Saturday January 14, 2012
Ok, I am a mama of 3 girls, so this is not generally something that I think about too often. However, my friends with boys often lament that they are challenged in scrapbooking Valentine's Day in a boy-friendly way. "It's such a frilly holiday!" they say. "Everything is pink with lace. It just isn't what my boy is all about."
So I've dug through About Baby's First Year and offer Valentine's Scrapbooking Pages for Boys as a solution. Written by our former contributing writer, Dana Hinders (now Guide over at About Origami), she outlined several ways to make a gooey-pink holiday like Valentine's Day and present scrapbook pages that sing true to any rough-and-tumble little boy.
What you all have done for your baby boy scrapbook pages. Show off your scrapbooking pages perfect for boys and steal some new ideas for yourself.
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Wednesday January 11, 2012
In light of my recent articles on baby names, I thought it might be fun to do some polls on baby names. For today, let's focus on the spelling of the name Reese, a traditional boy name that in the past decade has begun to be used on girls as well. I attribute the popularity to the Miss Witherspoon, (FYI- Reese isn't her given first name, but it does have a special meaning to her. Read: Popular Boys' Names for Girls to find out the details.)
Here's a little bit of specifics on the name. In the US, Reese is the most popular spelling used on girls. On boys, the traditional spelling, Rhys, is more popular with Reese lagging closely behind. Rhys is actually a Welsh name which means "enthusiasm." The link above gives more specifics on the popularity of the name for boys and girls from the past 130 years.
Several spelling variations of the name are used today: Reec, Reece, Reese, and Rhys. Vote below to pick your favorite spelling for a boy and for a girl.
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Tuesday January 10, 2012
Many parents turn to the Social Security Administration's Popular Baby Names list in order to get a sense of how popular a name is. For some parents, popularity of a name is an important factor that they consider when choosing a baby name. However, there is a problem with the SSA list.
In today's American culture, parents are choosing more and more spelling variations of a name than they used to. So names that have a traditional spelling, like Aidan or Caden, are appearing on the charts with as many as 10 different spellings. Add all those names up, and you have a whole new look at what the most common baby names truly are.
Some names, like Kaiden and Jackson, make huge jumps on the chart. Firmly planting themselves into the top 10 names for boys. Other names that only have one or two spelling variations, like Ethan, William, Noah and Daniel, have a tendency to tumble down the chart. Jacob, which seems to have dominated the top 10 list for several years, even falls from the coveted #1 position.
So when choosing a baby name, if popularity of a name is an important factor to you, make sure you consider that though your child may have a name spelled differently, it may not sound different to many other children his or her age.
See also: Most Popular Names for Girls
What is your opinion on using popular names for your children?
Saturday December 31, 2011
Well, it's New Years Eve and already the emails are coming in to my mailbox. Essentially several moms asking various questions about alcohol and breastfeeding. Looking for answers? Browse through these articles.
