KATE WILLS: My baby name consultant has suggested Ever, Jules Sidney and Scout River... what WILL my mother in law think?
I knew things were bad when I found myself hanging around in coffee shops just to listen to the names the barista was calling out. I hoped that one of them would spark inspiration. Every time they yelled a name across the room, I tried to imagine myself yelling it across a playground for the next decade.
But nothing stuck. Despite numerous lists of names on my phone and 5am wake-ups where I mull over various monikers ideas in my mind, I'm six months' pregnant and struggling to find a name for our baby. Is it time to call in expert help?
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