Choosing Your Baby’s Name

There is never a ‘too early’ date to choose a baby’s name. Although choosing a baby’s name is a husband and wife thing to do, in my case, I already have a name in mind for my first born baby boy. The only thing for me to do then when my wife got pregnant was to convince her to use that name.

What is the best way to choose your baby’s name? Is there a rule? A guide perhaps? Is there a trend or is it just something that you can pick this instant?

For my second baby (coming real soon!), we already have a name prepared, well, at least I have. My wife still have some suggestions of her own. Important thing is we agree on it.

Personally, here are some things to consider when naming your precious baby.

Popular Names

There are some parents who like names that are popular and easy to remember. Although there are good, popular names, we have to consider that these names don’t stay popular forever.

Also, if you did choose a popular name, chances are you are not the only one who picked that name and it and your child could have a name that everyone else has.

Celebrity Names

This one I’m guilty of. Yes, i must admit that my first born was named after a famous fiction writer and a TV/comedy actor. Good thing about picking a name from celebrities is that most of them has common enough names that does not get worn out over time. A name Stephen will always be Stephen and will always remain a good choice for a name. Right?

Nicknames

When choosing a name, you can also consider the nicknames that comes along with the name. You may plan on your child never being called by a nickname, but you can’t always prevent this from happening.

You may want others to use your child’s full name (like Joseph), but there will always be someone who calls him by a pet name, (Joe or Joey).

If you really don’t like your child to be called by a name other than his real name, consider giving him a name that has no or are hard to associate a nickname. Examples are Jude, Adam, Blake, Carl or Ross.
Unique Names

What are these unique names? Well, that will definitely depends on you creativity. You could coined in a new name from your name and your wife’s. You could research a named from mythology or some old stories. You could use weather names or nature (summer, river, forest). It really depends on you and your partner’s creativity.

The danger of using a unique name, however, especially if it is very unusual, is that while it may make your child stand out from the crowd, he may stand out too much and can lead to teasing. Also,some unique names can be difficult to spell, so watch out for that.

And finally,

Find a name that both of you like and feel positive about. The most important thing is you and your partner agree on it.

A readers view

Amazing Facts About Your Baby

Being a parent is a learning experience. It’s about learning to take care of someone who is unable to care for themselves. Above all, being a parent teaches you about yourself. Here are a few things you may not have known about your new baby.

Tears contain stress hormones, so we cry to release stress. No other animal does this. Your baby can’t cry tears for at least three weeks, sometimes not until they are four or five months old.

Kissing has origins in primitive practices of weaning. Originally people would chew their baby’s food and then pass it from their mouth to their baby’s mouth. You can obsere primates doing this.

Nearly all mothers will carry their baby’s on their left side so that baby’s head is next to mother’s heart. Hearing a mother’s heartbeat soothes a baby.

We instinctively rock our babies at a heartbeat pace. Again this soothes them. When inside the womb, the mother’s heartbeat was the one constant noise a child heard. Hearing a mother’s heartbeat reminds them of the womb; a place of refuge and safety.

During her first six months of life your baby can distinguish more sounds then she will be able to in later life. This is so that she could adapt to any human language. As time passes she will become ‘tuned’ to her native language.

When a baby is full she will turn her head away. This is the origin of shaking one’s head to say no. Different human societies have different words to say ‘no’ but virtually all human societies turn their head from side to side to express ‘no’.

Sticking out you tongue is considered rude and childish in most countries because this is the way that babies reject food.

A newborn baby can only concentrate on one thing at a time. When a baby first begins breastfeeding she will have her eyes closed but as she learns to do more one thing a time she’ll begin to open her eyes and smile at you.

Babies become self-aware sooner than you might think. Very young babies love looking at themselves in mirrors but they may not realize who they are looking at for quite some time. If you put some lipstick on your baby’s nose and then show her her reflection, it is not until about 15 months that she will touch her own nose when she sees it.

Babies don’t have kneecaps when they are born. They only develop during the latter half of the first year.

The more stimulating experiences you can give your baby, the more circuitry is built for enhanced learning in the future. So get stimulating!

Children born in the month of May are on the average 200 grams heavier at birth than children born in any other month.