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Originally posted by tmdiva
I love the SS website--one of my criteria for names for my kids was that they NOT appear in the top 1000. When checking on names for no. 2, I went back and broadened the time parameter on no. 1's name, and found that it had enjoyed a brief period of popularity around the turn of the last century.
It's not fail-safe, either. Although no. 2's name does not appear in the top 1000, we've since learned that the teenage boy around the corner spells his name the same way, but pronounces it differently. And the name is also shared by the father of a kid in no. 1's kindergarten class, though he prounounces it a third way. The local auto collision repair chain with the same name pronounces it the same, too (I'm just hoping by the time no. 2 is a teenager his name no longer graces the bike holder on the front of every city bus).
There used to be a really cool ethnic names website, but last I checked it had become defunct and the domain is for sale.
RP, before letting your doc do anything crazy like inducing you (basically, you should only be induced if you want a c-section, since that's what happens at least half the time), you should look into acupuncture to encourage things along.
Oh, and about deadlines for school: we've had this conversation here many times before, and it seems people's opinions are strong either way, and a lot depends on the kid. Both my boys have summer birthdays, and no. 1 beats the deadline by 5 days. He is doing fabulously in kindergarten this fall, though he is sometimes frustrated with the inability of the other kids to play on his level (it's hard for a kid who can be the banker at Monopoly to have fun playing games with kids who can't quite get Chutes and Ladders). He's a bit on the short side for his class, just because he's younger, but I think that will even out as they get older. But we will be looking into schools that provide a more advanced curriculum.
tm
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Are you looking at private schools? Are you looking for specific features? I already see a big difference among kids in a preK class between my child and others like her, most of whom have attended school for awhile, and the kids coming in new - I am sure the skills will catch up and sort out, but at this point it is a bit frustrating to see some of the basic things they are doing. She does have teachers that seem good at finding ways to challenge kids who already have a skill or knowledge within the same activity that is doable for a kid who hasn't been exposed to it before. And now has a second-language overlay, which is providing good stimulation. But she, too, is a summer birthday, and I've toyed with holding her back, for social/emotional development purposes (she is well adjusted, but a little extra time probably gives an even stronger starting point), but I think not, in greatest part because she seems she will be ready intellectually.
