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| Sunday, January 29, 2006 |
| Not a Baby Person |
Ata went to a Baby Shower today. It was nice. The mother-to-be was gifted with a large number of parcels wrapped in variations on pastel blue paper - baby blankets, baby clothes, baby toys. They are having a boy, hence the general theme of pastel blue wrapping. Ata gave two gifts, neatly wrapped in paper patterned with birds and flowers. The birds appeared to be pigeons, and the flowers an assortment of sunflower and poppy and unidentifiable purple flowers. Not baby-themed at all. Ata did not feel up to baby-themed wrapping paper, and figured (correctly) that everything else would be wrapped in pastel blue. Nothing like being different. Gift #1 was for Mum - a copy of "Kidwrangling", by Kaz Cooke. Ata - not being a mother herself - considers Kaz Cooke to be close on the ultimate authority on pregnancy and child-rearing. Gift #2 was for Dad - a packet of nappies. Ata had spent a small amount of time wandering through the baby section at Target, beguiled and bemused by the enormous quantity of baby clothes, baby toys, baby feeding equipment, baby everything available. The desire to buy pretty-but-incovenient baby clothes and pretty-but-unnecessary baby toys was strong. However, the practical side of Ata took hold. The baby is due in a fortnight or so. Surely, Ata reasoned, the parents will by now have acquired pretty much all the essentials. Additionally, family and friends can be relied upon to supply a large amount of pretty baby items.
Ata was correct. So, although she felt a minor bit left out by not buying pretty baby items, the book and nappies were well recieved. Ata felt successful. And she has consoled herself with the thought that a very close friend has recently become pregnant - therefore, Ata will shortly have a baby that she can buy all sorts of pretty baby things for. |
posted by Ata @ 10:18 pm  |
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| 7 Comments: |
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Dungarees. Baby look good in dungarees and they can't fall our of them even if they try. Babies in the northern hemispere have the advantage of lots of cold weather, which means you can dress them up in coats that look like racoons or bears with very large fluffy ears sown onto the furry hood.
Sadly most people seem to go for t-shirts with daft slogans such as 'Daddy's Girl'. If you need to establish paternity, say it with a dna test.
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Heheheh. Sadly, we rarely have weather cold enough to justify racoon-eared jackets. Although we can get away with baby-sized denim jackets, which are also adorable.
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I'm not a baby person either, but I do think it's cute when they're wearing hoods with ears. Maybe it's because it makes them look like animals, and I'd rather pets over kids any day.
Oh, and good choice on the Kaz Cooke book. She's bloody hilarious.
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You could be the coolest best friend ever and buy this short for the arriving bub...
http://www.glarkware.com/securestore/ c237522p16493759.2.html
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Hmmm... I think I like this one better.
http://www.glarkware.com/securestore/c237522p16544330.2.html
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Practical gifts really do go down well. I supplied one friend with a lambskin rug, and five children later she still raves about it. I still have the NZ lambskin rug that my cousin gave me for my first baby; it is marvellous for taking outside to sit on the grass while meditating. Lambskins wash easily, and even tumbledry.
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Dungarees. Baby look good in dungarees and they can't fall our of them even if they try. Babies in the northern hemispere have the advantage of lots of cold weather, which means you can dress them up in coats that look like racoons or bears with very large fluffy ears sown onto the furry hood.
Sadly most people seem to go for t-shirts with daft slogans such as 'Daddy's Girl'. If you need to establish paternity, say it with a dna test.