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Recently, a comment on one of my posts caught my attention. This person has a point, naming your baby is something that they truly do have to bear for the rest of their lives. However, an article in a post I just read on The Baby Name Wizard caught my attention (click on her link that says “My Last Column”). It seems that, much to my dismay, “Googleability” is becoming a leading criteria for parents when selecting their children’s names! I’ve included a little excerpt below.

For some tech-focused families, “Googleability” is now a prime baby-naming requirement. If a full name yields too many Google results, they toss it out. Many of these parents are reacting to their own frustration with mistaken identity. Once you’ve been one of seven Tom Wilsons in your company directory, you learn to crave the clarity of a unique name. For others, a Googleable name is a fashion statement. They’ll even make sure a .com domain name is available for their baby-to-be, like the ultimate vanity license plate.

Are we really becoming a society who bases our child’s entire future on how it will play in Search Engine Optimization? Whoa is me.

Sorry for the soapbox. Back to preemie stuff next post.

Matt
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Since the last post was all about us, this one is all about someone else.

I enjoy spending time reading several preemie blogs around the net. Most of them are encouraging, some are tragic, others are fun. I just now came across a blog written by a Neonatologist, called Neonatal Doc.

His topics are poignant and personal, and I find them to be extremely heartfelt and sincere, although sometimes controversial and painful to read. His most recent post, entitled “Loss”, moved me in a way I haven’t felt since my daughter’s stay in the NICU. I find it somehow refreshing to hear perspective from the “other side”; the comments in particular on this post actually choked me up.

For whatever reason, it appears that, last July, Neonatal Doc mysteriously stopped blogging with no explanation as to the reason why. From what I can tell, many readers are very disappointed and worried. Because of the content and tone of his last post, one does worry about his well being. We all know that these issues and events are devastating for Mothers and Fathers, but do we ever really take the time to consider what affect they may have on those who cared, or are caring, for our children?

To Neonatal Doc and others like you who dedicate so much of yourselves to our precious sons and daughters, we are forever in your service.

Matt
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We’ve gotten a lot of emails and requests for some pictures of our daughter, Francesca. So we thought it would be fun to put a little photo montage together of the past (almost) three years. We hope you enjoy looking back on her life as much as we do! (We know this one’s a little self-indulgent, but hey, we’re entitled, right?)

Matt & Aline
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