Well my dear wife and I are currently holidaying in the UK and yes it's official; parenthood beckons again for bruce! It comes as bit of a shock at my grand old age but my wife and I are over the moon. When I get back to Thailand the drinks will be on me

Congratulations. It's great to hear happy news on the forum.

Congratulations!

bruce,

google BAMBI in Bangkok, lots of info for pre and post natal care, hospital info, etc. I found them very helpful. I found a Thai nurse thru them, educated in Aus, who disabused my wife of some of her "traditional" ideas of childcare.

Congrats, they're little miracles, aren't they?

Good on you mate. Congratulations... Just hope if it's a girl it looks like the mother

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Sending a million good thoughts and congratulations your way. May your lttle one be blessed with all the joy in the world.

Thanks so much everyone! My wife wants a farang name for the baby and I want a Thai name. How can we settle this little problem?

Congrats man, great for you! And for me because im in a similar situation, my first coming in december.

My wife also want a farangname and i want a Thai name. In our case i think we will let the munk give the thainame and i myself give the (swedich) farangname. The farangname will then be the name we use in speakingterms (nickname in thailand and real name in Sweden).

I thought it over and my thoughts are that a kid with a farangname i Thailand gets nothing but respect, while a thainame in Sweden probably will gain some rasist scoolkids reason to give the kid a hard time if he /she go to school there eventually. I dont know, just a thought.

Anyway, congratulations to both of you (3 of you eventually) and all the best!

Congratualtions Bruce.

Congratualtions Bruce.

congratuations on the coming arrival ,as for a name ,whatever mrs bruce wants will be best

If you can think of a name that phonetically sound Thai or English.

Such as Tasha. etc

Congrats. Mine's 4 months old now. I chose the name Katrina as I loved it, but also thought 'Kat' would work as a Thai nickname. However, my wifes family chose their own, 'Kwam Kao'. Mum always referes to her as 'Look' (child). So presently, she's called Katrina by me, Look by mum, Kat or Kat woman by some Thia friends, and Kwam Kao by my wifes family!

If you can think of a name that phonetically sound Thai or English.

Such as Tasha. etc

Yeeehaaaa ... rock the boat. Congratulationssss

Yes, pick a name that phonetically goes both Thai and English. Or you can have both in the baby's id, like a middle name you know what I mean.

Congratulations keep us updated as the moths roll by, My daughter is 9 months old now, at my age as well.

Thanks so much everyone! My wife wants a farang name for the baby and I want a Thai name. How can we settle this little problem?

Congrats dude.

We went with Thai first name, English middle name, and Thai last name for 6 month old Heng Jr.

Another baby possibly in the works by the end of this year when we reach the 1 year "rest" period and we'll close up shop after that.

Congratulations bruceboy. Look after her.

Heng, you're all heart aren't you. The year long rest period

Thanks so much everyone! My wife wants a farang name for the baby and I want a Thai name. How can we settle this little problem?

We both wanted a Thai name that sounded a bit English. We ended up with 'Nattan' (ณัฐธัญ) which is close enough to be 'Nathan" on a UK passport.

Thanks so much everyone! My wife wants a farang name for the baby and I want a Thai name. How can we settle this little problem?

Easy.

* Pick a name that can be both Thai sounding as well as English, and/or

* Add a middle name that's of a different origin as the first name, and/or

* Use a nick-name that's of a different origin as the first and/or middle name

We ended up with 'Nattan' (ณัฐธัญ)

LOL.. That's pretty excellent, fitting just about all of the "weird" Thai consonants into a single name.

Congratulations bruceboy. Look after her.

Heng, you're all heart aren't you. The year long rest period

Actually my wife wants to start sooner, so our kids will only be a grade apart, can use the same tutors, tennis instructors, etc. I agree to a certain extent but our physician recommends waiting 12-18 months.

Well my dear wife and I are currently holidaying in the UK and yes it's official; parenthood beckons again for bruce! It comes as bit of a shock at my grand old age but my wife and I are over the moon. When I get back to Thailand the drinks will be on me

What grand old agr are you?

Thanks so much everyone! My wife wants a farang name for the baby and I want a Thai name. How can we settle this little problem?

ferrang first name with a thai nickname , and massive congratulations

go for double barrelled name...he/she will drop one or the other later

go for double barrelled name...he/she will drop one or the other later

The day i have to ask on a public forum is the day i will finish here. It should be personal between you.

Had the longest think about what to name our little girl. Being a American by birth I used SAM- ( as in Uncle Sam)- AN-THAi

SAMANTHA.

for our baby girl we went -- english first name, wifes maiden last name, My last name. and it really sounds good.

tho of course most Thais say Samanta.

now the wife has picked the nickname which is my last name in thai.... and I can't say it right.... but I'm trying.

Lodesafun