With baby no. 4 on the way, Kylie Kelce and her and retired NFL star husband Jason are putting their heads together to come up with the perfect name for their new baby girl.
But after deciding on three previos names for daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 1, Kylie said the couple doesn’t have a shortlist or favorite yet on the Jan. 9 episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast.
“Going on fourth, it’s like a disaster,” Kylie, 32, said. “You’ve already used them all up. All bets are off.”
They do know the general direction they want to head in to keep it consistent with their other daughters’ names, she said.
“We’re doing a little crossover action,” Kylie said. “I feel like we have to lean a little bit towards those sort of gender-neutral names for our fourth because we have Wyatt, Elliotte, Bennett. So, if we do a full commit to a girly name at this point, it would not sit well with the other three, I think. Eventually, they’ll be like, ‘Why did they get a cute girly name?'”
Kylie said that they almost named Wyatt, their first daughter, a different gender-neutral name: Charlie.
“We debated Charlie for our first, and then within, I think, six months, we had three different friends who named their kid Charlie,” she said. “This was six years ago. And Jason and I were like, ‘Shoot.'”
However, Kylie said that she doesn’t have any regrets with Wyatt’s name choice.
“It worked out. Wyatt is a Wyatt, but I love the name Charlie,” she said.
Kylie revealed that Wyatt is taking her big sister role very seriously and has fully embraced becoming a sister once again.
“The way she’s getting excited for this next baby is very sweet to watch, ’cause she’s very much in that phase of, like, ‘I can get diapers,’ ‘I can fill up my own water bottle,’ ‘I can do these things independently.’ And so, to see her get so excited about getting another baby and her having the opportunity to help is very exciting to watch,” she said.
Youngest daughter Bennett had a very different reaction to the news of the new baby. When the Kelces announced their fourth pregnancy on social media, they posted a photo of their three daughters’ reactions to the news; Bennett was noticeably distraught with tears streaming down her face.
Kylie reaffirmed that Bennett still feels that way in an exclusive look at the first episode of “Not Gonna Lie” she shared with TODAY in December.
“No, no she absolutely has not (come around),” Kylie said in the clip. “When I tell you that Bennie feels deeply and personally victimized by the fact that we chose to give her another sibling, I mean that with my whole chest.”
Kylie revealed on the Jan. 9 episode that the baby has “definitely popped,” enticing commentary on her pregnancy from friends, family and even strangers.
In response to these unsolicited comments, Kylie decided to give listeners a list of dos and don’ts of things to say when talking to pregnant women, including some helpful tips on baby names.
If an expectant mother shares their baby name with you, Kylie advises that you “keep your opinion to yourself.”
“If she chooses to share it with you, feel privileged enough that you get to know that information and then promptly tell them that it’s beautiful and move the f— on,” she said.
She also said, a “big one” for people to realize is not commenting on a pregnant woman’s size.
“This includes comments like ‘You’re huge,’ ‘How much weight have you gained?’ ‘Are you sure it’s not twins?'” she said.
Kylie also advises people not to ask women pregnant with a girl if they are going to keep trying for a boy.
“If another person asks me that, I’m warning you right now, you might get drop-kicked,” she said. “I don’t need to have a boy, and for some reason I think that you want me to have one more than I do. Four girls strong, watch out world. I do not need to have a boy; we were meant to have all girls.”
She added that people should not comment on breast feeding, shouldn’t divulge traumatic birth stories without being asked and shouldn’t tell pregnant women they are “glowing.”
She also suggested people ask their pregnant friend how she’s feeling and ask permission before touching someone’s belly.
