Which name do you like?

[Anonymous]

We finally have an idea of what we want to name our little boy. Which one do you like more?

[Anonymous]

Can you tell us phonetically how the second two would be pronounced?

[Anonymous]

i put ilan.. i assume it is pronounced “eee”lan? i would like to know how the elan is pronounced as well.

[Anonymous]

Yes, Lauren…both of them (Elan and Ilan) are pronounced Ee lan. The spelling is different.

[hellbennt]

I voted for Ilan, because I think it reads ‘ee lahn’

better than Elan does…

I think maybe Elan would read like ‘ellen’

I love the name!!!!

[Anonymous]

I voted for Alan just because I think it goes well with Ariella but I also tried to vote for Ilan (it would not let me vote twice though) since I like it too and do favor that spelling over Elan. What would the middle name be???

Let us know what you decide…..

[Anonymous]

I agree that the “I” in Ilan sounds more like the “ee” sound than an “E” would. I voted for Ilan! I like it! Do you have a middle name picked out?

[Anonymous]

Amy, we’re very weird about middle names. Ariella doesn’t have one either. It’s purely cultural. We’re from Russia and we’re not used to having two names so we simply didn’t do it with Ariella and we’re not doing it for the little guy either.

On a totally different note, can Sarah really count till 10?? Wow, that’s great 🙂 Ariella’s only 5 months behind and while her receptive language is amazing, her expressive is not the greatest.

[hellbennt]

(er um, yeah amy! ari is um….well…not as verbal as Jonah was)

back to the topic of “Name that Baby 😀 !”

[Anonymous]

Yes, she can really count to ten! She doesn’t quite get the concept of counting objects. If I hold up 3 fingers and ask how many…she’ll keep on counting until she feels like stopping. She also sings the ABCs minus 3 letters (she skips D, J and K for some reason!) Her memory retention for songs and things like that amazes me, but she’s not great about answering questions. If I say “Where did you go today?” she’ll say “Go today” or “What did you eat for dinner” is “eat dinner”…just repeating what I say. Sooo, we still have a ways to go but she continues to amaze me everyday!

I understand about the middle name thing. Choosing a middle name for Sarah was quite a discussion and she almost didn’t have one either! (It’s Sarah Elizabeth though…)

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