Personally, I wouldn't want to go back to my pre-pregnancy shape!! After my first baby, sure I lost the weight pretty quickly (breastfeeding and walking everywhere!) - I had lost 17 of the 20kg I had put on within the first month ... but post-baby shape was curvy - I had hips that could hold up hipster jeans, and I had cleavage so wearing low cut tops wasn't a problem for me anymore! I was a dancer and therefore quite a petite woman pre-babies, but it was nice to become a curvy woman, and I totally embraced (and still do) the changes that child bearing brings to my body!

As for taking a newborn on a plane, I was under the assumption that most airlines prefer not to have babies under 2 months old on board .... but this could be a misconception on my part, perhaps it is the doctors who recommend not taking a baby under 2 months old on an aeroplane? Sorry!

As others have said, you can take babies just about anywhere - it all depends on the baby's temperament and how settled they actually are ... we took our two kids to Movieworld (years ago before #3 and impending #4) when DD was 10months old, and she was quite alert and didn't cause too much of a fuss! I don't think I would have had the tolerance to do it any earlier!!

I think all of those names are nice, except Michael ... perhaps Michaela?