Already 33 weeks into the pregnancy and we’re still hanging in the air about what we should name JR. *slaps forehead* Imagine the headache that one would not have to face if we’d get a letter in the mail telling us the name of the baby the moment their gender has been confirmed 100%. Life would be SO much easier!!! But no, it’s not enough that we, as the parents have endure the pshysical and mental stress of preparing for bubs arrival, we are also handed the task of naming the child who will then have to carry this name for the rest of his/her life. What a huge responsibility!! And stressful too might I add.

The thing with names is that you can’t go wrong with the simpler, not so common but common enough that people have heard them that the kid won’t suffer in school. I’ve said it many times before but I’ll said it again, children can be VERY cruel and more often than not, once the bullying starts…it hardly ever stops and the poor child is scarred for life. While a lot of parents out there want their kids to stand out by giving really out of the world names like some superstars do, I really wonder if they have taken into consideration what the child will endure in the future. Other than those superstar names, you also have parents who turn simple names into spelling errors. I have nothing against it just sometimes it just makes me wonder ‘Why?’. I don’t have to look far – my name is as unique as unique can be coz it’s got no vowels!! And yet, my name is relatively a common one albeit the quirky spelling.

With so much stress, it’s only right that I should mention to Ted that we should take yet another holiday perhaps one of those Orlando vacations just so we can de-stress and figure a name out. Heh. He’ll most likely just ignore I even asked him that. Hahahahaha!! But in all honesty, we are actually stuck with the first name. We’ve got the middle name all sorted out but it’s just the first name that’s been bugging us…well, me more than anyone else I think. *sigh* It’s got to be something that rolls off the tougue nicely with the middle name or it will sound so wrong. I really hope Ted puts in more effort into looking at that baby names book his mum gave us!! Who would have thought that choosing a name would be THIS tough????