I know it's stupid, but whenever I consider a name for my baby girl I try to think about how it will look in pink wooden block letters on the wall over the crib.
TTC Baby Rob #1 05/07, BFP 06/07, EDD 02/22/08, Baby Jackaroo born via c-section after 22 hours of labor on 02/27/08 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TTC Baby Rob #2 06/11 BFP 11/06/11 EDD 07/16/12 Natural M/C 11/25/11 @ 6w3d Baby Rob #2 (Sloane), in our hearts always. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here comes Baby Rob #3 BFP on Cycle 17 09/27/12. EDD 06/04/12! Please Stick Baby! A/S 01/22/13 Baby looking great. Officially TEAM BLUE! Jack is getting a Baby Brother! RCS scheduled for 05/29/13. William Daryll born at 9:59am on 05/29/13. Left ovary and tube removed due to peach sized tumor found during RCS. Pathology came back benign!
I think about a person of various ages introducing themselves with that name. I've found myself thinking, "Jeeze, I'd hate to be a 30-year-old named Tallulah" or "I'd feel sorry for a 16-year-old named Esther."
A lot of people will say you should think about naming an adult, since you're an adult much longer than you're a baby. But really, you have to live with a name at every stage of your life, no matter how long or short. And no matter how nice that name might look on a resume someday, if (because of teasing, say) your child hates it by the time they're 22, what difference does it make?
Re: my own yardstick...
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TTC Baby Rob #1 05/07, BFP 06/07, EDD 02/22/08, Baby Jackaroo born via c-section after 22 hours of labor on 02/27/08
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TTC Baby Rob #2 06/11 BFP 11/06/11 EDD 07/16/12 Natural M/C 11/25/11 @ 6w3d
Baby Rob #2 (Sloane), in our hearts always.
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Here comes Baby Rob #3
BFP on Cycle 17 09/27/12. EDD 06/04/12! Please Stick Baby! A/S 01/22/13 Baby looking great. Officially TEAM BLUE! Jack is getting a Baby Brother! RCS scheduled for 05/29/13. William Daryll born at 9:59am on 05/29/13. Left ovary and tube removed due to peach sized tumor found during RCS. Pathology came back benign!
I try to picture it on the cover of a best selling book!
I think about a person of various ages introducing themselves with that name. I've found myself thinking, "Jeeze, I'd hate to be a 30-year-old named Tallulah" or "I'd feel sorry for a 16-year-old named Esther."
A lot of people will say you should think about naming an adult, since you're an adult much longer than you're a baby. But really, you have to live with a name at every stage of your life, no matter how long or short. And no matter how nice that name might look on a resume someday, if (because of teasing, say) your child hates it by the time they're 22, what difference does it make?