Boys Birth Announcements

During my pregnancy I was taking a bit of a break from blogging (a.k.a. sleeping and playing a lot of Candy Crush). But this doesn't mean that I'd lost interest in names. In fact, part of the great thing about giving birth is that I'm suddenly completely immersed in the current naming landscape - as a new mum I'm seeing what names my fellow new mums are using. And can I say I've seen some fabulous ones lately.

But before I digress too much, what did we name our son? His name is Atlas Bram!! That's him pictured above at two months old. Atlas was born October 30th 2015, weighing just 1.6kg (3lb 8oz). He was born five and a half weeks premature after a growth scan showed he was too small and our obstetrician told us to come in to the hospital for a cesarean birth that same day. I have to admit to having a few hesitations about naming him Atlas when we found out he would be so tiny, but my husband had none. Our boy may be small but he is strong and healthy and I'm glad we stuck with our choice (keep tuned for a post on how we chose his name in the coming weeks).

As I was saying, I've seen some great names lately, with one major source being on the Baby Center Australia forums. The below is a selection of boy names used by parents who had a December due date like I did. For those interested in popularity; Alexander and variant Zander/Xander was the most popular first name, and James the most popular middle name out of all of the boys names I saw.

The girls post can be found here ☺

Alexander Arnold (Xander)		Flynn Michael Lloyd		Landon Jonathan
Apollo Ronaldo		Greyson Higgins		Leo Archer
Archer Thomas Jack		Harrison Jack (Harry)		Lucas Rex
Arkyn		Harry Leslie		Maverick Ernest
Blake Anthony		Hudson Winston		Mitchell John
Bradley Jonas		Hugo Robert		Nate James
Carter Jacob (CJ)		Isaiah Lyndon		Oliver Michael
Charlie Gabriel		Jack Michael Dillon		Oscar James
Chet Bruce		Jackson John		Rhys James
Coby Peter		Jacob Aydin		Riley Alan
Cooper Ryan		Jarryd George		Ryan Alexander
D'Arcy James		Jaxon James		William Paul
Damien Michael Rhys		Jayden Charles		Wolfe Michael
Darcy John		Job Edward		Xander Danny James
Davy Jack		Kahlani James		Xavier
Digby Anthony		Kaiden Dylan		Zander Roy Theodore
Edward Max (Eddie)		Keldan Daniel		Zane Nicholas
Elias Dennis		Kobi Blair		Zayn Fahd
Elijah Albert		Kyran Silva		Zeke Robert
Ethan Thomas		Lachlan Graham		Zion Ross

Twin Sets

Lucas Robert and Cooper Riley  

Rigby and Frankie

Stirling Royce and Eli Henry          

BNP Turns Three!!

It's hard to believe, but this month marks three years of Baby Name Pondering!

Just over three years ago, my husband and I started trying to conceive our first child. Like many name enthusiasts, one of the main ways I kept myself occupied while we waited for our big fat positive as to spend hours looking at names; dreaming of the possibilities. It only took a few months before looking was no longer enough, and so Baby Name Pondering was born.

Our conception journey since then  hasn't gone exactly as planned. And you may have noticed that I've been largely MIA in the past couple of months. But that's because we finally got our happy result. After three years and three rounds of IVF, we are expecting a baby boy in December!

I'm guessing that your first question is likely to be have we chosen a name yet, and the answer is yes we have; but no, I'm not sharing it just yet!

What I love though is that the first and middle names we have chosen have actually been featured here on the blog. One I wrote about because we were already seriously considering it. But the other I wrote about because I was seeing it mentioned on forums and other sites and found it interesting. After writing that post and letting the idea simmer in the back of my mind for ages, I've decided it's a winner (and luckily husband didn't take too much convincing either!). Hopefully it's an experience that some of my readers have also had after visiting Baby Name Pondering!

So what does the future hold for BNP? Hopefully more of the same! The typical first trimester tiredness took over for a while, and as I do all my writing in the evenings naps after work and early bedtimes ended up taking precedence. But this doesn't mean that I haven't been brewing ideas in the meantime, and I'm aiming to get some of these into writing for you soon!

At this three year mark I'd like to say thank you so much for reading my blog; your positive comments; and for coming back again and again. It's made the last three years of blogging a very positive experience, and I hope to keep creating content that you love to read for at least a few more!