And you can erase that last post, obviously I dont want anything to happen to you, Im trying to let you know that you need to be safer on the internet if your going to be controversial. You can erase this one two after you erase the other one.

i have worked with middle school students for 10 years (throughout college & now teaching)…i had to go through a long memory bank before naming my son to avoid any “bad” memories!

Interesting. I have no idea what the difference b/t long and short vowels are, though… please explain?

Not crazy, just made a point to Ms. Peterson that she shouldnt stir up controversy and offend parents (read the link to her last article) while she has so much personal contact info on the internet, I was concerned for her because there are crazies and she has a baby to protect.

Controversy? Over baby names? Come on people. You can’t deny that there are trendy names, overused names, annoying names… but to each his own. Even if you named your kid something dumb.

@Callie you don’t “associate with judgmental people”? Wouldn’t you need to make a judgment about someone then… sweetheart ;)

I’m a neonatal nurse, I’ve heard names you wouldn’t believe, but I can also see some of these trends now that I’m thinking about them. Boys names almost always end in ‘n.’ There are tons of girls names ending in a vowel. The most fascinating observation is the long/short vowel. I’m going to have to be watching for that one now

Very interesting post!
About the last post you wrote about names I think it is a great idea to keep the name as a little secret not only to avoid criticism (which I’m sure it’s annoying especially when you are settled in a name) but also so it doesn’t get old. My sister for example she would get tired of the names she chose for her kids while she was still pregnant just from repeating them to others all the time. But what do I know right? :D
I know this is a bit weird but I’m not a big fan of naming kids after people from the family or even giving the same name. I would have to give birth to a lot of children so we can honor each memorable person in our families… If we have a son Josh wants his middle name to be Josh’s dad’s first name which isn’t cute, (at least it would be for the middle name) then I think How about MY dad? lol a little jealousy I suppose.
This is completely off topic but why do mothers feel the need to dress twins the same? I find it annoying since each child has his/her own personality.