I am also superstitious about showers before the baby is born, I thought I was crazy. I have so many posts I want to "like" since sj made her awesome announcement, though!
I can blame my grandmother for all my weird superstitions. And thank you!
That's the Jewish tradition. Lots of people don't even have any baby stuff in the house until the baby is born -- most stores that sell baby stuff in places with a decent-sized Jewish population will have a program where you can buy all the stuff you need and they'll keep it at the store, then you call them after the baby is born and they'll deliver it.
Somehow my Italian grandmother adopted the Jewish tradition. Although, I'm not really opposed to buying stuff and having it in the house ahead of time. I am, however, really weird about calling a baby by the name the parents choose before it is born. Even if the parents are doing it, I can't bring myself to do it.
We didn't want folks calling our kids by their actual names before they were born either, but that had more to do with all the unsolicited advice people wanted to give about better names than the ones we'd chosen.
NOT SHOCKINGLY, my mother was the WORST about that, Burrell.
She was Not Fond of my name choices, and kept suggesting shit like Sandee. (Two Es)
We're not telling anyone, even our parents, the names we picked. So they get no opinions.
Oh, they'll give them. Even if you don't share, they'll give them.
It's just probably easier to ignore if you don't tell them.
Rupert is an exceptionally strong name.
Yeah, not really recommending. I just always think of Giles saying this when baby names come up as a topic.
I'm convinced not all men suck, I've just never met them.
I know not all men suck. I've met some great men! They are all partnered, to wiser and swifter persons than I.
I have that superstition too, though being of Southern Presbyterian extraction, I've no idea where it comes from. My sister must have it also; she nicknamed both kids when they were fetuses and didn't tell anyone their names until they were born.
I tend to call womb dwelling babies whimsical names like Bobbin or Poppet. Some friends called their fellow, Spud. Made me smile every time.
The only baby name suggestion I ever offer is Clovis. Someday, someone will take me up on that.
Wait, no. I did give my opinion on a former friend's baby name choice; I figured I should let her know that it was also the name of a werewolf clan in a fairly well-known RPG
Matilda's womb-name was The Halloweenie, even after we'd settled on a name for her born self.
