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We're having a Baby

 
  

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Seth
04:29 / 03.07.05
Ginger for morning sickness -- that one I know.

Yes. Yes!

And the Wildhearts for post-natal depression!
 
 
Spaniel
08:57 / 03.07.05
LALLAN (all caps) is the best suggestion so far.

Seth, you're weirdly in tune with my juvenile sense of humour.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
09:45 / 03.07.05
I keep reading the topic abstract as "Boboss is SO pregnant. WOOOOT!".

Congratulations to all involved. How about Elian?
 
 
Spaniel
09:54 / 03.07.05
I actually quite like Elian. My SO initially wanted to call a boy Elliot, but it made me think of a rather creepy fellow I know of the same name and we decided against it.
 
 
Jack Denfeld
10:01 / 03.07.05
What about Boboss Jr? Or if you wanna be fancy shmancy, Boboss the 2nd, Prince of Barb. Congratulations by the way!
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
10:18 / 03.07.05
Congratulations! Boboss, you is da Daddy!

My advice:

1) Beware of Nominative (Pre)Determinism. A few years ago my friend named her second son Loki. He's a good kid (so far), but whenever I baby-sit I keep expecting his eyes to glow green and then discover my shoelaces have mysteriously been tied together.

2) If you choose to have them, select the God-Parents wisely. Mine are crap*. When I was a nipper and first worked out they were supposed to look after me if something unthinkable happening to my parents, I actually had sleepless nights. Come to think of it, this might have been part of a clever ruse on my Dad's part to make me appreciate him and my Mum more than I might have done.....Hmmm...Ignore me... Maybe you should choose bad ones instead?

*Added after-thought: actually my God Father was an award winning fire man, so as a life-saver, I guess that makes him cool in my book. But he always seems to be a little boring: which now, come to think of it, I realise is probably because of the lack of adrenaline after rushing into so many burning bulidings. However, as a child, none of this was apparent. Also, I have hardly seen my My God Mother over the years, all I can remember about her is that she a is a beautiful woman, as well as a strong memory of being at her house once for a family party of some kind, the day John Lennon was shot. Apologies to both of them.
 
 
Jack Denfeld
10:21 / 03.07.05
A few years ago my friend named her second son Loki.
Now some european kid named Thor is going to feel obligated to kick that kid's ass.
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
10:25 / 03.07.05
LOL! Oh Praise Jack!
 
 
Spaniel
12:36 / 03.07.05
Cheers fellas.

On the god parent thing. I've got a fantastic extended family, and my god parents have played an important role in my life, so obviously I'm keen to recreate the experience for my kids.

I won't be calling my kid Loki, or Megatron, or MODOK (although it is tempting).
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
12:59 / 03.07.05
Have you considered Mark Millar [Surname]?
 
 
Jack Denfeld
13:02 / 03.07.05
I won't be calling my kid Loki, or Megatron, or MODOK (although it is tempting).
My flatmate's lil baby has blonde hair and super blue eyes, and we all call him Lil' Cap. Which beats calling him Lil' Aryan Youth baby.
 
 
Spaniel
13:33 / 03.07.05
No, Fly, that would be irresponsible.

You have a flat? Since when?
 
 
Jack Denfeld
13:45 / 03.07.05
It's the same place. I don't get the boot until Aug 1.
 
 
Jack Denfeld
13:46 / 03.07.05
Have you considered Mark Millar [Surname]?
Name your kid Morrison. Then have another kid who is slightly less talented and name him Millar.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
16:05 / 03.07.05
Now some european kid named Thor is going to feel obligated to kick that kid's ass.

Only if the first kid's parents dress him in a green leotard and a yellow hat with horns on all like BWARRRRN. Otherwise he'll only get his arse kicked if he meets a kid called Heimdall. And seriously, who calls their kid Heimdall?
 
 
Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns
14:12 / 04.07.05
Congrats Bobboss Boy, best news i've heard in ages. You & tut Missus must come up and stay with me and The Ginger One asap.
As for names i agree that Megatron is no good for a first name, but for a second name it's bleddy handsome. What about Babbanbos for a boy or if you want to have your own name in thier somewhere; Babbanbos Bobbos Bairn Ste-wairt. Or Pauline or Mavis, Maureen or Stinkhead for a girl. You have to think about school. If you want a tough kid call it THE FIST! Its a name for both boys and girls.

Well Done Son you gone don got a baby innit mrs.
 
 
Quantum
14:41 / 04.07.05
Congratulations! It's so funny to see cynical Pappuce reduced to tears of pride at being Unky Runce, tee hee.
Let me recommend Quantum as a middle name, great to make friends and influence people, also to justify uncertainty- besides, every child should have a Q or X or something in their initials.

Also, because I promised Bengali in Platforms/Gracious Meme that I'd tell you, I thought you were an American woman Boboss, shows how much attention I pay to screen names etc. She fell about and made me promise to tell you...
 
 
haus of fraser
15:27 / 04.07.05
I reckon Pap'll be quite good actually - from the kid's point of view, at least.

..yes a little like living with The Cat In Teh Hat....



bad uncle pap...
 
 
Spaniel
09:21 / 14.07.05
That's enough of that.

We had a scan today and we're blessed with a healthy little fetus. Seeing it's heart beat is pretty fucking crazy.
 
 
Sax
09:53 / 14.07.05
All a bit It's Alive or maybe Rosemary's Baby, innit?
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
09:55 / 14.07.05
Yay for fetal health!
 
 
Quantum
10:11 / 14.07.05
Don't you have a nickname for Bobossissimus yet? I still have my fetal nickname (Mr Foot) thirty years on...
 
 
Spaniel
10:32 / 14.07.05
Yeah, but you've got some weird (in a good way) names.

Yay for fetal health, indeed.
To be honest, Sax, I didn't have that reaction at all. Relief, glee, and a sense of the cold hard reality of the situation were foremost in my mind.
But, yeah, fetus's are weird, I suppose.
 
 
lord nuneaton savage
10:43 / 14.07.05
"Is it a boy or a girl?"
"I dunno but I think it's about to eat the Enterprise"

Urgh, Friends quote. Congratulations, anyhoo and congrats to Pappuce on impending Unclehood. That'll be sweet, you get to do all the cool stuff with the kid. Will s/he be joining your crew of Argonauts?
 
 
William Sack
11:18 / 14.07.05
Fetal nicknames are a must Boboss: when Jermaine and Jermajesty were in utero it was just T1 and T2 (twin 1 and twin 2) which was how they labeled the scan pics, and which we liked as they sounded Terminatoresque, and then we nicknamed them Chung and Homebase for reasons too boring to go into.

Really pleased to hear the scan went well Boboss, and hope your partner is not suffering too badly with the morning sickness.
 
 
HCE
14:38 / 14.07.05
Prince Michael Boboss Jr.
Prince Michael Boboss II.

You may have these names free of charge. Use them in good health.
 
 
mistress_swank
14:53 / 14.07.05
Congratulations! I don't really have any pregnancy tales to add, since I'm not broody and don't intend to be such.

However, like all jerks, I have great name suggestions.

Boy: Ptolemy Gonzo ("Tolly" for short! How cute!)
Girl: Frieda Alfresca
 
 
HCE
17:48 / 14.07.05
hush!

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/
 
 
The Falcon
07:05 / 17.07.05
YOU are t3h awesome, spunkboy.
 
 
Spaniel
10:52 / 17.07.05
I know.
 
 
grant
20:10 / 19.07.05
Worst baby name ever?

Has to be in the running for best middle name....
 
 
Spaniel
12:16 / 15.08.05
We're into week thirteen and today was scan day (proper).
We opted to have a nuchal translucency screening as Bobosso is in her mid-thirties, and the chances of birth defects increase significantly the older you get.
Luckily, not only do we have a very healthy fetus - equipped with hands, feet and a nasal bone - in light of the scan the liklihood Bobosso giving birth to a downs baby has dropped from 1 in 115 to 1 in 1340 - the same probability as a girl of 15. So that's good then, we can relax now.

Pics later...
 
 
Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns
13:19 / 15.08.05
Any idea if it's a knight or a miden yet Boboss?
 
 
Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns
13:20 / 15.08.05
that's meant to say maiden!!! oops
 
 
Mon Oncle Ignatius
13:56 / 15.08.05
Our band "leader" Iotar has suggested the name Somosa for any girlchild he might father in the unlikely future.

I have inflicted my two daughters with the middle names Andromeda and Harmonia respectively, but they escaped with normal first names otherwise. Then again, I have a niece whose middle name does start with an X, and her first is straight outta Tolkien.

Loki is a great name for a boy. Heimdall.... less so. I know of someone - a hippy of course - who called their son Beowulf, but that seemed like a really bad idea. A nephew is called Titan, so he'll have all manner of Greek heros bearing down on him in the playgound, no doubt. A (step) nephew was unlucky enough to get lumbered with Bilbo Baggins as his first two names: luckily he got a third of a more normal sort - which oddly enough is how everyone refers to him.

Given that I have a fairly silly middle name myself, I'm quite glad I didn't get lumbered with it as the one to get shouted out in the pub or when being called after in the supermarket or park, for example.

Good luck to the Boboss(o)s!
 
  

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