FEBRUARY HEARTS Due in February 2015 , open group all welcome!

[MellyH]

The boy and girl name we like aren't too liked by our families. They point out what nicknames could come from each name.... kinda wish we hadn't shared....

I just read our list of potential boys name to my mum on skype and her response was "They're all awful". Thanks mum!

 

[Wnt2beAMom]

The boy and girl name we like aren't too liked by our families. They point out what nicknames could come from each name.... kinda wish we hadn't shared....

I just read our list of potential boys name to my mum on skype and her response was "They're all awful". Thanks mum!

Lol I see why people say not to share! Oh well...as long as we love them.

 

[SurpriseBub]

Woody isn't so bad! ...you are all persuading me to definitely not tell anyone our name!

For some reason I reckon you will have a boy and a girl, melly!

 

[Wnt2beAMom]

Are you going to find out Melly?

 

[MellyH]

Yes, our anatomy scan is September 29th (a month today!) and if the bubbas cooperate, we will find out then. That will help narrow down the name options at least!

 

[RaspberryK]

One week from today we find out the gender! So excited!

any thoughts on which team you're on yet? Xx

I'm not really sure. I've been leaning more towards boy. Not sure if it's because I've had two dreams it is a boy or not. We pretty much have a boy name and no girl name too. Lol we will see!

That could be a sign, with ds we basically only liked boy names, we are struggling with names now though as our girl name has been used and by someone we really don't like.
Xx

I had a girl dream the week we were told our baby is a girl... So, that felt like a sign to me! (But maybe that was just a coincidence!)

Booo to the name stealing, Raspberry! (Especially if someone awful took it!). We crossed Molly off our list yesterday, but for the happy reason of having a new niece named Millie. what was the name you had in mind?

I think we have a name... Or at least a short list! I just worry that our choice is too popular... Not sure how to gauge that, though. Just don't want her to be in school with a handful of girls with the same name. My brother having his baby has made me all the more anxious to just get to February already!

The name was Scarlet but spelled Scarlette dh and I have always loved it since before ttc ... She went and named get daughter "Skarlett"
Xx

 

[xxyjadexx]

Is anyone else's morning sickness getting worse??? I'm 17 weeks tomorrow and since about 8 weeks I have felt sick but it was manageable but now for the past 2 weeks I have felt awful!

 

[Megamegan]

Jade, I hope you feel better! Any chance you have a little bug or anything? I hear for some women, they just can't shake the morning sickness I'm sorry!

Raspberry, Scarlette is absolutely gorgeous and I would be so mad if someone stole our favorite name! And I'm sorry but the K looks stupid in there, in my opinion.

SurpriseBub- I know what you mean about loving a really popular name... our #1 name, Lydia, isn't popular at all, but our #2 is Sophia which is #1 in the US right now. So... we aren't using it for that reason alone. I want her name to stick out. (No clue of the gender yet, still no boy name picked out...lol..)

babymamaagain- you crack me up!! You're right, here we are now "i can't feel anything!" and soon it will be "the baby won't stop kicking my ribs!" haha


As for "bad" nicknames, I think it depends on the person. Literally anyone could be given a bad nickname, even one that has nothing to do with their name- kids are just mean. I have a friend who just named her boy a first and last name that both refer to the male genitalia (if you take it that way) and I felt like it was a bold move, but, they loved the name and they did it anyway. So I feel like we just have to do what we think is best for the kid and ourselves as parents. We are the ones who are going to be saying the names most of the time anyway!

 

[swanxxsong]

Melly our scan is the same day!

We originally wanted to name our daughter Cadence. We felt the appropriate nickname would be Cady (or Katie, however you wanna spell it lol). But my sister decided that her nickname would be Candy and with our last name of Starr, began saying she was destined to be a stripper. She got my mom on board and they were like, "you can't name her candy!"

I was pretty hurt at first since candy was never going to be a nickname option, in my little world, however I knew that once it was spoken, there was no turning back. But I got over it when hubby said he liked Aria. The rest fell into place accordingly. But man I was really upset for a few weeks over the Candy issue as my heart was dead-set.

Now we have no real name ideas and are not sharing them until we are sure. LOL.

 

[swanxxsong]

(aka not sharing with family and friends. I'm sure when I know what I'm having I will go back and forth on here for awhile! LOL)

 

[xxshellsxx]

People will always find a way of making fun of any name... my name is Shellie... 'Smelly shellie jelly belly' (i was neither smelly nor had a jelly belly then lol) was doing the rounds for many a year as a child literally because they all rhymed with my name! I think you name your child what you want and if family give a nickname you don't like you tell them you don't like it. My sister did to me with my nephew Bradley lol I did stop but it's common for the name Bradley to be nicknamed 'Bradders' now his little football team all call him 'bradders' and she hates it lol

 

[MellyH]

Ooooh swan, Aria is on our list too!

Kids will ALWAYS find something to tease about. My ears stick out, so that's what I was teased about!

 

[SurpriseBub]

One week from today we find out the gender! So excited!

any thoughts on which team you're on yet? Xx

I'm not really sure. I've been leaning more towards boy. Not sure if it's because I've had two dreams it is a boy or not. We pretty much have a boy name and no girl name too. Lol we will see!

That could be a sign, with ds we basically only liked boy names, we are struggling with names now though as our girl name has been used and by someone we really don't like.
Xx

I had a girl dream the week we were told our baby is a girl... So, that felt like a sign to me! (But maybe that was just a coincidence!)

Booo to the name stealing, Raspberry! (Especially if someone awful took it!). We crossed Molly off our list yesterday, but for the happy reason of having a new niece named Millie. what was the name you had in mind?

I think we have a name... Or at least a short list! I just worry that our choice is too popular... Not sure how to gauge that, though. Just don't want her to be in school with a handful of girls with the same name. My brother having his baby has made me all the more anxious to just get to February already!

The name was Scarlet but spelled Scarlette dh and I have always loved it since before ttc ... She went and named get daughter "Skarlett"
Xx

Booooo for it being taken! Very pretty- i like the spelling if you love it, I still think you could use it. I guess it depends on how awful she is! I

 

[bridgetboo62]

hey everyone! bit of a tmi but my boobs have began to be a bit sore again and itchy like they were in the beginning of first tri. could this mean they are growing again?

 

[SurpriseBub]

For all of you on the second time around... Does the round ligament pain/belly aches last all the way through? Ouch! Not enjoying that today.

 

[swanxxsong]

SurpriseBub: mine came and went throughout pregnancy. A big spurt in second tri, then kind of tapered out and I'd notice now and then through the rest.

Melly: I love the name, and actually am so much happier that we ended up naming her Aria than Cadence. But for a moment in time, I was really not pleased about the Candy Starr situation.

Bridget: they may be!

 

[Gdef]

Can I just take a minute to be a total selfish b*#ch?? I hate my MIL. She is one of the most manipulative people you will ever meet. I've always had problems with her bc she refuses to cut the cord with my hubby. Now, I am very close to my parents, but IMO there is a huge difference between being close and still being attached via umbilical cord. Lol. Hubby hates it and has had to cut the cord himself many times, but she always finds a way to use her master manipulation techniques to take him on this massive guilt trip and somehow stitch that cord back together. Ugh.

So anyway, FIL was diagnosed with Alzheimer's about a yr ago but it has progressed very rapidly and he is now in the late stages of the disease. This is hubby #4 for MIL. Word has it that the other ones couldn't stick around bc she was somewhat abusive towards them. Even her own children will tell you that she broke several wooden spoons over their legs throughout their childhood while disciplining them. Rest assured that my DD(s) do not and will never visit her without hubby or myself being there to supervise. Ok....I got off topic. Lol. So, FIL had to move into an Alzheimer's care facility and since he's moved there, MIL has called my hubby EVERY SINGLE NIGHT begging him to come over to her house to do favors for her. Hang some blinds, change a broken lightbulb, help her take her new puppy out to potty, etc. and every time he goes over there, she keeps him there for at least 2 hrs. She guilts him into staying saying that she's lonely, even starts crying when hubby says he has to leave saying she doesn't want to be alone.

I feel horrible for feeling this way bc I honestly believe that she is lonely, but she has FIVE kids! He is MY husband and I NEED HIM at home helping me with our own life that we have built together over the last 10 yrs! Believe it or not, I'm really not the jealous type! Lol. I just feel like she is wayyyyy overstepping her boundaries. Hubby is working tonight and MIL just send me a text saying that hubby's sister was in town visiting and wanted to know if I was busy bc she had other plans and wanted me to entertain them for the night. You keep going on and on about how freaking lonely you are and how you need to be surrounded by your family but yet you want to pawn them off on me bc you've got socialite plans to go out on the town with your friends?? I'm sorry, but NO!!

She's been manipulative for the last 10 yrs, but it just seems like it's gotten worse since we told her I was pregnant. She's constantly putting hubby in situations where he has to choose between she and I. Lucky for hubby he always chooses correctly! LOL

Am I just being an overly emotional, crazy pregnant lady?? Or do you ladies think that my feelings are justified? Thanks for allowing me to vent and rant!!

 

[Gdef]

Oh wow!! That was REALLY LONG!! I'm so sorry!!!

 

[Wnt2beAMom]

Its OK Gdef...that sounds tough
Its good to let a big rant out...but I don't have much advice in that department. My dh's mom is very attached to her children also. My DH however absolutely hates it and always has, and she knows it. So she clings onto her daughters. The youngest is 22 and she has been absolutely baby'd through everything. She moves in with us tomorrow while she goes to University...We will teach her a thing or two I hope! She doesn't even know how to cook! Should be fun...

 

[Wnt2beAMom]

Also, thank you Shells! That makes me feel a lot better about nicknames. My DH was teased because his last name starts with a P....so he was called pee pee at school. Kids find anything to tease you with...