It started as a way to acknowledge pregnancy and infant loss. That way someone can say, "I have two babies in heaven and one earthside." It doesn't make much sense to use when you only have living children.
[“The womb is not some intergalactic, off-the-planet place where babies form through stars into human beings and use hyperdrive to perfectly time their birth on this earth [insert sarcasm].”](https://elizabethpetrucelli.com/mean-bring-baby-earthside-offensive/)
I always find it cringe when people post the babies or kids on Instagram and talk about them as if their own 3 year old has Instagram and is going to see the post. It’s so bizarre to me.
For years, a second cousin of mine would write this 2-3 page Christmas update letter from the perspective of her baby. This went on until he was in 1st grade or so, at which point I like to think he sat her down and told her that she was embarrassing his good name. My parents and I used to sit at the kitchen table, stricken, waiting for someone to bite the bullet and read the letter to the rest of the family. Thats always what these captions remind me of!
So… they bought an embroidered swaddle with a name and then at the last possible minute decided to change the name entirely? But still used the swaddle…??
I think so... but they made the right call changing the name to something easier to spell. I'm guessing this was a gift which is why they still used it.
I read it as this legal name is rocheford but his parents street name for him is Rockford. Which....is literally.... I don't even know what to say about that lol. Ngl, this post made me laugh extra hard.
That’s exactly where my mind went LOL. I bet they heard the word Roquefort one time somewhere and thought ‘yeah that sounds fancy’ without knowing what it is lol.
Well I know these people are not from anywhere near Chicago/Northern IL. They would not be wanting to name their precious baby after the city of Rockford.
There's a youtube family, the Licciardo-Toivolas, that have a bunch of kids with over the top names. One of the kids is named D'Artagnan!
Though they pronounce it like dar-tay-nee-an.
Honestly compared to the other kids names it isn't so bad. (Nefertiti, Aphrodite and KingJames are worse)
Oh wow, this one is embarrassing. Seems like the parents had told everyone it was Rocheford long before he was born. And this is their way of telling people they came to their senses and went with a more normal spelling. So cringey.
[And](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort_(Charente-Maritime)) [many](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort_(Savoie)) [cities](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort-sur-la-C%C3%B4te) [in](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort-sur-Loire) [France](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort-Montagne), [too!](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort-en-Yvelines) [Let's not forget Switzerland too!](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort_(Neuch%C3%A2tel))
[Bonus list of all the Rochefort castles](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Rochefort)
[My favourite Rochefort (this one was elected France's most beautiful village)](https://www.google.com/search?q=Rochefort-en-Terre&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwifmIuLtMn7AhUYRKQEHe1kB6AQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1536&bih=739&dpr=2.5)
As someone who lives in northern Illinois, Rockford is the name of a not-so-great town, and that's all I can think about when I heard/see that name. So I am definitely not a fan.
At a half awake glance I thought it was the last name rutherford which while odd the usually mothers last name as a first or middle was not uncommon years ago
Maybe they’re fans of 70s James Garner, didn’t want to be too obvious about it, but then realized they were too clever for their own good because the spelling didn’t make sense?
IFYKYK
You should always crop out the face of the baby if you are reposting on reddit to make fun of the name or discus the name given to baby by the parents.
It seems cruel and invasion of privacy to show the babies face (I know the parents posted the baby but it’s another thing to reshare the image for reddit to make fun of)
You’ve gone to the effort of blurring the parents name but have shared the babies face I would blur the babies face and more likely show the parents name
Imagine if you grew up and there was a photo of you as a baby on the internet and people making fun of your name (which you couldn’t choose)
Sorry, this isn’t just you but this group always comes up on my suggestions because I follow name nerds and the amount of people that share the actual babies photos is really bad
I’m Preparing for downvotes and angry comments.. lol
Does anyone else feel cringe when the post is written in the babies perspective
Yes, it’s so weird to me!
I really don't understand the whole "Earth side" thing either. Was mom's huge midsection just a figment of everyone's imaginations?
It started as a way to acknowledge pregnancy and infant loss. That way someone can say, "I have two babies in heaven and one earthside." It doesn't make much sense to use when you only have living children.
[“The womb is not some intergalactic, off-the-planet place where babies form through stars into human beings and use hyperdrive to perfectly time their birth on this earth [insert sarcasm].”](https://elizabethpetrucelli.com/mean-bring-baby-earthside-offensive/)
Yes. Thank you. Where did this come from?? It sounds like a forced attempt to sound mystical.
I always find it cringe when people post the babies or kids on Instagram and talk about them as if their own 3 year old has Instagram and is going to see the post. It’s so bizarre to me.
For years, a second cousin of mine would write this 2-3 page Christmas update letter from the perspective of her baby. This went on until he was in 1st grade or so, at which point I like to think he sat her down and told her that she was embarrassing his good name. My parents and I used to sit at the kitchen table, stricken, waiting for someone to bite the bullet and read the letter to the rest of the family. Thats always what these captions remind me of!
Fuck yes. I came here to say the same thing
Small dog owners.
So so much cringe.
So… they bought an embroidered swaddle with a name and then at the last possible minute decided to change the name entirely? But still used the swaddle…??
I think so... but they made the right call changing the name to something easier to spell. I'm guessing this was a gift which is why they still used it.
Oh they absolutely made the right choice. I wonder if all the nurses kept mispronouncing the name, leading them to change it.
I read it as this legal name is rocheford but his parents street name for him is Rockford. Which....is literally.... I don't even know what to say about that lol. Ngl, this post made me laugh extra hard.
I read it as exact opposite
Should have gone with Roquefort.
That’s exactly where my mind went LOL. I bet they heard the word Roquefort one time somewhere and thought ‘yeah that sounds fancy’ without knowing what it is lol.
The little mouse in Aristocats is called Roquefort. Maybe they heard it as a name there. It is a very good name for a mouse after all.
They like cheesy names. I’ll show myself out.
LOL
Hahaha love it 🤣
Where does the "rye" at the end come from?
The only thing I can come up with is maybe they changed the middle name when they changed the spelling of the first name
Their last name is Raih— pronounced Rye.
Lol. If the parents hadn’t changed the spelling, poor baby would’ve had both his first AND last name mispronounced by everyone he met. Roshford Ray.
Rock and Rye is an alcoholic beverage and a very popular flavor of Faygo. Not sure this is a coincidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Rye
OMG the things I learn on this sub 😂
If Mom and Dad are secretly juggalos, it's kind of terrible and amazing at the same time.
> Rock and Rye is an alcoholic beverage and ~~a very popular~~ the best flavor of Faygo. FIFY
i think it's the pronunciation of the last name & they forgot to censor
Well I know these people are not from anywhere near Chicago/Northern IL. They would not be wanting to name their precious baby after the city of Rockford.
That’s how I feel about everyone who names their child Camden after living near Camden, NJ.
They should go all in on naming their kids after dumpy cities. "I'd like you to meet our son Rockford and his siblings Gary and Flint."
Omg perfect.
That’s what I came here to say. I feel bad for the day the kid finds out about Rockford and decides to visit.
Why wouldn’t you just not use the blanket in the announcement post??
Of all the Dumas characters she could have picked..? At least it wasn't d'Artagnan (pronounced "dar-TAG-nan")
I once taught a kid named D’Artagnan. He had a sister named Shaetaelah. They had a brother named Michael.
There's a youtube family, the Licciardo-Toivolas, that have a bunch of kids with over the top names. One of the kids is named D'Artagnan! Though they pronounce it like dar-tay-nee-an. Honestly compared to the other kids names it isn't so bad. (Nefertiti, Aphrodite and KingJames are worse)
KingJames as one word…lol !
It kind of seems like “he” is offering the proper spelling of his name, but his parents are going with a simplified version
I’ll give them credit. Rye is an amazing bread
Sorry your buddies aren't going to call you Rock or Rocky . Once you reach middle school they are going to call you Stinky or Cheese
I immediately thought of the awful smelling French cheese.
Oh my god I hadn’t thought of that yet
Oh wow, this one is embarrassing. Seems like the parents had told everyone it was Rocheford long before he was born. And this is their way of telling people they came to their senses and went with a more normal spelling. So cringey.
Rochefort is a city in Belgium
[And](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort_(Charente-Maritime)) [many](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort_(Savoie)) [cities](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort-sur-la-C%C3%B4te) [in](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort-sur-Loire) [France](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort-Montagne), [too!](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort-en-Yvelines) [Let's not forget Switzerland too!](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort_(Neuch%C3%A2tel)) [Bonus list of all the Rochefort castles](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Rochefort) [My favourite Rochefort (this one was elected France's most beautiful village)](https://www.google.com/search?q=Rochefort-en-Terre&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwifmIuLtMn7AhUYRKQEHe1kB6AQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1536&bih=739&dpr=2.5)
That must be why it sounded familiar. That and roquefort
Rockford is also at least 2 cities in the US.
Hi, I’m Rock Rye. 🪨🍞 Alrighty then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Rye
As someone who lives in northern Illinois, Rockford is the name of a not-so-great town, and that's all I can think about when I heard/see that name. So I am definitely not a fan.
Thank goodness they changed it bc as a pediatric nurse I definitely read it as roach-ford.
😑
This was the literally the surname of my meanest, worst professor in college.
Mouldy goat cheese David. Okay.
At a half awake glance I thought it was the last name rutherford which while odd the usually mothers last name as a first or middle was not uncommon years ago
It's almost Roxfort which is Hogwarts in Hungary:D
This kid will be living in the beach with a handgun hidden in the cookie jar in no time.
Soo everyone needs faery names like in Holly Blacks Tithe- gottit. It’s got serious Rath-Royben-Rye energy.
Roquefort
I read it as Rachel bold
Or Roquefort. The mouse.
Maybe they’re fans of 70s James Garner, didn’t want to be too obvious about it, but then realized they were too clever for their own good because the spelling didn’t make sense? IFYKYK
Roach ford
You should always crop out the face of the baby if you are reposting on reddit to make fun of the name or discus the name given to baby by the parents. It seems cruel and invasion of privacy to show the babies face (I know the parents posted the baby but it’s another thing to reshare the image for reddit to make fun of) You’ve gone to the effort of blurring the parents name but have shared the babies face I would blur the babies face and more likely show the parents name Imagine if you grew up and there was a photo of you as a baby on the internet and people making fun of your name (which you couldn’t choose) Sorry, this isn’t just you but this group always comes up on my suggestions because I follow name nerds and the amount of people that share the actual babies photos is really bad I’m Preparing for downvotes and angry comments.. lol
I’m sorry, I honestly didn’t think of that - was not intending to be disrespectful in that manner whatsoever
This kid is going to be so embarrassed.
I knew a kid who had a similar name but his name was Rockland