She's Here to Help!

So, you know Claire, that crazy red-headed 3 (almost 4) year old we have living in our house that always has very important things to say?  

Well she is here to help all those people that are pregnant in the world with naming their babies.

After pondering the complexities of life - as she often does - she had some questions regarding the name of one of her boy cousins.

"Why did *Bob and Sally choose to name their boy *Bobbie when they could have named him something better, like Marty?  Was it the only boy name they knew?" 

(*Names have been changed to protect the innocent.)

I explained to her that Bobbie was named after some family members.

Claire's response:  "Well...I still like the name Marty, because it's the best name in the whole world for a boy!  That or dad, but you can't name a baby 'dad'.  That's the PROBLEM!"

And she's right, that IS the problem.  It would sure save a lot of confusion if we just named babies "mom" and "dad" so that kids didn't have to first learn those and THEN learn their parents had OTHER names that OTHER people call them, and then have to figure out why THEY can't call their parent's by the OTHER names.  Do you get my drift?

But since that isn't happening, I got Claire to give us a list to help with naming babies since "dad" and "mom" aren't options.

Bad names for boys:

Pinkalicious

Rapunzel

Bubble Puppy

Juice Box

Booger

Kitchen

Felicia

Unicorn

Camille

Good names for boys:

Marty

Dad (even though you can't name a baby dad)

Reagan

Erik

Bouncy Ball

Bad names for girls:

Marty

Ken

Acorn

Bad Guy

Archen

Scooter Ike

Capen

Gomen

Plate

Cookie

Shirt

Good names for girls:

Madi

Ashley

Princess

Shanna

Rapunzel

Princess Peacock Princess

Great Style Girl

Dance

Lady Gaga

Felicia

Musical Unicorn

Taylor Swift

Barbie

Hannah Montana

Isn't she thoughtful to make it all so simple?

You're Welcome!