Baby Names

[wjp666]

some good ones there. i'm making a note of all these... and i'll be announcing the winner somewhen around octiober the 2nd!

[loulou]

I'm liking Maisie and Jasmine today.

[netbuddy]

http://www.quickbabynames.com

Another site I used.

[loulou]

netbuddy do your children have interesting names?

[wjp666]

tell me you didn't name them bill and clive? (as in gates and sinclair.)

[netbuddy]

I have a son, only the one, mainly because herself said one is enough and she is not very... what you would call maternal. She is more intrested in going out hitting the clubs.

As for nipper... I named him

Scott David

I wouldn't say its intresting, more practical.

wjp, if you get the offer of knowing the sex of the baby from scan, you may want to take the option. Some hospitals have a policy on not sexing the child, mainly because of the Asian cultures that favor male offspring.

This will help you in shortening the names list and halving the task of collecting names to pick from.

[wjp666]

the hospital we are going to encourages parents to know the sex on the 20 week scan. i desperately want to know (for practical reasons, as well as emotional.) but mrs. triple-6 says she wants it to be a surprise (this is her third, and it's the way she's always done it.) so i'll be out shopping for blue/pink stuff all by myself before it's born. it's going to be weird knowing but not able to tell her. i'm sure i'll put my foot in it somewhere down the line!

[netbuddy]

Well yeah, that is true. It helps to know so you can buy the stuff you need rather than running around like a headless...

I would let the hormones do the talking, mine was like that, didn't want to know but when it came to it, she wanted to know what we were expecting.

It does make life easier to know, loads easier on the pocket too.

It does not matter what weight they come out at either as that is not any indication of growth rate, I can testify to that with my own son. he popped out at 7lb 3oz. He is 2 years 4 months old. He is just above the 98th centile when 50th is the norm. He has the build to go with his tall frame. In simple terms, people mistake him for a 4 ~ 5 year old, he takes clothing that a 4 year old would wear and even now, clothes tend to only last a few months.

So holding off in spending too much on clothing is a good bit of advice.

[loulou]

wjp i'm not too sure the plan for you to know the babies sex will work. You can too easily let it slip in conversation and god help you if you get into an argument and let it slip that way. Mrs triple 6 will never forgive you. Why not save your money then go out the day the baby is born and buy stuff. It doesn't have to be blue for boy and pink for girl. You could buy some cream or white suff to start with and people will bring presents.yay.

[wjp666]

true, true. i don;t think i could hold onto a secret like that for months on end. maybe i'll just let it be a surprise. hmm. i don't know. i'm just impatient, that's all. creams and yellows are nice.

and as for netbuddy's musings about weight and growth etc... i was born at 10lbs 10oz. i was a massive kid, and i'm an even massive-r adult. so we are expecting something BIG!

[oldspice]

Wow! My two were miniscule by comparison. Doug was 5lb 9oz and Ruth was 5lb 3oz!  I am small (5ft 1 inch) but my husband is 6ft 4 ins.

Both my two have grown up tallish and lean.

[wjp666]

mrs. triple-6 is really worried about it all. she's had two boys before, who were both over a month premature and still weighed in at over 8lbs each... and what with the big kids on my side of the family - she really is worried about giving birth to a whopping toddler! we shall see. (i think pain relief is a must here.)

[loulou]

wjp are you going to be present at the birth? My older brother said watching his son being born was the best experience of his life. My other brother passed out on the floor and had to be given gas and air when his son was born but he is the sort that faints giving blood or cutting a finger.

[netbuddy]

Yes, it is amazing how something the size of a baby is squeezed out of something the size of an extra strong mint... Still, old mum nature has thought of that and these things dilate.

Pain relief... I would be wary, herself didn't have any pain relief other than gas & air when things got a bit hairy. Its the hidden dangers with the other methods of pain relief that are a concern.  Entonox presents no risk factors.

Entonox is nothing more than Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen, yep, thats right, the very stuff boy racers use in Nitro systems. Nitrous is AKA Laughing gas, so your misses should do 0 ~ delivery in a few belly laughs.

[netbuddy]

...My older brother said watching his son being born was the best experience of his life...

Yep, certainly is. I even got to cut the placenta.