What NOT to Name That Baby Part III!

The problem with baby names is that people sometimes assign it to the child without really checking into the meaning of the name or bothering to see if it is the name of a popular and sometimes evil character from pop culture. Here is Part III of my look at baby names every parent should avoid.

Honey – The name is so sweet it may be hard for your child to be taken seriously when older.
Ichabod – Long ago this was a fine English name but it is the real name of the Headless Horseman of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Idi – A male name that is often associated with Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin.
Jesus – This is a name, although legitimate for anyone to use, that could get your child in trouble with religious types who consider it to be a sacred name in the future.
Johnson – Johnson used to be a nice name but you probably want to avoid it now as it is a nickname for the male penis.
Julia – Believe it or not the real meaning of the name Julia is 'a bearded youth.' Still the name sounds so lovely. How it got to be a girl's name is a bit of a mystery. I guess you are okay with this one as long as nobody looks it up.
Kevin – Have you ever wondered why you meet the occasional girl named Kevin? It is because the name actually means 'beautiful at birth.' Some parents may prefer a name with a more masculine meaning.
Leah – This is a beautiful Biblical name but it's true meaning is 'weary.
Lindsay – This name is now very much associated with Lindsay Lohan who is a troubled celebrity addict –the name is also very much overused as it was so popular ten years ago.
Merlin – This is a campy name that belongs to too many magicians including ones from Camelot and quite a few Las Vegas and Hollywood showmen types. It would be a difficult name for most people to take seriously.
Myra – People in Britain have been avoiding the name Myra ever since Myra Hindley murdered five children in the Manchester area of London in the mid-1960s.
Norbert – This name has always been associated with wallflowers and nerds. Choose something more dashing.
Lucifer – It sounds hip but it is another name for Satan, even though it means 'Morningstar.' You are best to avoid your child being profiled by Christians or being accused of being raised by Devil Worshippers in the schoolyard.
As you can see, naming your baby can be a bit of a headache. More about avoiding giving your baby a name in the fourth and final installment of momweblog's investigation into the subject!

Spotting Anorexia Nervosa in A Teen

Eating disorders tend to appear when a teen is facing several big changes at once. One such time is early adolescence, when a child faces a changing body, blooming sexual feelings, and is likely graduating to a different school. This is when a teen might feel like he or she is out of control.

If this is the truth than food might seem like the one thing your child can control. Anorexia nervosa is a primarily female disorder. It usually develops between the ages of thirteen and twenty-five. However symptoms can develop as young as age nine.

One of the first signs of it is if your child starts refusing desserts. She might also start refusing bread and fried foods. This might seem healthy to you at first but the reality it is that a healthy teen normally likes to eat a great dead.

Anorexia may start with the child establishing a strict rule of no desserts. Then she may also exclude bread from her diet. She could go on to deny herself more and more foods until she exists on only celery and raw foods.

Another sign of anorexia is the presence of a lot of weight loss books around like 'The Skinny Bitch Diet.' This is a strict macrobiotic diet that is very popular with Hollywood celebrities like Lindsay Lohan.

If your child seems thin and is known to have a period and then the period mysteriously disappears then you are dealing with someone who has an eating disorder.

The alarming thing is that more and more little girls feel compelled to be on third diet. Surveys now show that many girls from the third to the sixth grade are now worried about their weight and are on some kind of inappropriate diet.

A girl that is suffering from anorexia nervosa is usually way too worried about gaining weight but will not necessarily admit it. They tend to lie to doctors as well, reassuring them that they will eat more. Then they don't. If you spot your child lying about how thin she is or how much she eats then you could be in some trouble.