MSE Parent Club - Part 2

Mazcabs

Not sure why but my Grandpas name was Henry but everyone called him Harry??!!

Sami_Bee

SusanC wrote: »

I've never understood that as it's still the same length (like Jack for John).

Hee hee My sister is Julie and we call her Jules, its bit like Jamie for James too.
Us humans are a funny species

Becles

James is accident prone. I've been to A&E so many times with him, it's a wonder he's not on an at risk list or something! He's had bangs on his head, split his head open a few times, suspected broken ankle but it was just a bad sprain, sliced his hand open on a Stanley knife my ex left lying around, plus countless bumps, cuts and scrapes.

Have all the babies and toddlers been enjoying the pancakes. Charlotte was watching me cook them and screamed with excitment and did a little dance everytime I tossed them. Then she smeared chocolate all over her face while she ate them

SusanC_2

I forgot it was pancake day but we have them every Sunday for breakfast anyway.

chocaholic110

Thank goodness you all have bumped babies too. Tom is forever bumping and banging himself, the latest being today when he fell flat on his face and bloodied his nose, ouch!

Baby names - the boys' names at the school where I work seem to be undergoing a change. After several years of Jakes, Jacks Liams, Arrans, Lewis, Kyles and Jordans we have lots of Olivers, Williams, Isaacs, Harrys, James, Alfies, Archies and Josephs. Can't really say about girls as we have loads fewer girls than boys and there doesn't seem to be a pattern though we do have two Lilys on their way! I do like Lily Rose though Sami_Bee - I would have liked that for Tom had he been a girl.

Funnily enough even though Tom has one of the most common names in the country I've never taught a Tom and I only know one other Tom. My friend called her oldest an "unusual" name and then it seems everyone else has done the same thing as it's certainly not unusual in my area. My mam thought the same about my name when I was born then there were loads of people with my name in the few years below me. It seems to have gone out of fashion though - I only know of one child with my name.

SeptemberBaby_2

Lu_T wrote: »

Can anyone help with ideas for boy's names please? We have very few and can't seem to agree on any. I like 'real' names, but nothing too popular because we have a common surname. I like Heath, Ned, Alex and Max at the moment, but none feels just right IYSWIM?

My Dad is Ned! Well, his real name is Norman! :eek::rotfl:. He is a twin and his Mum let the MW name them as it was her first muliple birth :rolleyes:.

xx

SeptemberBaby_2

keelykat wrote: »

we took elliot swimming for the first time today! he loved it!

keely.

Aw, thats great, Keely!

So glad he liked it. SIL paid a small fortune for a Water Babies course and my nephew hated it with a passion!

xx

Savvy_Sue

Sami_Bee wrote: »

would i be a cruel mummy if I sent him to school with patches on his knees??

Cruel? No. Cruel is sending him in short trousers because he keeps holing his long ones. :rotfl:

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Meant to say earlier Savvy Sue do you think Ned on Pushing Daisies is rather dishy:blushing: I do! OH says its ok coz he likes the blonde waitress one

No, he's a bit too young for me, and a bit too drippy. I go for men with beards ...

SusanC wrote: »

My parents tried to pick names which were known but not too popular at the time but when I did my PGCE there managed to be three of us called Susan in a class of 50 which was sometimes confusing as people didn't expect there to be more than one.

3 out of 50? You got off lightly. There were four of us in my CLASS of 25 at secondary school, and four of us in my house of 36 (small boarding school).

My grandmother was Susannah but was always knows as Queenie. I wanted to be a Queenie too but no-one would use that name for me.

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

My Dad is Ned! Well, his real name is Norman! :eek::rotfl:. He is a twin and his Mum let the MW name them as it was her first muliple birth :rolleyes:.

I had DS2 and DS3 at home: the midwife told me that if I didn't register the baby within the time allowed, she would have to, and she would get to choose the name. I was a bit worried when I got a phone call after about a month saying I hadn't registered one of them - I was SURE I had, and was thinking I really had lost the plot with baby brain fog! When I insisted that I had registered him and gave his name, she found him and confirmed it was her mistake.

Even though DS3 was my midwife's last baby (she was about to retire), she wasn't going to choose any names!

BTW, have any of you ever chosen a name, then looked at the baby and thought "No, s/he's not a Jo s/he's a something completely different!"? Friends of mine did.

SusanC_2

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

3 out of 50? You got off lightly. There were four of us in my CLASS of 25 at secondary school, and four of us in my house of 36 (small boarding school).

That's probably because it used to be a much more common name but wasn't so common when I was born. Actually a couple of years ago when I did a few days work in a Nursery, the children were asking me if I was from Narnia because that was the only time they had heard of the name.

Becles

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

BTW, have any of you ever chosen a name, then looked at the baby and thought "No, s/he's not a Jo s/he's a something completely different!"? Friends of mine did.

My Mam did that with me! For years she was going to call her first girl Victoria and she continued right through the pregnancy thinking Victoria if it's a girl.

Then when I was born, she took one look at me and decided Victoria didn't suit. She'd been reading a magazine with short stories in early labour and one of the characters was called Rebecca, and she decided that suited me better!

I liked it as I was the only Rebecca right through school, but I could never get personalised rulers, pens etc., with my name on. It's more popular now though.

Joshua was unusual and I didn't know any Joshua's when I named him, but then everyone started naming their boys Joshua and it's been in the top 10 for years now.