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Why Do Parents Like Celine Dion Wait to Name Their Babies?
They did it once. What took so long this time?
Okay, THAT took long enough.
Celine Dion has finally named her newborn twin sons, who came into the world nearly a week ago in Florida. Time flies when it’s not your first baby, sure. But still. Even those, “we’re waiting to meet the baby” types show up to the birth with a short list of favorites and nail down a name by the time baby passes the meconium.
Apparently not Dion and her husband Rene Angelil.
Yesterday — finally — the happy Canadian couple and parents of 9-year-old Rene-Charles told the world they went with Eddy and Nelson, surprisingly unoffensive and even offbeat names. I like them! And it’s not what I had expected from, well, Dion, who has always grated the nerves ever so slightly. Eddy inherits his name from Eddy Marnay producer or her first five albums and a man who has always been like a father, she says. Nelson is named after Nelson Mandela, who, well, goes without saying the qualities they were celebrating there.
But if naming their son Eddy should be such an honor to Eddy Marnay, why the wait? Or was Nelson’s name the hold-up? Papa Rene wouldn’t budge but Celine was pushing hard for Bill-Clinton Angelil?
Either way, nine months, people. Baby naming resources ev.er.y.where. The whole world knew she was having boys. That narrows the list by 50 percent right there! What takes some people so long to call the kid something and be done with it?
I’ve detailed my own baby naming battle here, so I’m not entirely unsympathetic to naming delays. I’ll also concede that I could name girls until the end of time, but boys names for some are a little harder. But by showtime, believe me, I was ready to print birth announcement, no week-long waits, no trying something on to see if it fits.
What about you? Also, what do you think of the names. Surprisingly cute, right?
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Snarky Mama commented on Oct 29 10 at 7:10 pmI work with a lot of new mamas, and as a way of breaking the ice, I usually say something like, “What a cute baby! What’s the kiddo’s name?”
One time, it was a mama, her week-old baby, and the grandma. After I asked the kid’s name, the mom’s jaw dropped and she just turned and stared at her mom.
Finally, after an embarrassing silence, the grandma finally says, “His name is [whatever the name was].” The mom says, “Oh! Right! My husband and I just named him yesterday and I’m so tired I couldn’t remember what we decided on.”
In her defense, the mom did look mortified she couldn’t remember the kid’s name, but really? If she had picked a name at all before the kid was born, she probably would’ve had a better chance at remembering it.
John commented on Oct 30 10 at 11:44 amThe other reason Celine waited so long is because she is very superstitious and she had just suffered a miscarriage. So she wanted to be sure everything was fine, even after delivery, to name them. I can understand that perfectly. Congrats!
anonymom commented on Oct 30 10 at 12:28 pmWe settled on a list of three and waited until our son was born to decide. We wanted to see his face and spend a few hours with him before we decided. I don’t think it’s that weird. Plus, like John said, if you’ve suffered a pregnancy loss it gives even more motivation to wait. Why does it bother you anyway?
Bec commented on Nov 01 10 at 10:20 amI wasn’t named for at least a week. But hey, judge away, knock yourself out. Your way is obviously better.
Undecided commented on Nov 01 10 at 3:55 pmMy husband and I could not agree on a name and were arguing the whole time I was in hospital. The hospital kept pressuring me to fill out the form. I finally just picked. Next day my husband and I flipped a coin and I lost (yep kiddo, that’s how you got your name! congrats!). My advice, regardless of the judgmental folks here, if you can’t agree on a name at birth, put “baby boy/girl Smith” on the form. That way you can just send in a change form to the state health department when you are ready. I had to go to the courthouse to apply for a name change, with a date in front of the judge in a month. Based on the number of people in the name change line with strollers, I suspect I am not alone in our indecision.
Voice of Reason commented on Nov 01 10 at 4:31 pmMy kids were born in England where you have six weeks to register your baby for a birth certificate. Most people I know didn’t name their baby before s/he was born and several not for a couple of weeks. Who does it hurt? I honestly never realized this was an issue before reading Babble, so I wonder if this is uniquely an American ‘problem’ based on the fact that (from what I understand) so many hospitals seem to require parents to register their babies’ births on site. Really, I just cannot see the problem here.
Rosana commented on Nov 02 10 at 8:49 amWe always pick names for boy and girl because we never find out the sex of our babies. So they are not named until they come out and we find out the sex.
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