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Naming your baby with the right baby
name that will grow with your child can be challenge. This effects your baby for the rest of their life.
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Here are some tips on
Naming your Baby
- Choose a name that will grow with your child. Do
the lawyer test. Would you go to a lawyer named... Some names
also identify age, like Margaret.
- Proceed carefully if you're thinking of naming your child after a
family friend. Friends change, do you have the same friends today that
you did ten years ago?
- Make sure the name works well with your last
name. Look at the initials that they might end up with, like MEL
for a boy. He might end up with that nickname.
- Load up on baby name books. It is fun to keep them
and look back at the what if choices. Also a fun keepsake for your
child.
- Think about the name. Do you want a
name that's long or short? old-fashioned or modern? Mainstream or
one-of-a-kind?
- Steer clear of names that are too pretentious.
Otherwise don't be insulted if your teenager changes his/her name!
- Pay attention to what other people are naming their babies.
You don't what your child to be one of the 3 Alexander's in his/her class!
- Be prepared for negotiations with your partner.
One suggestion is to only suggest names to your partner that you
like. (Keep this web site a secret!) Then don't tell anyone the
name until after the baby is born otherwise everyone, and I mean everyone,
will have an opinion.
- Have fun. After all picking out your baby's name is one of the greatest
joys of becoming a parent and proof positive that there really-and-truly is
a baby on the way.
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