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Help: a Friend Wants to Use the Same Baby Name!

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Jennifer Moss by Jennifer Moss

Hi Jennifer!

I want to bounce something off of someone else besides a family member. So I’m pregnant with my 3rd baby, due in December. It’s my second boy. We’ve been talking about names and I really like the name Jude Michael. [Read more...]

On Name Sniping

Posted on February 19, 2014September 21, 2018 by Jennifer Moss by Jennifer Moss

Hi Jennifer, My husband and I are expecting our first child in a few weeks and we do not know if we are having a boy or girl. We have been set on a boy’s name for more than two years, and it is actually my great-grandfather’s name, and I love it. [Read more...]