General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
good name resources.

www.babynames.com lets you save your favorites and print out a list for people to review and possibly ridicule. www.babycenter.com has a baby name tool I think - you can search by number of syllables and origin, which is pretty cool.

[SEC_Chick]

Originally posted by TexLex
www.babynames.com lets you save your favorites and print out a list for people to review and possibly ridicule. www.babycenter.com has a baby name tool I think - you can search by number of syllables and origin, which is pretty cool.

I second the above and add the Social Security website, where you can search any name's relative popularity over whatever time period you choose.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by SEC_Chick
I second the above and add the Social Security website, where you can search any name's relative popularity over whatever time period you choose.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

None of these resources is going to help us choose among the five or six names that we like. I'm afraid we'll choke the way one so often does in restaurants -- you know, the server comes and you order the rockfish (because fish is good for you!) and then you spend the whole meal wishing you had gotten the steak sandwich on an english muffin.

Thankfully, the middle name is fixed, so I think I'll just have to see how the kid strikes me after coming out (although at this point, I wonder ...)

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I'll just have to see how the kid strikes me after coming out (although at this point, I wonder ...)

After months of dicussion, we finally had a name decided upon on the day before surgery. We were thrilled we'd made a final decision, loved the name, woke up the next morning and decided we weren't sure about it after all. The first kid went 3 days with no name and survived, the second almost 4 days with nurses offering suggestions left and right; we ended up with a name that hadn't even been on the radar. Despite our indecision, which allegedly has something to do with us both being Libras (?), we are very happy with both names. I'm hoping for a girl next* so we have a whole new crop of names to argue about.

*No, not right now. That would be crazy talk.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by TexLex
After months of dicussion, we finally had a name decided upon on the day before surgery. We were thrilled we'd made a final decision, loved the name, woke up the next morning and decided we weren't sure about it after all. The first kid went 3 days with no name and survived, the second almost 4 days with nurses offering suggestions left and right; we ended up with a name that hadn't even been on the radar. Despite our indecision, which allegedly has something to do with us both being Libras (?), we are very happy with both names. I'm hoping for a girl next* so we have a whole new crop of names to argue about.

*No, not right now. That would be crazy talk.

The Brazenette's name was determined when she was in utero only 11 weeks, when we got the results of the CVS that she was a girl.

Her first name is that of my best friend who died only about a year before I conceived. Her middle name is the name of her Daddy's maternal grandfather (one of those old southern men's names that is now a trendy girl's name).

Had she been a boy, she would have been named after my grandfather, with a name my mother made no secret of hating. Luckily, this was not an issue.

If I were to have another child now (which isn't happening... the factory is closed to production), I'd use the same mother-hated boy's name or Taifer for a girl, which was my great-grandmother's maiden name.

This was perhaps my least interesting post ever.

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Taifer for a girl, which was my great-grandmother's maiden name.

#2's MN is the Mr.'s grandmother's maiden name. It's the hip thing to do.

This was perhaps my least interesting post ever.

I'm dragging you down with me.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by TexLex
After months of dicussion, we finally had a name decided upon on the day before surgery. We were thrilled we'd made a final decision, loved the name, woke up the next morning and decided we weren't sure about it after all. The first kid went 3 days with no name and survived, the second almost 4 days with nurses offering suggestions left and right; we ended up with a name that hadn't even been on the radar. Despite our indecision, which allegedly has something to do with us both being Libras (?), we are very happy with both names. I'm hoping for a girl next* so we have a whole new crop of names to argue about.

*No, not right now. That would be crazy talk.

Funny. I'm a Libra and I am the one who has reopened what my husband (a Virgo) thought was a settled topic. This kid was supposed to be a Libra, too, but with only 25 hours left in this sign, it looks like I'm going to have a crazy Scorpio on my hands! (Uh, not that I believe any of that astrology crap. I just dislike this being overdue thing.)

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I just dislike this being overdue thing.

There are few benefits to having a c-s. Getting the kid out at 38w would be one of them.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
The Brazenette's name was determined when she was in utero only 11 weeks, when we got the results of the CVS that she was a girl.

Her first name is that of my best friend who died only about a year before I conceived. Her middle name is the name of her Daddy's maternal grandfather (one of those old southern men's names that is now a trendy girl's name).

Had she been a boy, she would have been named after my grandfather, with a name my mother made no secret of hating. Luckily, this was not an issue.

If I were to have another child now (which isn't happening... the factory is closed to production), I'd use the same mother-hated boy's name or Taifer for a girl, which was my great-grandmother's maiden name.

This was perhaps my least interesting post ever.

Dissent. any post that reveals truth about a poster is not boring at all.

So my first kid we know is a boy- the ultrasound was inconclusive but we're both having boy dreams nightly.

Names? I don't even remember the boy name, but the girl name was Hazel Katherine. My Grandma was Hazel. It's a boring old name but so unusual now its actually cool and arty (See Hazel O'Conner- rent the movie Breaking Glass). So Hazel Kate for a girl- but it didn't matter because- WE WERE HAVING A BOY.

wife goes in and the first conclusive ultrasound tells us- It's a girl.

"No you must be mistaken you see we have been having these dreams........."

so now the Hazel thing is not a hypo. My mom tells me my grandma hated her name and we should never name another kid Hazel- others piled on. We changed to Katherine Hazel in the Maternity ward.

if she wants she can go with the middle name before her first group show. But I wish I had stuck- she's more a hazel, or maybe Lucy.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by TexLex
There are few benefits to having a c-s. Getting the kid out at 38w would be one of them.

Yeah, the thing is, I have sort of accepted that I might end up with a c-section because this child and my body seem not to want to get ready for labor ... if it does end up that way I'll try not to dwell on the fact that it really would have been nice to have made the kindergarten cut-off date.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Dissent. any post that reveals truth about a poster is not boring at all.

So my first kid we know is a boy- the ultrasound was inconclusive but we're both having boy dreams nightly.

Names? I don't even remember the boy name, but the girl name was Hazel Katherine. My Grandma was Hazel. It's a boring old name but so unusual now its actually cool and arty (See Hazel O'Conner- rent the movie Breaking Glass). So Hazel Kate for a girl- but it didn't matter because- WE WERE HAVING A BOY.

wife goes in and the first conclusive ultrasound tells us- It's a girl.

"No you must be mistaken you see we have been having these dreams........."

so now the Hazel thing is not a hypo. My mom tells me my grandma hated her name and we should never name another kid Hazel- others piled on. We changed to Katherine Hazel in the Maternity ward.

if she wants she can go with the middle name before her first group show. But I wish I had stuck- she's more a hazel, or maybe Lucy.

(1) You have amply illustrated why I am opposed to both finding out gender AND discussing potential names with anyone other than spouse.

(2) The universe has funny ways of helping you avoid making stupid permanent mistakes.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Yeah, the thing is, I have sort of accepted that I might end up with a c-section because this child and my body seem not to want to get ready for labor ... if it does end up that way I'll try not to dwell on the fact that it really would have been nice to have made the kindergarten cut-off date.

The extra year at home is very good for the kid's development of a sense of security and self-confidence. We were glad that both of our kids missed the cut-off.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
(2) The universe has funny ways of helping you avoid making stupid permanent mistakes.

Dissent. I hit "Submit Reply" at least 4 or 5 different times for the Guernica posts.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
(1) You have amply illustrated why I am opposed to both finding out gender AND discussing potential names with anyone other than spouse.

(2) The universe has funny ways of helping you avoid making stupid permanent mistakes.

You DO realize the these two statements are in many ways contradictory under the given facts, don't you?

Originally posted by taxwonk
The extra year at home is very good for the kid's development of a sense of security and self-confidence. We were glad that both of our kids missed the cut-off.

#1 missed the cut-off which is 9/1 here. The Mr. is particularly excited about his prospects in sports, given that he is the size of a 3yo and will be bumped back a year. Me, not so much. I'm ok with him missing the deadline, however, since I was one of those who beat the cut-off via a loophole and I think I would have been better off being one of the older kids, rather than the youngest.