Answers to Ask The Aldersons!

By Matt
August 22, 2010


Thank you to those who submitted questions!


Q: I saw this story on facebook about a guy who got his sister to name her child Megatron after he got 1,000,000 fans to support the idea. How do you feel about that? (Uncle Dave)
A: Well the challenge here is that we won't know the sexes until the day of their birth. Is Beavis and/or Butthead unisex?

Q: I saw a stand-up comedian today who marveled at his 8-month old daughter's acrobatic abilities when she managed to dump while inverted and get poo in her hair. If you paid me, I'm not sure I - a grown adult - could contort myself in such a way to get poo in my hair. Would you be impressed or disgusted if your child got poo in their hair? (Uncle Dave)

A: Very impressed. And being that these kids will be Aldersons, it will not be all that surprising if something like this happened.

Q: I would like to know about some of the things you will be doing during pregnancy and birth, and early life that are different because of your religion. (Cortney, DC friend)

A: The big event will be the bris, 8 days after the birth, provided at least one of the two is a boy. It is a circumcision but done under the supervision and direction of a mohel. Also at the time of the bris, or baby-naming if at least one is a girl, the babies will be given Hebrew names, which are typically chosen to pay respect to deceased family members. The Hebrew name does not have to coincide with its English equivalent.

Q: I recently watched the youtube phenomenon "Charlie bit me." As soon to be parents, I think it's a good lesson to learn early on that many times, your best option is to exploit your children for the sake of popularity. In any event, I then watched an autotuned remix, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMM0R19IisI. Not that it has anything to do with your pregnancy, but we really want to know: do you think auto-tune is ruining real music? (Uncle Dave)

A: Auto-tuning is not ruining music. Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga are ruining music.

Q: Do you have a pet-name you are calling the twins? If not, can your faithful blog readers submit nominations? (Todd & Stacie)
A: Submit away!

Q: I've recently noticed that there are a very many varying names for grandma and grandpa. These included pop-pop, pappoo, poppy, umpah, jaju, papaw and opa. I don't think this is fair to uncles, who in my estimation, have one choice: uncle. Would you be willing to negotiate separate titles with myself and Matt's brothers, such that we aren't pigeonholed into some silly pre-determined societal role? I'm already working on a title for myself that, upon hearing it, will give the impression that I have the strength of a lion, the grace of a weeping willow, and the peace in my heart of smoldering cannabis. So where do you stand on the issue of titles? (Uncle Dave)

A: Sounds good, as long as you can get it by Cyndi. And don't worry Dave, whatever impression your title sets forth, these kids will know the real you in due time. J/K!