As the girl news descends upon us my mom and I do what every mom and daughter team do, we go and buy something pink.
Daddy A and I have agreed on a boy’s name (yes Baby A we thought you were a boy but let’s not go into too much detail as I don’t want to be blamed for future psychological issues) but the naming game is not fun anymore especially when your Husband is so unreasonable J
Celebrities put themselves out there with naming their children; I think it is quite cool – when I first heard of Kingston/Shiloh/Brooklyn/Harlow as names I was undecided but the name grow on you; that or am I just a wannabe celeb-hippy at heart. Congrats to the Beckhams on their daughter Harper Seven- thanks for making it even more difficult for me to think of a name. My mom, my aunt and I decide that we too can be original and out there with our names. Please note that the baby daddy was not involved in the outcome of my number one name option. He prefers things more simple. So in honour of naming the baby after a food, number, hair product, town or favourite alcoholic beverage -the conclusion is with the help of the local South Africa twist I am steering towards.
Hunters Ten Woop-Woops Piesang* Jozi** X Ablett
With this name I believe BABY A will do things… “Great things” ... mmh the vote is out.
I have also been warned that naming your baby is a personal thing as every name you have on your list will relate to someone ugly, mean or snotty that somebody else knew – and it seems these people relate the names back to when they were kids never now as adults.
Apparently star signs need to be taken into account, when naming your child, so do I need to bring in Libra or Scorpio as a name or should I stick to my star sign Aquarius… grr so much pressure.
As parents you have to enjoy the name as you are the ones who will use it the most. Now should we go for a middle name? Yes I say, as when I am making a point to my perfect child or when said perfect child has made me angry, I believe using her whole name will make more of an impact at getting my point across. Ok that is my opinion, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a good opinion – give me a break- I am still in the dreaming stage of what parenting is all about.
So we wait for our Baby Girl to arrive and we wait for a sign to help us in the naming game, I myself have the name I want but then so does baby Daddy… Let’s hope our little ray of sunshine… mmh Sunshine now that could maybe work…
*Piesang is banana in Afrikaans
**Jozi is the African slang name for Johannesburg
