I'm still laughing.

Black and white...and red!



If I told you her name, several people here would have a heart attack. SHE ROCKS!

Dont tell us you actually named her Ted ...

I haven't seen any babies here dressed in black and white, ehBeth. It's all colors here, designer baby clothes (Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, etc.), lots of pattern mixing.

It's Ted! I know it!

Or else Nugenta.

Babies here are mostly primary colors, it seems -- lots of red for both genders.

I work with lots of o.t.'s and p.t.'s - they're all about lecturing people about babies limited colour sense, and how shape and contrast are yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda

Do you mean clothes or ya know STUFF?

I admit to the b&w thing when it came to STUFF. Made a mobile for her out of graphic b&w bug prints (found 'em online, printed on photo transfer paper, sewed). She loved that thing.

I mean clothes.

"there is no point in dressing her to please other people. when she looks down, i want her to see the graphic patterns" blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda - they can be a bit militant on the issue

one of them relented when i had a tiny bit of a fit, and agreed to let me knit a baby afghan in dark forest green and palest yellow

i am QUITE ready for this group of friends to finish having babies. their showers aren't really fun.

Heh!

I can imagine.

I have three of 'em. All named Ted. With HUGE middle fingers too!

My wife and I have been discussing names quite excessively.

Do you know there's actually research on how one's name affect's one's life?

Example: Two daughters, one with a traditional feminine name and one with an androgynous name. The androgynous named one is negatively affected.

No effect when both have feminine or both have androgynous names....

Name popularity plays into it as well.

All of which is apropos of nothing....

Just for your interest.....no other reason really.

Top Ten Babies names ( UK 2004)

BOYS.

1. Jack
2. Joshua
3. Thomas
4. James
5. Daniel.
6. Samuel
7. Oliver
8. William
9. Benjamin
10. Joseph.

GIRLS.

1. Emily
2. Ellie
3. Jessica
4. Sophie
5. Chloe
6. Lucy
7. Olivia
8. Charlotte
9. Katie
10. Megan

For comparison purposes, the top baby names in the US in 2004.

Girls' Names
Emma
Madison
Emily
Kaitlyn
Hailey
Olivia
Isabella
Hannah
Sarah
Abigail
Sophia
Kaylee
Alyssa
Madeline
Brianna
Grace
Alexis
Sydney
Samantha
Riley

Boys' Names
Jacob
Aidan
Ethan
Ryan
Matthew
Michael
Tyler
Joshua
Nicholas
Connor
Zachary
Andrew
Dylan
Jack
Jayden
Logan
Caden
Caleb
Alexander
Nathan