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I was just remembering back to when my first daughter was born. My oldest son, then 8 years old, swore that he was leaving home if we had a little girl. With two brothers already, he just couldn't fathom having a little girl in the family.

But when I came home from the hospital with a sweet little girl bundle, I found the most loving little note and drawing he had made attached to outside of her bedroom door.

I love baby names! Although when you are having a baby it sometimes seems like a difficult task to choose just the right name. My preference has always been for unusual names, not weird, but great names. Now, it seems, the world is catching up to that notion, even with the masses.

So, what would I name a new baby boy, if I was having one sometime soon? I love the names COOPER ... JACKSON ... DALLAS. They seem like such classic names and as an adult your child would have a very unique name.

All new parents are concerned about whether they are doing all the right things for their new baby, whether it is the first baby or not. But try to remember that no two babies are alike. Some parents have babies that rarely cry about anything or only to be fed. Other babies seem to cry all the time.

Do not compare babies and do not compare yourself to your friends. Remember that you are dealing with an entirely different little human being than they are. Plus, you might have one baby that was good as gold and your next may be the crier from H ...