Also, is it weird that this weirds me out?

[~Ryleigh's Mommy~]

Ok, so when DH and I were thinking of baby names, we had a really hard time deciding a girl name. My husband was set on the name Riley, but I thought it was too boyish. So to compromise, I changed the spelling around to make it more feminine (with the Leigh at the end).
I really thought we were being totally unique with the name. And actually I have never seen it spelled the same way. UNTIL-- my daughter was a little baby and I started to gain an interest in RIC because of some problems my dh has with his. As I was researching it and becoming more and more horrified by it (I never would have done it before, but I never became truly horrified until I did more research) Anyway, somehow I stumbled across this story:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2004/...ton040211.html



Ok is THAT not freaky or what?? That is the ONLY other place I have seen my daughter's name spelled! I REALLY don't want to have that kind of association with her name, kwim? Is it too late to change it?

[Raelynn]

I love your daughter's name spelled like that

What makes me sad about the Ryleigh in the story, is that those parents have said they would circ another son if they had one. Their son DIES and they'd do it again!

http://www.cirp.org/news/theprovince02-13-04/

[funfunkyfantastic]

Were those parents on drugs? They'd sacrifice another son because of what, "family history"? Family history of what? Normal penises?

[Nandi]

They would do it again? That is just unbelievable. But there it is in print. Some people are incapable of learning? Seriously your child dies from cosmetic surgery and YOU WOULD DO IT AGAIN? :

[tennisdude23]

Yes, some people are just simply non compos menti. Your son dies because of a completely unnecessary surgery, and you still would put another child through it for no reason. Go figure. Even in conservative Judaism, a second son does not have to be circumcised if the first one died or suffered bad complications from the surgery.

[Pumpkinheadmommy]

To the OP, I think the way you spelled your daughter's name is feminine and beautiful and I wouldn't worry about changing it. I have a friend who wanted to name her daughter a particular (but somewhat unique) name, but shortly before the baby was born there was a popluar news story about a girl with the same name who killed her parents. My friend didn't want her daughter's name to be associated with the killer's name in any way. Now, however, several years later, no one even remembers the name of the girl who killed her parents. So really, I wouldn't worry about changing your child's name because of this story.

Now, for the parents of the boy who died - I just completely lost all respect for these parents. Why, why, why would they be willing to do this again? I wonder if they still feel that way?

[~Ryleigh's Mommy~]

oh, no, I'm not actually considering changing her name. It just wigs me out a bit that the only other place I see her name spelled the same way is this horrid circ death case