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primavera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:12 PM
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Poll question: Do you coo over babies?
Am I the only human being on earth who doesn't just go to pieces over how adorable infants are? I mean, I don't have anything against babies, but I don't feel any instinctive urge to get all gushy and googly over them. Yet it sometimes feels like if you're anything less than worshipful and adoring of infants, you can expect a barrage of reproving glares, as if you'd just announced your intention to sacrifice a virgin to Satan or something. How do people here feel on the subject?
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Mr. McD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:18 PM
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1. I do over my grand kids, but
I feel the same you do about anybody elses.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:23 PM
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2. big deals
I cant stand when everyone makes a big deal over babies.
and some are ugly
I agree with you
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:29 PM
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3. I will admit I am nuts over babies...
in a reserved sort of way. I had trouble staying pregnant, so for awhile they were a thorn in my side. Once my little shock was born, Happy fifth birthday James, I became infatuated with everything baby. I think I am coming out the other end of that now though. Must have been the progesterone.
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kathee Donating Member (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:48 PM
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4. After raising four kids
of my own, plus my beautiful step daughter for the past six years, I have no CHOICE but to let the instinct take over and make the goofy faces and silly words at them. A smiling baby makes me instantly in love.

Also the fact that I will have no more of my own makes me worse.

HOWEVER, I refuse to babysit babies, and to admire them as a stranger is a helluva lot different situation.
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tsakshaug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:50 PM
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5. babies are good
they just become PIA's around age 3. they are really cool if they are not yours and you can get a full nights sleep
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:53 PM
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6. Warm and fuzzy feelings for me
I do go totally nuts over toddler-5 year olds, however, because they are so fun to play with and talk to.
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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:54 PM
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7. my 2 were beautiful,
but most babies are pretty fugly.

I like them once they can talk/walk. Much more fun.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:58 PM
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8. I work in the neonatology unit of a hospital
I see enough babies every day to last me a lifetime.

:)
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 01:59 PM
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9. Haven't had much contact with them
But I'm less of a cooer and more of an objective observer; I'd probably be more of a chatter. The whole idea of a little human under development fascinates me though.
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SiouxJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 02:50 PM
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10. Hey Kevin!
Long time no talk! :hi:

I'm with you on this one :-) .
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primavera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 03:34 PM
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14. Hey, Sue!
:hi: Hi, Sue! Sorry for the lapse, it's been busy around here, lots to tell, will email you as soon as I get a moment's breather.
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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 02:51 PM
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11. I despise children
they are smelly and dirty.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 02:53 PM
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12. Only when they're mine.
Otherwise, I can't stand babies.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 03:19 PM
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13. I Run Like Hell
whenever someone is poking a baby a people. No, I don't feel like handling something crawling with fecal bacteria, but thanks anyway. :puke:
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 03:41 PM
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15. The babies I typically coo over
come on four legs--namely, kittens!
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Mandate My Ass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 03:42 PM
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16. I like kids better when they're interactive
My precocious 2 1/2 year old niece is lots of fun to spend time with these days because she says the wildest things. I love kid logic.

Infants are just kind of "there." It's even harder to defend my lukewarmness toward infants because I'm a female. I always make sure to say something very complimentary to their understandably proud parents, but will turn down any and all offers to hold them.

How ya doin, Kevin? :hi:
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primavera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 03:51 PM
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18. Like after they turn 30?
:evilgrin:

:hi: Hi, Gloria!
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Mandate My Ass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 03:54 PM
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19. Well that's going a bit far
I'd say I start to warm up considerably when they reach legal drinking age. }(

Long time no hear from.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 03:50 PM
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17. I'm a female, and I always refuse to hold someone's baby.
I've never held a baby in my life; never held a toddler either. I just don't have maternal instincts, and I don't care. I've softened up enough to at least smile at them, but I used to just totally ignore tham, get as far away from them as possible. Sure some babies are cute, but some are fugly.
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 04:11 PM
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22. People have pictures of me
holding their babies, and my facial expression is always something like "please take it away before I drop it or it produces waste." People in general are uninteresting until roughly 12 or 13, and after that, better than 90% of 'em are simply intolerable.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 03:55 PM
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20. Interestingly, people are also nicer to you when you have sweet baby...
...in tow. I would rather guess that the SCREAMING baby or the tantrum-throwing toddler will draw a different reaction, but I've noticed that people are kinder and friendlier to me when I'm looking after a tiny child. You get smiles you'll never see again.
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 04:05 PM
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21. all my maternal instincts are sublimated
to other species. For some reason, I just can't get interested in young critters unless they have fur or fins or feathers or scales. Baby humans don't do it for me. Besides, there's that *thing* they do with graham crackers - gumming them and then wanting to touch you...*shudder*!!!
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Shanty Oilish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 04:38 PM
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23. A fool for babies
I love babies but it depends on the situation, can't always be as foolish as I feel.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 04:47 PM
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24. I find their innocence irresistable...
All ages have their charm; but seeing the wonder in an infant's eyes...the trust...how totally not fooked-up by society they are...

well, it just turns me to jelly. Goochy goo.
:D
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 05:17 PM
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26. note to self
obtain baby prior to next attempt to flirt with GoG...
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 06:55 PM
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28. lol
Careful...I might only pay attention to the baby. ;-)
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 06:59 PM
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29. second note to self:
abandon baby acquisition plot in favor of adult diapers, whole body shave. I already have the inane babble down.
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maxanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 05:13 PM
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25. I don't coo
over babies or kids. I talk to 'em the way I'd talk to you. Always have. My daughter turned out okay.
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resist Donating Member (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-03 05:35 PM
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27. Oh, Kevin
Knock it off, sweetie. As soon as you and Rita get pregnant I'll leave you alone. kisses, mom
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