RH33 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 My third was meant to be Anna or Annie but didn't suit it when she arrived. Plus things went a bit tits up after I delivered her so I ended up getting to choose her name. I struggled with girls names, I didn't want anything really popular or anything that sounded made up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 When we found out it was a boy we had a family tradition to uphold which is eldest son gets the fathers name as a middle name. Trying to get something that fit around my name and wasnt a tongue twister was key. Alexander was chosen and now the wife likes aaron for a name if we have another and it is a boy. She doesnt want a girl as all the girls we know have been divas from a young age. (Cant be hooped with frozen either) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deefiant Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 When we found out it was a boy we had a family tradition to uphold which is eldest son gets the fathers name as a middle name. Trying to get something that fit around my name and wasnt a tongue twister was key. Alexander was chosen and now the wife likes aaron for a name if we have another and it is a boy. She doesnt want a girl as all the girls we know have been divas from a young age. (Cant be hooped with frozen either) I never wanted a daughter but I'm not going to lie, she is fucking fantastic. My wife has moulded her into a girly girl but she will still happily play football with the boys and/or kick f**k out of them where required. She's 6 now and remains cuddly and affectionate whilst the boys have tended to get a harder edge as they get older. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I never wanted a daughter but I'm not going to lie, she is fucking fantastic. My wife has moulded her into a girly girl but she will still happily play football with the boys and/or kick f**k out of them where required. She's 6 now and remains cuddly and affectionate whilst the boys have tended to get a harder edge as they get older. Fair play. I wouldn't mind a wee girl if that was to be how the next one plays out. I just dont want the wee one to be an only child. We both come from big families and the thought of him not having a sibling isnt one we like (thinking back to holidays and making sure he has company) The wife however would rather any sibling was a boy. She does have 5 sisters and 1 brother mind you and i think that's put her off 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hmm, Tommy doesn't sound too bad actually Its just twigged that another prominent Queens poster has a son called Thomas. I never made the connection before 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 My boy's named after the wife's closest cousins, which was about as popular with the wife's family as calling him Adolf would have been - in Judaism it's considered bad luck to name a child after living relatives, and one of the cousins is still with us. We tried pretending we were naming him after a film character, but nobody was buying it; massive shitstorm. Strangely, they were pissed about him being named after the dead one too. If we'd been able to have another boy, I think he'd have been called Ash, after Bruce Campbell's most famous character (wife's choice, but no complaints). I used to torment the wife by insisting I wanted a girl called Sadako, after the lassie from Ringu, but we decided the boy would be called Isobel if he was a girl, after my gran. Not fussed about the name myself, but I know it would have made my mum really, really happy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 We had loads of options for girls names but only one serious suggestion for a boys name. In the end as soon as we saw Beatrix we agreed on a name, it seemed like the only one to suit her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 My son probably more affectionate and soft than the girls. One of them is a total girly girl and the other is more of a Tom boy. Girly Girl can kick a ball though so I can forgive her the princess stuff! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetwiseHercules Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I have a wee boy, Charlie. He's coming up for 3 now and is absolutely great but like most kids can be quite draining. We found out in advance we were having a boy. I wanted to know out of curiosity but couldn't have cared less whether we were actually having a boy or girl. Same goes for next time. I just don't care. My only hope is for good health. I just don't see what difference it makes to me whether a child is male or female. My wife was convinced before the scan we were going to have a girl so it was good we found out. Her thinking it was a girl was based on nothing/Facebook/mumsnet so I still do not under stand why people are surprised at what is a 50/50 outcome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Its just twigged that another prominent Queens poster has a son called Thomas. I never made the connection before Dont know how. Pretty sure FC1919 made that connection about ten seconds after it was announced, about the same time as he noted his disappointment he didnt have all the cup final team's middle names.Thomas wasnt named after Tommy Bryce incidentally. We just liked the name (and he was Jamie for about 20 minutes before we decided mutually that it didnt suit him). On the other hand Steven was my choice and whilst I always liked the name anyway, the scorer of our first Scottish Cup Final goal was not entirely coincidental! On another note we didnt find out the sex of either child until they were born. I wasnt really bothered either way but my wife was adamant she didnt want to know. Ironically we had an agreed girls name in advance for both of them but not a boys one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDB Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Did you have to sing it twice? More than f'cking twice to be honest Not sure why my posts are doing that recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTidy Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Congrats. What did you call him?! Seriously cannot find a boy's name we both like. The girl's name has been picked for years but just can't choose a boy's. "Choose" is probably a misleading word as that would suggest we have a list! We have zilch. The only name I really like is the name of my cousin's boy What's worse is that I find out the sex on May 11th as I'm hoping for a wee girl. The missus doesn't want to find out though so she needs to have a boy's name picked by then or she'll be able to tell by my lack of enthusiasm for picking a boy's name thereafter, that it's a girl You think you can keep it a secret until the birth? I'm sure I'd say something unintentionally, referring to the bump as he/she or something like that. I found boys names harder. First child we picked one quite early and stuck with it all the way through. Complicated labour ended up in theatre so when he was born they took him next door to do a couple of checks and I went with him. They asked me the name and obviously my wife wasn't there to confirm that he looks like a Calvin but I went with it and straight away all the doctors and nurses are calling him Calvin in every sentence so there was no going back. Not that my wife had changed her mind or anything but was still quite a pressure situation. Second child we had one girls name set in stone and three boys options. Much easier delivery so we were able to both decide on Felix when he was there. Although I'm sure my wife had already decided and was just humouring me with the other couple of choices. She was right though, it was definitely the right choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I've got my dad's name (Alexander) and so I've just done the same thing with the boy. Easy. We found girls names much harder but both kept coming back to the kind of not a girls name Ellis. It stuck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 You think you can keep it a secret until the birth? I'm sure I'd say something unintentionally, referring to the bump as he/she or something like that. Yeah, I'm actually good at keeping things to myself. The biggest annoyance would be her sister constantly bugging me to find out the sex, so I think we're just going to say the baby wasn't in the correct position for telling the sex so I couldn't find out. It will prevent folk from asking. Blurting it out unintentionally was another concern but I've said to my missus that once I find out I'll refer to the baby as "he" and "she" throughout. That way I'll no make a cock up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The biggest annoyance would be her sister constantly bugging me to find out the sex Just point her in the direction of the Sex Ed thread on here. We'll put her right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Yeah, I'm actually good at keeping things to myself. The biggest annoyance would be her sister constantly bugging me to find out the sex, so I think we're just going to say the baby wasn't in the correct position for telling the sex so I couldn't find out. It will prevent folk from asking. Blurting it out unintentionally was another concern but I've said to my missus that once I find out I'll refer to the baby as "he" and "she" throughout. That way I'll no make a cock up Bit late for that... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Completely forgot about this thread! I'm listed as 2 x 1/2 but of course it should just be 2 having become a dad to twin girls just under 6 months ago! A few scary moments during the delivery and one longer than planned hospital stay for twin 1........but all good now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Completely forgot about this thread! I'm listed as 2 x 1/2 but of course it should just be 2 having become a dad to twin girls just under 6 months ago! A few scary moments during the delivery and one longer than planned hospital stay for twin 1........but all good now Congratulations - it had taken so long for an update I thought you had married an elephant! Anyway, you have had your hands full, and more important things to do than post on here. Edited April 23, 2016 by Jacksgranda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberdeen-Warrior Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 That's us 30 weeks now. Me and the missus paid for a 4D scan and got to see her wee face for the first time properly today. She was a gorgeous wee thing. Can't wait to see her in person now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Woolshed Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Sam has recently decided that sleeping at night isn't for him. He was sleeping solid 7-7 most nights for a while. Then his bottom two teeth sprouted and we're lucky to get a 9-1 and 2-7 as a good night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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