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The Blog That Shall Remain Nameless


What's In A Name...

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Most people know by now that I am pregnant.  Very, very pregnant.  So pregnant, I think I'll be giving birth to an adolescent rather than an infant.  And I still technically have about three weeks before my "actual" due date!  My husband has been really keen to come with a list of names.  Since we don't know if we're having a boy or a girl, it means we need two lists.  I finally gave in on the weekend and we came up with a list of names that still has to be shortened.  And for some reason, I'm just not into it.  Is it weird to not actually like any names? It just seems like a really big task.  After all, this child will have this name for life.  With our daughter, it was fairly easy.  We had a small list of boys' and girls' names but when she was born we really knew that we wanted to name her after our grandmothers and that's what we did.  But what to do this time?  I'm having trouble with girls' names,  I think, because I teach dance and quite often associate girls' names with certain people.  It's not that I don't like them, it would just seem weird naming my child the same name as one of my students.  How the heck do real teachers choose names for their kids?!  My husband did suggest Lily, which I like, except that my in-laws dog is named Lily.  That just doesn't seem right.  As far as the boys go, we recycled some of the potential names from last time around but I feel kind of weird considering those again.  It's like this baby hasn't been born yet and it's already getting hand-me-downs!

Some people say you'll know your baby's name when you see him or her.  That they'll just look like a Billy or a Susie.  Really?  Have you seen a newborn?  We all know they really don't do anything at first except eat, sleep and poop.  There aren't a lot of names that I associate with those things.  And if I do associate your name with poop, it probably means I don't like you.

Maybe in my pregnant, hormone enraged state, I'm putting a little too much thought into this.  But if you've got any suggestions send them my way.  However, for instance, if you're name's Pete, don't suggest Pete (Pete Dalliday already pulled that one!)

Otherwise my newborn may actually just have the name New Born on its' birth certificate!
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