Newborns and Babies

A baby shower is a party in which parents or expectant parents receive gifts for their newborn or expected child. By convention, a baby shower is intended to help parents get items that they need for their baby, such as baby clothes. In the past few decades, baby showers have become more common, as families become smaller and as each child receives more individual attention. Traditionally, a baby shower is held only for the mother-to-be, and only women attend. However, in recent times, men are also starting to participate in a couples baby showers.

As a matter of fact, when my friends threw me a baby shower, they had a few unique baby shower ideas that I actually enjoyed. However, there were also games that I could have done without. It was a surprise shower, at my house – which I was less than thrilled about. I had known that it would be a girl, so everything was pink. My best friend had found some baby shower ideas that she liked and ran with them. She did the normal toilet paper around my belly, which I was embarrassed about, and the clothespins that each person got when they arrived. They’d lose their clothespins if they said the word “baby”. That actually ended up being a game that we had some fun playing. However, I threw a baby shower for my best friend a few months ago. I tried to desperately come up with some baby shower ideas that were unique and catered to her. My friend did not know what the baby’s sex was, so it wasn’t easy to pick a theme.

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The majority of my friends have gotten married and have started families. With the exception of a few of them, most have given their children very normal and appealing names. However, my best friend from high school spent the nine months of her pregnancy scouring books to find unique baby names. She was determined that her child would not have a name that anyone else would have. At first, I thought that was creative and wonderful, but soon she started naming some unique baby names that would make your head spin. I won’t name any of them, but I believe that some of them were just letters that she took from the alphabet and threw them together.

Finally, in her quest for unique baby names, she did manage to choose a name that was unique but not too farfetched. She altered the spelling of it a tad and was more than happy with what she’d invented. I think her husband was just relieved that she finally settled on one particular name. What is really ironic is that everyone, including my best friend, ended up giving their daughter a nickname anyway. Go figure.

As a psychiatric assistant, I get to meet some very interesting individuals. I get to meet people who didn’t have to look very far to find unique baby names. One of my patients was a sweet little boy name Lemonjello. He pronounced it quite uniquely but when I questioned his mother on the spelling of his name and why she choose it, she simply said that when she was pregnant, she ate lots of lemon jello. Therefore, he was named Lemonjello. Talk about unique baby names. The poor child. I can’t imagine putting a person through that for the rest of their life.

There is a certain amount of joy in finding unique baby names. But, keep in mind that this isn’t something that can easily be changed. You aren’t the one who has to grow up and go through the school years with a name that can be mispronounced and mocked. What’s so horrible about some of the names that used to be so popular in past years that have faded out as time has moved forward?

Another one of my friends is a teacher. She named her two children very common names because she was constantly complaining about looking over her student lists at the beginning of each year and having more and more of a problem pronouncing names and figuring out what gender a particular name is. Why? Because parents are so adamant about finding unique baby names. No one stops to think about the issues that may arise when you are looking for unique baby names. Considering the fact that your child will have to go through his or her entire life with a name that you deemed unique, choose wisely. Perhaps you may want to toss aside the unique baby names books and find something a bit simpler.