Baby Names

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Registered: 09-22-2005
Baby Names
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Thu, 09-22-2005 - 3:26am

My Husband and I just got married a month ago, and we're expecting
our first baby in Feb. I'm thrilled to have a baby, along with my family and his.
We have a few names picked out, which are my favorite names, but now that Britany Spears named her little boy Preston, I'm starting to think maybe people will say, oh you named your baby after britany. *if we have a boy* But I love that name so much, its my husband's middle name and I always adored preston. I just a little skeptical now.

Preston Micheal
Briana Rose
Roberta Ann

Alot of people ask me why Roberta, because its not really popular anymore, but my husband had a sister that passed away when he was 4. Out of Respect, I would love to name my child that name. I'm just cringing on the comments that people make. Sometimes family too.

If anybody has any advice, please leave me a note, I would love a boost in my spirits.

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Registered: 06-16-2004
In reply to: mommywolf2206
Fri, 09-23-2005 - 6:58am

Good Luck
Looking forward to talking again!

Donna

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Registered: 09-19-2005
In reply to: mommywolf2206
Fri, 09-23-2005 - 7:04am
I like all the names you have, I am thinking about making the middle name Micheal or Marie (Andrew's brother & sisters name/middle name bc I am an only child). I really like the names Preston and Briana. I think Roberta Anne is alittle outdated but I love the middle name (my grandma, aunt, and cousin all have that middle name: Carole Anne, April Ann, and Kara Anne). If I was in your guys shoes I would combine the her names into one to still honor his sister but make it more into your own name as well, I forget the ones posted earlier but those were all good names. HTH
Sherry
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Registered: 09-13-2005
In reply to: mommywolf2206
Fri, 09-23-2005 - 12:44pm

Hi again,

I was flipping through some of the other posts on this board- I don't know if I can help, or not, but I thought I'd share, anyways :P

First- about baby names: I meant what I said in my first post- if it's a name you like, go for it, even Preston Michael (I posted six potential names for our baby due at the end of April...you should see the comments, and for the record I still like Fergus Roger, because it has meaning for my husband and me!). Also, about "old" names: names are cyclical. They come back. Super popular names right now, like Eleanor, Lillian, Hannah, Abigail, Olivia and Emily were all popular between 1890 and 1920. Roberta's peak popularity in the US was between 1920-1950. Therefore, I'd say Roberta's on the cutting edge of the next wave of popular names- and as you're on the cutting edge of the next generation of mums- that makes sense!

Second- it really doesn't matter what age you become a mum. In fact, it makes more sense to start a family when you're in your 20s than it does when you're in your late 30s or early 40s. I'm not just saying that because I'm a 20-something mum too, but because all of my aunts became mothers after 37 and it's really tough on them: they don't have the energy to be dealing with grade schoolers and young teens when they're 50+. There are great mums (and dads) of all ages- as a preschool teacher, I've met a lot of parents. Becoming a parent is terrifying no matter how old you are, too...it's a ridiculously huge responsibility, but it's fun, too, and fufilling.
I risk offending some people here, I think, but I don't mean too: most of the mal-adjusted kids I teach are the children of parents who waited. Very few are spoiled in the old-fashioned sense, but they can be headstrong, aggressive, belligerent and absolutely convinced that they are right. All kids do that at sometime or another, but the ones who are problematically like that are, generally, the children of parents also like that: high-powered career people driven by material success, who invariably wait until after 35 to "invest in children."
Waiting to have children until after you're "successful" (whatever that means) risks not just difficulty conceiving and birth defects; it risks treating your kids like fashion accessories and denying them a fun childhood.

I don't dislike older parents- all I'm trying to say is that age doesn't matter at all in the end, as long as you make an effort on behalf of your kids and can grow with them, I think. We're not perfect parents, either. But we try, and, really, I guess that's all anyone can do.

-Siena

(aaack! I spent my whole 15 minute break online!)

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Registered: 08-03-2004
In reply to: mommywolf2206
Fri, 09-23-2005 - 1:15pm

I say go for Preston even in spite of Britany! I think it is a great name.

I also love Briana Rose...very pretty and classy!

As for Roberta, I can understand and see why you want to honor dh's sister. Maybe it would be easier, emotionally, for family and your dh to use her name as a middle name instead? Instead of his mom, dad, whoever calling their granddaughter the same as they named the child they lost. That could be sad. I'd vote for using Roberta as a middle name or finding a way to use it that isn't exact but close enough?

HTH

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