: up the first, middle, and last name, so it can
Speaker 1: all fit on a legal form um. But those letters
Speaker 1: can spell just about anything. No number. Elon Musk learned
Speaker 1: about the hard way. No numbers, yes, but in other
Speaker 1: parts of the world apparently not so much. I did
Speaker 1: not know this until I was digging a little bit.
Speaker 1: But baby names are actually restricted by law in some countries,
Speaker 1: and that's including countries like Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand.
Speaker 1: For instance, in many countries, you can't name your baby
Speaker 1: something that could be potentially embarrassing or have them made
Speaker 1: fun of or negatively impact a child's well being. Some
Speaker 1: obvious example balls would be Satan Hitler Anus. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: can't name your baby anus. Governments have also rejected names
Speaker 1: that are even more random, like sexy fruit I'm still
Speaker 1: stuck on anus um. Also, unconventional spellings of traditional names
Speaker 1: are discouraged now. Some countries like Norway and Sweden, require
Speaker 1: that a first name sounds like a first name. Anderson.
Speaker 1: You can't name your baby Anderson, So sorry about that,
Speaker 1: Anderson cooper um. Some countries banned brand names, and that
Speaker 1: would include some names that are pretty popular here like Chanel,
Speaker 1: Mercedes and in Sweden you can't name your kid I Kea.
Speaker 1: I'm okay with that. Some countries don't allow names that
Speaker 1: aren't gender specific, like the name has to tell you
Speaker 1: right away whether it's a boy or girl, So a
Speaker 1: lot of favorite names here would be out, like Charlie.
Speaker 1: I love that super cute Charlie, so cute for a girl,
Speaker 1: but apparently it's not legal in Germany and Iceland. There
Speaker 1: are also plenty of baby name traditions from around the
Speaker 1: world that date way back. In some parts of Africa,
Speaker 1: I thought this was so sweet. An elder in the
Speaker 1: village picks the name and whispers it into the baby's
Speaker 1: ear before they announced it at the baby naming ceremony,
Speaker 1: because the belief is that the baby should hear his
Speaker 1: or her name, especially beautiful thing I've ever heard. You know,
Speaker 1: Let's take a quick break and when we come back,
Speaker 1: we're going over our community's biggest questions about baby names. So, Emma,
Speaker 1: let's read through some of these messages from what to Expect.
Speaker 1: So we looked at some of the posts about baby
Speaker 1: names on the what to Expect community message boards, and
Speaker 1: there's a lot of them. We pulled out some of
Speaker 1: the topics of conversation you all have. Um Emma, let's
Speaker 1: read through some of these and discuss on the other side.
Speaker 1: What are the most popular ways people come up with names,
Speaker 1: I mean, besides just liking how it sounds for the moment.
Speaker 1: I actually signed thousands of books a year, and I
Speaker 1: have heard just about every baby name out there. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: I bet I've heard it all. I've spelled it all.
Speaker 1: And there are a lot of families, you know. I
Speaker 1: sign a lot of books from military families, and a
Speaker 1: lot of those families the tradition is you give your
Speaker 1: baby dad's name. Um, so it's a lot of junior seconds,
Speaker 1: thirds force five. I've had six. I think I'm not
Speaker 1: sure I went any higher than that that would be impressed.
Speaker 1: Some families actually just used the same name for the
Speaker 1: father and son, so for instance, Marcus and Marcus, not
Speaker 1: Marcus senior and Marcus juior, Marcus Marcus. Some do diminutives,
Speaker 1: like Jonathan and Johnny. Um, wasn't it George Foreman who
Speaker 1: named all his sons George. I looked it up and
Speaker 1: he gave each one a number two, So George one
Speaker 1: George too. It's a little confusing maybe, but I guess
Speaker 1: you don't get the names mixed up. That's a plus. Um,
Speaker 1: some people do. I think this is so cute. Some
Speaker 1: people do. See jays for you know, Christopher John or
Speaker 1: John um ore J's t js and I feel like
Speaker 1: those are names that you know, sure their nicknames, but
Speaker 1: their nicknames that you can grow with. Biblical names are
Speaker 1: always popular. Some people choose them because they're religious. Some
Speaker 1: people just choose them because their traditional names. Some families
Speaker 1: keep the biblical theme going for all their kids. So
Speaker 1: you've got Samuel, Noah, Isaac. Isaiah is one that I
Speaker 1: always forget how to spell Ezekiel, or let's say Mohammed, Aliyah,
Speaker 1: Hannah esther all. This ancestry dot com has brought back
Speaker 1: a lot of ancestral names. Now. Some parents named baby
Speaker 1: after where they were conceived. So, Emma, you would have
Speaker 1: been Greenwich Village. I know a mom on Instagram said
Speaker 1: Hayden Park after the neighborhood where her baby was conceived.
Speaker 1: That's really pretty. Yeah, it's really pretty. It's like Beyonce's
Speaker 1: line Ivy Park. I'm not mad. A lot of military
Speaker 1: families were always moving around from base to base. Sometimes
Speaker 1: they choose the name from the place that they're based
Speaker 1: when the baby's conceived, so like Hawaiian name and Italian name,
Speaker 1: a Japanese name. I had a mom who didn't know
Speaker 1: the baby's gender yet when I signed her book, so
Speaker 1: I signed it to both the boy and girl named.
Speaker 1: The boy name was going to be Ben after Big Ben,
Speaker 1: not Benjamin Benn and the girl name was going to
Speaker 1: be Abbey, after Westminster Abbey. That cute. Um celebrity names.
Speaker 1: One mom told me Reese Witherspoon. She named her baby Reese.
Speaker 1: I think there's been a run on Chase. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if that was from Chase Crawford or whether it's
Speaker 1: from Pap Patrol if they have a younger kid, maybe
Speaker 1: Pap Patrol. When I was in high school, that name
Speaker 1: was pretty popular to Chase. I like that name. It's
Speaker 1: a good, sturdy name. I think it's coming back, making
Speaker 1: a comeback. Sophia is like super popular. I think it's
Speaker 1: like at the top of the list right now. But
Speaker 1: it's not from Sophia Lorenne. That's what somebody a few
Speaker 1: people told me on Instagram. It was after Sophia Lorene. H.
Speaker 1: I finm sure names like Blake for Blake Lively. Also,
Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of character names. Yeah, I've heard
Speaker 1: a lot of movie characters. So Aurelia from Love actually
Speaker 1: is one that I've heard several times. One of my
Speaker 1: favorite all time movies. Oh yeah, that's a big one.
Speaker 1: Disney characters, UM names from music, characters and books. UM.
Speaker 1: Somebody mentioned characters from Game of Thrones. I've never seen it. Aria,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen I saw like one season, but that's
Speaker 1: a big one. Okay, Eighties TV and movie characters, especially
Speaker 1: for moms of a certain generation. I have no idea
Speaker 1: any of those constellations, stars, planets, mercury. I hear a
Speaker 1: lot of Greek gods. I get Adonis, Apollo, Ena, Venus, whoa, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of newborn adonis Is. That's adorable.
Speaker 1: Donnie Presidents Kennedy. Oh yeah, that's great for I know
Speaker 1: a girl Kennedy. Also, you can use that for both genders. Yep, Theodore,
Speaker 1: I love that. Teddy Rosevel Well, I love Teddy so
Speaker 1: that I know a teddy girl. And President's kids like Malia.
Speaker 1: That's a great one from President Obama. Sports figures Nolan
Speaker 1: after Nolan Ryan. There's also a naming tradition, a Jewish
Speaker 1: naming tradition, where you name your baby after a relative ooside,
Speaker 1: but you don't necessarily have to use that particular name,
Speaker 1: but the name should start with the same letter. There's
Speaker 1: also names that come from tragedies, like this year, there
Speaker 1: have been a lot of Koby's and Gianna's. I also
Speaker 1: wonder if Ruth is going to make it come back.
Speaker 1: Maybe Ruth Bader. That's the cutest little girl name ever, Ruth,
Speaker 1: are you kidding? Best legacy ever? Old school names. So
Speaker 1: I love when babies are named like old people, because
Speaker 1: don't they look like little men anyway? A lot of
Speaker 1: the time they do. It's literally like Benjamin Button. The
Speaker 1: name kind of fits. So Grandpa names like Daddy is
Speaker 1: or Eugene. That's the best time ever. Parents Bernard, will
Speaker 1: my heart be Stanley? And then this grandma names like Irene, Mabel, Harriet, Edith, Dorothy,
Speaker 1: eleanor has made a huge comeback, Florence. You can call
Speaker 1: it baby flow yeah, except anything about the progressive I know.
Speaker 1: I was thinking that at the same time. Everyone it
Speaker 1: for me, but God or your aunt flow right, Please
Speaker 1: somebody naming your baby Wilber I know, and or Clarence
Speaker 1: and then d m me and show me a picture
Speaker 1: of them, or Mabel or d m me too. Um.
Speaker 1: And then when people go by the meaning of the name,
Speaker 1: some people don't care. We didn't care, but somehow your
Speaker 1: name's actually fit the meaning. So Emma comes from all embracing,
Speaker 1: which I did not know until I looked it up.
Speaker 1: But all embracing. That's totally you. That's me Why it
Speaker 1: means strong, brave, and hearty, which is like incredible because
Speaker 1: his preschool teacher when he was to described him as stoic.
Speaker 1: I really don't know many two year olds who are
Speaker 1: described as stoic, but that's why he's definitely stoic, completely
Speaker 1: someone you've met. Sometimes parents will name their kids after
Speaker 1: someone they've met once they really like the name, or
Speaker 1: someone you know, you babysat for now. Popularity is a
Speaker 1: funny thing. No one named their kids Emma or Wyatt.
Speaker 1: When we did, we thought we were picking names that
Speaker 1: would never become popular, and go figure, they're super super popular.
Speaker 1: So there's really no guarantee that when you pick your
Speaker 1: name that is going to remain uncommon. Um. Some people
Speaker 1: like to avoid super popular names. Others embrace trends. They
Speaker 1: hear a name, they hear it a lot, they like it,
Speaker 1: they use it, it doesn't matter if it's about to
Speaker 1: break the top ten. Others look for names that are
Speaker 1: not too popular, not too uncommon, you know, just right.
Speaker 1: It's it's a very important choice. I need to tell
Speaker 1: you one funny story. One mom told me that her husband,
Speaker 1: when he was in high school. He had Bob Marley
Speaker 1: come to him in a dream. Really yeah, and he
Speaker 1: promised for some reason, he promised Bob Marley and his
Speaker 1: dream to name his firstborn son after him. And so
Speaker 1: you know, she met him. They got married, not her
Speaker 1: and Bob Marley, her and her husband. And he said, well,
Speaker 1: by the way, our son has to be named after
Speaker 1: Bob Marley. And she didn't like the name Bob. She
Speaker 1: didn't like the name Robert, so they named their baby Morley.
Speaker 1: Their firstborn son was Morley, and then they wanted to
Speaker 1: keep the music theme, so they named the second one
Speaker 1: Morrison and call may. So it's so cute, Maury, that's
Speaker 1: so great. Have you ever heard of people inventing their
Speaker 1: own name. I feel like that's really popular. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: very popular, and you can definitely do that, um, at
Speaker 1: least if you live in the US. Some people blend
Speaker 1: two names together. Sometimes they change a letter, like instead
Speaker 1: of Olivia, it's Olivia with an A, or Arissa instead
Speaker 1: of Alissa or Marissa. But I feel like changing names
Speaker 1: is great because that's solidified that you won't have a
Speaker 1: name that's like super popular. Even if the name was popular,
Speaker 1: the spelling is different, so of like keeps you in
Speaker 1: that unique little bubble. Yeah, some people do Brianna instead
Speaker 1: of Brianna. You can take Oakley and make it Oaklynn.
Speaker 1: I've heard that a lot. But then your kid gets
Speaker 1: to the gas station or the souvenir shop and there
Speaker 1: are no key chains or cups. There's never a key
Speaker 1: chain for either of my kids. No, And it's funny.
Speaker 1: There were no Emma's back when you were growing up.
Speaker 1: There were no Wyatts. Maybe there are now now we're
Speaker 1: lousy with Emma's now they probably are. But actually, you know,
Speaker 1: that could be a blessing, one mom pointed out, because
Speaker 1: then you don't have to buy all those collectibles. True,
Speaker 1: there are a lot of tricky spellings too, and sometimes
Speaker 1: they're on purpose, sometimes not. There must be seventeen ways
Speaker 1: to spell Riley and Kayla and Kylie and Mackenzie. I
Speaker 1: mean even Sarah has to well, actually three ways. I
Speaker 1: know Sarah who spelled s e r A. I met
Speaker 1: a mom whose father misspelled her name on her birth certificate.
Speaker 1: I wish I could remember for the name. It was
Speaker 1: something super it was super simple, and he didn't know
Speaker 1: how to spell it, so he put the wrong spelling
Speaker 1: down and she had to live with it. But you know,
Speaker 1: of course now it's a great story, that's amazing. And
Speaker 1: then of course there's misspelling on purpose creative spelling. My
Speaker 1: sister's name is Sandy with two ease, and that said
Speaker 1: my name is Heidi, but nobody can spell it. Really,
Speaker 1: there's no tricks. It's just nobody can spell Heidi. Well,
Speaker 1: sometimes people spell my name with one M. It's rare,
Speaker 1: but it happens. So what about thinking whether the name
Speaker 1: has a nickname? Like some just naturally do some don't.
Speaker 1: I remember when you named Lennox, we were thinking, oh,
Speaker 1: that means we're going to call him Len, and he
Speaker 1: is such a Len. We call him Len all the time.
Speaker 1: It's so cute. With Seby, I don't even call him no,
Speaker 1: I don't ever call him Sebastian. I think that, you know,
Speaker 1: you really you need to sit there and like trying
Speaker 1: to think of all the nicknames that your kid could
Speaker 1: possibly have, because school, school can be rough. What happens
Speaker 1: if you and your partner do not agree on the
Speaker 1: name that I feel like the finals say should be
Speaker 1: going to the person who pushes that child out, that's true,
Speaker 1: or gives birth to it. Somehow did the heavy listing parents?
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes they had a mom who told me
Speaker 1: she and her husband talked about it on their first
Speaker 1: date and apparently they agreed on the name so they
Speaker 1: could move to the next step. That's a very important
Speaker 1: first stake conversation. I know some parents have kept a
Speaker 1: list since high school. I have, and you didn't use
Speaker 1: any of them like that. No, I've been in the
Speaker 1: awkward position of signing books. You know, the mom's there
Speaker 1: and she doesn't like the name the dad wants, and
Speaker 1: the dad doesn't like the name she wants, and so
Speaker 1: they asked me to sign the name that they like.
Speaker 1: And I feel that's a lot of pressure, A little
Speaker 1: awkward about that, but still some people take it so
Speaker 1: seriously they actually do bracket a limit. My husband, you know,
Speaker 1: I let him have it because it was his first
Speaker 1: and it was my second. So I was like, you
Speaker 1: know what you do you okay, if you decide on
Speaker 1: a name during pregnancy, should you tell your friends and family?
Speaker 1: I feel like I did not tell. The majority of
Speaker 1: my family told us. I mean my extended family. I
Speaker 1: told a few people, but I kept it on the dal.
Speaker 1: A lot of horror stories I've read on what to
Speaker 1: Expect message boards of moms sharing names and people making
Speaker 1: negative comments, which is I've seen that that's so mean. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you can think it, but don't say it, or write it,
Speaker 1: write it in a on a piece of paper and
Speaker 1: just throw it in the trash. Should they never seen you?
Speaker 1: Don't say it out loud. Now. A lot of moms
Speaker 1: told me they actually like to share the name so
Speaker 1: that they get personalized gifts for their babies. But I
Speaker 1: did have one mom who did a gender reveal with
Speaker 1: the name. Everything was picked out a whole nine yards,
Speaker 1: picked out the registry based on the gender only, and
Speaker 1: turned out when the baby was born he was a
Speaker 1: she and they had to redo everything. I mean, it
Speaker 1: doesn't happen often that those mistakes were me, but it
Speaker 1: does happen for me that I feel a little guilty
Speaker 1: about it, because what about the peanut gallery, Like, what
Speaker 1: should you do if there's pressure from a family member
Speaker 1: to name the baby after a relative or to use
Speaker 1: a letter in honor of someone and you don't want to.
Speaker 1: I really don't know why people think they get a
Speaker 1: vote on someone else's baby. I mean, even if it's
Speaker 1: their grandchild. They just don't get a vote. I mean,
Speaker 1: opinions from the Peanut Gallery about your Peanuts name should
Speaker 1: not matter. The problem is that they actually can hurt,
Speaker 1: and they can hurt a lot. I mean, this is
Speaker 1: how I look at it. You made this baby together,
Speaker 1: you raise the baby together, you pay babies bills together,
Speaker 1: You get to name the baby together without outside interference.
Speaker 1: You are the only ones who should have a vote.
Speaker 1: I mean that doesn't stop mothers and mother in laws,
Speaker 1: fathers and father in laws from giving their two cents
Speaker 1: and even saying, you know, I've heard some incredibly hurtful
Speaker 1: things that family members have said, laying on the guilt
Speaker 1: when they don't like your choice. That's not fair, or
Speaker 1: getting all passive aggressive about it, or pressure and you
Speaker 1: even some family members pressure parents to change the name.
Speaker 1: It's so messed up. Emma, one of the moms on
Speaker 1: your Instagram said she listened to the Peanut Gallery, actually
Speaker 1: changed her baby's name based on the Peanut Gallery and
Speaker 1: still has name recrap. I mean, I think that's so
Speaker 1: beyond unfair and messed up. You should name your child
Speaker 1: what you want to name your child, not what your
Speaker 1: mother in law wants you to name your child. She
Speaker 1: got to pick her son's name, she should let you
Speaker 1: and your husband pick your name. And also, I don't
Speaker 1: think it's fair that if you have decided on a name,
Speaker 1: for anybody to have any sort of voice in that.
Speaker 1: You know, if you're kind of throwing names out there,
Speaker 1: it's okay to say, I mean it's not my favorite,
Speaker 1: but I like this one more. That's fine, But you
Speaker 1: don't need when that name is solid, you know what,
Speaker 1: just let it go. You know what happened with your
Speaker 1: middle name? My mother hated it and we ended up
Speaker 1: because I felt so super guilty and I was so hormonal.
Speaker 1: We added another name to your your official name, just
Speaker 1: to a piece er, and we totally regretted it and
Speaker 1: we never used it. She didn't like my first name either.
Speaker 1: Did she know she didn't like any of it? Yes?
Speaker 1: So the only two people who should be able to
Speaker 1: change baby's name, in my opinion, are the parents. I say,
Speaker 1: tell them to butt out nicely, firmly or not nicely,
Speaker 1: if that's what it takes. The hormones talking. I'm pregnant.
Speaker 1: Can we really wait to decide on name until the
Speaker 1: baby is born? Is it true that you just know
Speaker 1: when you see them or know that like that's not
Speaker 1: the right name. Three months ago you see your kids like,
Speaker 1: oh that is not a Freend, that is a Henry.
Speaker 1: You know, it sounds like a movie cliche, but in
Speaker 1: fact a surprising number of parents say this. Um, there's
Speaker 1: still the minority by far like need to know ahead
Speaker 1: of time, but sometimes, you know, kind of use that
Speaker 1: birth moment to solidify how they feel about a name,
Speaker 1: to confirm that it fits. Um. Most parents have at
Speaker 1: least one name picked out already. Some actually do. I've
Speaker 1: heard several cass of parents changing the baby's name because
Speaker 1: it didn't fit once they held their baby. Usually they're
Speaker 1: not starting from scratch. Um, they've got a list of contenders.
Speaker 1: One thing that's actually I remember giving birth, you were like,
Speaker 1: come on, Sebastian's coming. Like it gave me that push
Speaker 1: that I was about to meet a person with a
Speaker 1: name rather than just a baby. I don't know for me,
Speaker 1: that was kind of helpful during delivery. Any other tips
Speaker 1: or things that you know we really should be aware of.
Speaker 1: There's an article and was respect dot com with women
Speaker 1: saying what they wish they've known before they picked their
Speaker 1: baby names. Some of the biggest takeaways pay attention to
Speaker 1: the initials. Babies with TRD, for instance, as initials. That
Speaker 1: sounds like turd, Alyssa Samantha Smiths. That makes an ass
Speaker 1: out of you and me. Amy Schumer remember changed her
Speaker 1: baby's name after realizing the gene ATel sounded like genital.
Speaker 1: I'm not mad at that, though, I mean Lennox is
Speaker 1: lp A little People's Association of America and SETTI is
Speaker 1: s s A, which is Social Security Administration. Oh, you're right,
Speaker 1: that's cute. One mom suggests that don't waste the middle name.
Speaker 1: You might need it one day if you have another
Speaker 1: baby of the same gender. Also important, say it out loud. Surprisingly,
Speaker 1: some parents never end up saying the baby's name out
Speaker 1: wowd they write it down. You know. Something else to
Speaker 1: remember is that you can change your mind. You can
Speaker 1: change your mind right up until you signed the birth
Speaker 1: certificate and leave the hospital. Sure, a lot of people
Speaker 1: do that, by the way, like a lot of people,
Speaker 1: A lot of people do. I know a pair of
Speaker 1: parents that debated for two days and finally settled before
Speaker 1: they were discharged, and another mom on what to expect,
Speaker 1: regretted not knowing this because she ended up with a
Speaker 1: name like that she was coming up with under pressure.
Speaker 1: She didn't really like it, but she felt pressured by
Speaker 1: the nurses to sign the papers, and so she settled
Speaker 1: on it. I'm sure she loves the baby, of course.
Speaker 1: Here's my biggest takeaway my baby name. Bottom line, it's
Speaker 1: your decision. It's a lot of pressure anyway to pick
Speaker 1: out a name for life, so you have to make
Speaker 1: sure you pick one without added pressure from anyone else.
Speaker 1: Take your time, be open to change in your mind
Speaker 1: when you meet your baby, and don't let anyone tell
Speaker 1: you what to do. It's up to you and your partner.
Speaker 1: I have to share one thing that a mom said
Speaker 1: that was just so incredibly sweet. She said, whatever name
Speaker 1: you choose, make sure you feel love, enjoy when you
Speaker 1: say it. And for me, that says at all. Once
Speaker 1: everyone holds that sweet baby of yours, the name will
Speaker 1: be just as sweet. Baby love, my baby love. I
Speaker 1: need you, Oh how I need you. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 1: Remember I'm always here for you. What to Expect is
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