tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3512324412565205535..comments2024-03-29T10:10:40.315-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: 'Babywearing' warm and fuzzy fun until somebody gets hurtNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51624167932085213272017-09-11T09:00:27.334-05:002017-09-11T09:00:27.334-05:00I used to say that having a baby is the sudden rea...I used to say that having a baby is the sudden realization that your entire world can choke to death on a penny<a href="https://eproductfinder.com/best-garage-door-openers-reviews/" rel="nofollow">.</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310447464420196428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51392596630113834672015-12-08T12:08:42.410-06:002015-12-08T12:08:42.410-06:00The first thing to think about is what type of str...The first thing to think about is what type of stroller you will need. Are you going to be transporting just one baby, a baby and an older child or two babies? Even if you have multiples, there are stroller options available that will allow you to move all of your children at once. <a href="http://tbreviews.com/top-10-best-double-stroller-reviews-and-buying-guide/" rel="nofollow">here<br /></a><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864706736259188547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2821258697826112782013-11-15T09:06:18.304-06:002013-11-15T09:06:18.304-06:00Smart. I used to say that having a baby is the sud...Smart. I used to say that having a baby is the sudden realization that your entire world can choke to death on a penny. On the other hand, parents have had them on the lips of volcanoes and in rain forests for 100,000 years, and they seem to get by.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17687124655359045562013-11-15T07:38:50.543-06:002013-11-15T07:38:50.543-06:00The problem with "baby wearing" isn'...The problem with "baby wearing" isn't so much the carrier as the culture that surrounds it. New mothers, especially first-time mothers, are exhausted, frightened and often alone -- in the sense that the village crones who in times past would have surrounded her, offering advice, plumping her pillows and letting her get a much-needed nap -- are off playing golf in Scottsdale. Today's type-A, college-educated, modern mom can't quite accept that children are bombs that go off in your life, changing everything, and that you by definition give up control -- over your life, over pretty much everything -- once they arrive.<br /><br />And so they fall easily into these parenting "philosophies," which are as numerous and fast-changing as dieting advice, and frequently have someone with an M.D. after their name pushing it. Baby wearing makes a certain intuitive sense; of course an infant whose last address was the world's greatest hotel, warm and safe and with the best blackout curtains ever, would be comforted by a close approximation outside the womb. Swaddle a baby, strap them to your body, and they likely will quit crying. We're primates; we like to be carried like baby monkeys. <br /><br />The problem comes when the M.D. with a book to sell expands this into a whole suite of behaviors and products, and these new mothers go a little batshit, believing they MUST wear their babies every waking minute, they MUST sleep in the same bed, they MUST breastfeed exclusively for X months, etc. Hormones are already making many mothers mentally ill (I certainly was), and common sense sometimes doesn't return until well after your menstrual period. <br /><br />And then the first year passes, and you relax, and you realize that all this fretting about the tiny details of infancy is sort of like obsessing over your wedding day. It only lasts a set amount of time, after which you are a parent, or a spouse, for many years longer. <br /><br />My parenting philosophy these days is pretty simple, at least for infancy: Does it seem to work? Then it's OK. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596653684975586128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-254078638278652982013-11-15T06:55:52.587-06:002013-11-15T06:55:52.587-06:00Playing sports? While holding a baby?
Insanity.Playing sports? While holding a baby?<br /><br />Insanity.Caren Tarvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17652372965671115486noreply@blogger.com