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amother

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 7:42 am

To name baby girl?

Is it usual to wait over a week Bec you couldn’t decide on a name?

amother

Pear

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 7:45 am

No it’s not usual. Usually people don’t go past the second krias hatorah day from when the baby is born.

amother

Cappuccino

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 7:47 am

I think within two times of kriyas hatorah that week.

Meaning, if baby was born on Tuesday, she should be named by shabbos.

amother

Aubergine

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 7:50 am

My daughter was born on a Tuesday we named the following Monday. We came home Thursday afternoon and back at the hospital in the NICU over Shabbos.

amother

Blue

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 7:50 am

My first baby was a boy, and we literally decided at the Shul, at the bris, about 2 seconds before it started

After that we decided every time to fill out the birth certificate info before leaving the hospital. It can create a bit of stress at the time but it saves us from the stress afterwards which is worth it

amother

Mayflower

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 7:51 am

I think 5 days for my first girl.

amother

Offwhite

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 7:52 am

Chassidim name that Shabbos. Regardless of day of birth.
I know one family with minhag to wait for the next Shabbos otherwise I don’t know anyone who waited longer than that because they didn’t have a decision on the name.

mfb

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 7:56 am

I know a family that specifically waits until the second shabbos so it can be almost 2 weeks if the baby is born Sunday

amother

Stoneblue

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 8:03 am

I had boy girl twins so we named them both at the boy's bris. Just seemed more simple that way.

mommyhood

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 8:03 am

I know one person who waited more than a week, they just couldn't decide on a name. That would not work for us I like to make decisions and have them done with so we put the name on the birth certificate before leaving the hospital and name officially on Shabbos after for a girl and bris for boys.

amother

Dustypink

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 8:14 am

For one of my baby's, we waited almost 3 weeks. We just couldn't think of a name.

MommyM

Thu, Mar 07 2024, 8:21 am

Chabad minhag is to name the first Torah reading after a baby girl is born so the longest I've waited is 1.5 days. I usually have a girl's name (and boy's name) prepared beforehand, so I have time to think it over.

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