Okay, I know I have never raised a kid. Don't wanna. HOWEVER ... If I had just had a baby on Tuesday ... first off, I wouldn't have had one ... but .. really, having baby on tuesday ... why would you bring said infant to the office? Isn't 3 days old kinda young to be out? Granted, the kiddo was quiet, but ... really ... wow ...
Oh, and there is waves of flu like symptoms going through the schools even up here and several folks in the office building have school age kids ... oh, and really? You had a c-section with complications for you and the child? And you brought him in? This is ... safe? normal? recommended? Are you insane?!?!?!?!
I don't ... understand ...
Yeah, I work in a public library and see people come in all the time with infants that are less than a week old. And you are right, they don't make much noise at that age because all they do is sleep, but it is still insane to take a newborn out in public (not only for the infant but for the mother too). Both are likely to have suppressed immune systems and are much more likely to catch a common bug that could make them really sick.
Plus, I think newborns look like smooshed monkeys and they creep me out.
hehehehe! Smooshed monkeys!!! Excellent description!!
And I've discovered that the new moos don't appreciate you telling them that their "pwecious wittle angels" look like deformed primates either.
3 days old? Definitely too young to be out and about. Especially like you say, with the flu, etc. out there now!
And definitely not cute. A newborn is gross looking. How people can see them as cute is totally beyond me.
What I find funny is when a kid is born, right away, within hours, people start saying the baby looks just like the mother, or just like the father. Huh, what? Isn't that insulting to the parent, comparing an alien monkey looking baby to either parent?
alien monkey baby! bwhahahahaha
I did the office socially correct thing and went down and said congratulations, looked at the smooshed alien monkey, and went back to my office and shut the door.
I found out some gossip today about the father of the alien monkey. Hazards of small towns where everyone knows everyone. He's a real ... winner?
He's soooo good at being "a dad" that his other kiddo (by another woman) ... well, his mother has full time perm custody of that kiddo ... and he was babbling something about outfitting the tractor with the kid seat. ??
(11-14-2009 08:34 PM)faeriecat Wrote: [ -> ]well, his mother has full time perm custody of that kiddo ... and he was babbling something about outfitting the tractor with the kid seat. ??
I think that is a form of social darwinism. He's just helping to remove himself and his spawn from the gene pool.
"What I find funny is when a kid is born, right away, within hours, people start saying the baby looks just like the mother, or just like the father. Huh, what?"
Or when the child is still relatively young, or even older, and you know that it is adopted. That's when you realise that people 'just say that'.
That was pretty nice of you, faeriecat, to go look at the loaf. I usually turn tail and run if it is at all possible when there's an infant at work.
Hahaha! I'm with you, Cats. It's amazing how busy one can suddenly become when a small child is present.
Jen M.
I love how new moos are always ssssooo tired and stressed with the new baybe, yet they can always muster the energy to show off their genetic trophy and fish for compliments.
(11-16-2009 10:51 AM)catsnotkids Wrote: [ -> ]That was pretty nice of you, faeriecat, to go look at the loaf. I usually turn tail and run if it is at all possible when there's an infant at work.
Eh, I don't know that it was "nice". It was more of a political thing. The mother of the alien monkey is the lead on our "bread and butter" product so therefore has a bit of pull in the office. So, I played nice, at least somewhat.
(11-16-2009 10:51 AM)catsnotkids Wrote: [ -> ]That was pretty nice of you, faeriecat, to go look at the loaf. I usually turn tail and run if it is at all possible when there's an infant at work.
Eh, I don't know that it was "nice". It was more of a political thing. The mother of the alien monkey is the lead on our "bread and butter" product so therefore has a bit of pull in the office. So, I played nice, at least somewhat.
What a bummer. Forced admiration of a loaf. No fun.