Baby name

[IZ]

"Cobra"


thoughts?!

[DucatiBastard]

Middle name "Commander"?

If so, then yes

[He Man]

First name Iamthee

[IZ]

Middle name "Commander"?

If so, then yes

Then it's GO JOE!! 

[herm]

iz..?

remind me of your last name so we can think up some proper initials!

[IZ]

OK..so it's not baby Iz's name but my wife's former coworkers did have a baby last week and Cobra was the name. 

And..it is after GI Joe!!

I guess I should've put this in the WTF thread! 

[zarn02]

I think it'd qualify.

[lethe]

middle name should be VsHoneyBadger

[RAT900]

"Cobra"


thoughts?!

My .02?  Cruel and unusual...

unless of course one is grooming their offspring to be a ghetto street drug lord

or king of the trailer park

[IZ]

I haven't met Cobra boy yet and yes Rat, I feel like it is cruel as well. 

[RAT900]

I haven't met Cobra boy yet and yes Rat, I feel like it is cruel as well. 

Unless it was a family name going back 5 generations in a family of impossible wealth,,,,, I would say it is self-indulgent,

naming a child after a venomous reptile that eats rats ...wow how kewl is that?

demonstrates a rather short-sighted and whimsical attitude toward parenting

and sets the kid up with something to either live up to or perpetually live down

if I was still a hiring manager trust me if the name Cobra Smith crossed my desk on a resume it would not be at the top of the stack for 2 reasons

whoever gave the candidate that name was a complete moron and the prospects of them raising someone stellar are too remote to contemplate

anyone named that,, who did not go to court and legally change their name is beyond consideration

maybe I am old and anachronistic but I am a big fan of low-key stealth folks who amaze you with their brains not with their names, clothes etc etc

no shortage of dumb when it comes to parenting in America

[IZ]

no shortage of dumb when it comes to parenting in America

and while we're on that point..

My sister-in-law and her husband (one graduated UofM law and the other has an MBA from Stanford while both are engineers) were staying with us last week along with their 16 month old.  Cute kid but he screamed almost the entire time they were here!  His parents put him in daycare all day M-F.  When they are with him, they let him play with things he shouldn't play with, i.e.: cell phones, laptops, plugs, wires, etc.   Seriously, wtf?!   So, the kid wants to play with everyone's cell phones and laptops.  He screams..scratch that..he squeals like a d*mn piglet when he can't play with the said items of everyone he encounters.     So they can't take him anywhere.  Seriously, the kid is a nightmare and is only going to get worse!!  Obviously, the father (and mother)..who let him play with a plug in the wall as I look on in disbelief..fall right into the dumb parent category.   

[Adamm0621]

My son has great affection for things like cellphones and laptops... we don't let him play with them, he just really likes them.  He also loves the remote control for the tv...  He's been like this since he was seven months old... I've never seen anything like it.

[IZ]

My son has great affection for things like cellphones and laptops... we don't let him play with them, he just really likes them.  He also loves the remote control for the tv...  He's been like this since he was seven months old... I've never seen anything like it.

This kid likes them as well.  Like I said, his parents are engineers.  He watches you do something once and then he imitates it to the tee.  He's very mechanical.  It's kind of bizzare how smart he is.  Which scares me.      When he isn't allowed to do something, he squeals until they let him.  I experienced this twice during an entire road trip.   I told him he couldn't touch the laptop and the cellphone several times.  He should have his own toy laptop, cellphone, etc.  The outlet encounter was crazy though!  He ripped the cord out of the socket and his dad let him plug it back in.  For a 16 mo/old, the kid is very small.  His fingers could easily fit into an outlet.   His dad also let him chew on the printer cord.     

[cokey]

My 13 month old is like tht..  she's been putting a phone to her ear since before a year old..   fake talks on it.. laptops also.she'll cry if you take anything away though, that's baby nature..   but we still takes things away trying to teach her you can't have everything.. eventually it'll sink in..  she is dangerously smart..   started mimicking since 1 month old..