Hello and welcome back to babynames.co.uk. Unbelievably, this small speck of life announced its arrival loud and clear in the first trimester. Not only with morning sickness, but also noon and night sickness. This sudden hormone overload left Ana unsure if she was coming or going. I didn’t stand a chance. To contain it, I thought Ana… Read More
Tag: Parenting
A New Father’s Journey: Week 3
Hello everybody and welcome back to babynames.co.uk. I hope your baby name quest has been going well this week. Not so long ago, one of Ana’s family members, an English teacher, informed us that she taught twins, one of which was named Benson. Benson was pleasantly different, I thought. The other twin was named Hedges.… Read More
A New Father’s Journey: Week 2
Hello and welcome again to babynames.co.uk. As I said last week, I would like to take you back to the beginning of mine and Ana’s baby adventure, and where else to start but at our surprise (and believe me, it was a surprise!) on discovering that we were pregnant. Ana and I hadn’t been trying as… Read More
A New Father’s Journey: Week 1
Hi, and welcome to the new and improved BabyNames.co.uk. My name is Ryan, and I have been asked to write a blog about my experiences as a new father, starting from conception, or thereabouts. I haven’t been asked because I am a writer or because I will be able to provide you with words of… Read More
We Chose Your Name Years Ago
This was originally posted on February 27, 2014 This week the “Mirror” revealed that Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan are already in the process of choosing baby names – despite the fact that Michelle isn’t pregnant. The article suggests that Michelle prefers ‘unusual’ names, while Mark prefers more ‘traditional’ choices. As we see with many celebrity… Read More
