Just wondering...
Somehow the last month of my pregnancy is creeping up on me and next week I am officially in my 9th month or,as they count differently here in Japan,my 10th month.Then the waiting game begins and who knows when the start of the end of the pregnancy will be.Annie was born spot on her due date and I only know one other baby who managed that(wave to Joey:) ) so I really don't know what to expect but should be prepared for an earlier arrival just in case.As a friend pointed out yesterday,even if the infamous "Hospital Bag" isn't ready,I need only grab a few things and Kenichi can bring the rest at a later date...it's not as if they turn you away at the clinic door if you don't have all the bits and bobs you need.And as we have a longer stay after the birth in Japan,Kenichi would have 5 or 6 days to go buy nappies and breast pads and all sorts if necessary.
So the only thing left is ...yep,the name.Kenichi is at the "yeah,that sounds fine" stage to the name I throw out at him at odd moments ,but I want us both to decide this.But as getting the kanji to match the name takes a very long time,we don't want to suddenly be in the situation that I have the baby early and we have 2 weeks to register her name plus kanji so panic and go for something we may not be happy about later
And the only way I can think of doing this is to write a number of names down and well,pull them out of a hat. But is that normal?We did it to name our dog when I was little and nobody I know has done it with a baby and even if they have,it's not really a thing you tell people about,is it?And don't want our daughter,x years down the road to come and ask us why we chose her name as she has to do a school project about her name and it's meaning.Annie will pass with flying colours as she was named after someone so her name has an impressive story behind it but we can't really turn round to Daughter No 2 and tell her that if she'd been a boy,she would have had a really cool and family related name with real history and an even more impressive story than Annie's name behind it but sorry love,we couldn't think of anything for you so just went with the old fashioned method of pulling a name out of the hat...
Or can we?
posted by marianne at
2:58 pm
8 Comments:
i don't see anything wrong with putting names in a hat and choosing. something i read about, though, is having friends and family *guess* the name you've 'already chosen' (air quotes) and go with the one you really like. go ahead, i won't tell! ;)
for us it was kinda difficult. because of in-law problems (that is, MIL didn't want me to marry her son) we decided on japanese first name, american middle name, no fancy making up kanji to fit a name (i don't have anything against that, some names are pretty darn cool). so many people have practically thanked us for giving them 'normal' names. it took a while for us to decide sasha's name, and tommy didn't get a name until a week before he was born (and it was a, 'how about .....?' kind of thing.) i was totally shooting down names that was related to MIL's name (gee, wonder why??) but in the end i'm really pleased with all their names.
just try to choose a name that's easy to shout for when you need your child to come home for dinner! lol
I say put them in a hat and choose one out- and that would make for an interesting name story anyway. Although Illahee`s idea is good also!!
Or give them all to Annie and let her choose- she will be so proud I am sure!
Best of luck heading into your last month!!!
How about the three of you choose a name and then janken to see who wins :P we decided.
DH had to figure out DS's name because he wanted to the stroke count with the kanji and everything. So he figured out 2 or 3 and then after we met DS
With 2 different cultures it can get difficult with deciding a name eh.
I am so excited for your baby to arrive. Enjoy these last few weeks alone with Annie.
Do you have to decide before Baby arrives?
Why not go into the delivery room with the list of potentials and then see which one best fits when she's born?
That's what a few of our friends have done - one even announced the baby's name months before delivery and then gave birth, saw her new son and immediately changed her mind about the name because it didn't fit the child for some reason...
If the ones on the list can be easily converted into kanji that makes it even simpler.
Just my pen'orth.
How's the swollen feet?
Thinking of you,
S.
Thanks for some great advice(although Sheri,sorry to say but janken would not work as Annie has NO idea...but could I suppose work to my advantage...hmm!).I have a sneaky feeling that we will have a few options and yep,wait for the birth and see which name fits.
And BTW,illahee,love your kids' names and the fact that they are Japanese but shorten beautifully to "western" names.Very clever.My MIL still seems to be hoping ours is a boy and all those scans have been wrong,ditto the Gyn.,so is staying quiet on the matter;)
I think you will find the perfect name just in time! :)
I think you will find the perfect name when the time is right. :)
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