Holland said that years earlier, after two of her close friends had their first child together, they became so deadlocked on the name issue that they refused to complete the birth certificate. More than a week passed without them being allowed to leave the hospital. With insurance refusing to cover the extended stay, Holland said, the couple’s medical bill totaled more than $300,000.

Fortunately, Holland had Humphrey, who tinkered with variants of Priscilla until she uncovered a middle name the couple could agree upon: Lily. The impasse ended minutes before Holland’s mandated discharge time.

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    reflect your child’s unique identity

    I’m sorry, what sort of unique identity does a newborn baby have? Oh, you mean one projected onto them by their parents. “I can tell by the way the baby shits and burps, that he’s going to be a quirky yet cool, so the name should be Braxton.”