Duggars<\/a> did not at first intend to use J names for every child, but they thought, “Well, our first three are all J and won’t the fourth feel left out?” And then when they were expecting a fifth, they couldn’t let THAT one be the only one without a J. And look where that has got them.<\/p>\nIt looks to me like you’ve already got a good list. My favorites are Heidi, Megan, and Caroline. I’ll add a few more choices:<\/p>\n
Jenna
Holly
Lindsay
Laurel
Melanie<\/p>\n
I think all five of those go well with Allison—although most of them fail the “clear nickname” guideline. And Lindsay might also fail the “easy spelling” guideline, since it can also be spelled Lindsey. Well, still! I’m adding them! Let’s take it to a vote! Poll is thataway<\/strike> —-> [poll closed; see results below]<\/p>\n
That’s a lot of choices, now that I look at it. So why don’t you choose two or three favorites instead of just one, if you want to.<\/p>\n
[Poll results:<\/span>
Heidi: 22 votes, roughly 9%
Amanda: 2 votes, roughly 1%
Megan: 30 votes, roughly 13%
Whitney: 18 votes, roughly 8%
Carolyn: 7 votes, roughly 3%
Caroline: 53 votes, roughly 23%
Jenna: 27 votes, roughly 12%
Holly: 15 votes, roughly 6%
Lindsay: 10 votes, roughly 4%
Laurel: 23 votes, roughly 10%
Melanie: 25 votes, roughly 11%]<\/p>\nName update<\/span> 01-19-2010! Suzanne writes:<\/p>\nI’m late to respond but Baby #2 ended up being a BOY. So all of these great suggestions never got any use. Peter David was born July 1.<\/p>\n
However, we are now expecing baby #3 and we are having the same issues all over again! I’m not sure my brain can take it! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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