Babble

Zauberhexchen:

I'd like to see a huge article about why Cookie magazine sucks ass.

My wife actually likes Cookie, and she hates a lot of these magazines... though we wonder why it's called "Cookie." 

Peter:

Zauberhexchen:

I'd like to see a huge article about why Cookie magazine sucks ass.

My wife actually likes Cookie, and she hates a lot of these magazines... though we wonder why it's called "Cookie." 

 

Then your wife sucks ass too.

 

I'm joking.

 

Cookie just annoys me. Between the Hickey Freeman clad tots to the hints on getting your kids to eat tofu.. I don't know, it just seems so smug and bleh.. I buy it, I just don't like it.

I don't really care for it, either, but I don't really like any parenting magazines -- they all just make me feel slovenly and insecure (which doesn't take much).

also: the ads for crazy expensive high-end products that my child will almost certainly be forfeiting in of contributions to her 529 plan.

Ok, I actually picked up an issue of Cookie the other day, and it does indeed suck ass.

I am tired of the "A Girl Grows in Brooklyn" not being updated or current . . . nothing personal, but there are lots of great parent bloggers out there and if Babble is going to heavily feature just three, they should all be active and updated!  Feature someone new!

I agree with Rachael here - only recently has it been socially acceptable for mothers to speak out about how hard mothering - and kids - really are.  I look at it not so much as complaining, but as just being real, and hoping people will be real with you in return.

You are very fortunate to have such a mellow baby, and obviously that doesn't make you a freak, but it does make you a minority.  I'm willing to wager that a year from now, you'll have a better idea of what other parents in the blogosphere are talking about when they say say their kids' potty training/tantruming/lack of naps are starting to get them down - and why then need to talk about it with other parents who are in the same situation, or have been there before.

I hear you - but it just seems that so much of the blogosphere is "waaah waah poor me this is so haaard" and it gets old and tired after a while.  I have my fair share of issues with my daughter (who is getting less and less mellow by the day) but I know they are only temporary and will eventually pass, so why waste time whining about it?  Thankfully, now that Jillian takes actual naps, I have time to sort through most of it and find blogs that are a little more balanced.  That's what all this is about, right?

And yes, a year from now I'm sure I will join the ranks of frazzled, borderline-alcoholics who deal with toddlers all day.  But bitching because your 3-month-old doesn't let you get any sleep?  What the hell did you think you were getting yourself into?  When she's 3 years old and doesn't let you get any sleep, then by all means, bitch and moan all day.  But a newborn?  That's SOP for a tiny baby!

I'm with Rachel too -- I certainly have troubles with Miles and Porter, but here and elsewhere (even on my own blog) I feel fine writing about the bad stuff, but I feel weird about writing about how good they usually are.  It's not intended to "rub it in" but just to share my experience.

I would like to see more inspiring young urban and active parents. It seems that the blogsphere is full of over 35 year old parents, whining about stuff you all mentioned above. I wish more of them started sharing about the successful stuff, the accomplishments, their activities (play dates are not parent child activities) etc.

My parents used to be such, they were traveling all the time (my first air travel was when I was 5 months old),  they were taking me and my sis at restaurants, concerts, art exhibitions, mom took me along at her yoga classes. They claim we never were a pain in the ass, we behaved and actually hang out with adults all the time. Why other parents are so baby confused, and think that everything must be dictated by their child?

I plan on having a baby soon, and I want her/him to grow up as I did, and even better. 

I'd love to see a discussion of babies and toddlers in small apartments. We live in New York, and we agonized over whether to stay in our one-bedroom apartment, but frankly, couldn't afford to move.

Even though we were sure there had to be loads of parents in our situation, we didn't know any, and had no one to turn to for advice on what (not) to buy, what sleeping arrangements were working for people, ideas for creative use of space, childproofing (you can't really gate off the other rooms when you don't HAVE any other rooms, but how do you contain the dangerous stuff?) or whether people would make the same choice if they had it to do over.

My suburban-dwelling sisters were great resources for baby care advice, but would never have thought to point out to us that instead of having a changing table we could just toss a waterproof flannel pad on the bed. (We figured that one out on our own, but were somewhat embarrassed to admit it to people at first. And we had to discover for ourselves the hard way that the pad needed to be a couple feet wide to keep it from running over should our little angel manage to sneak in a wee wee in that split second of freedom.

It would also be nice to hear what kinds of positive experiences may come out of a perceived inconvenience. For instance, we decided to co-sleep with our baby not out of adherence to any particular parenting philosophy, but because we didn't want to give up that precious patch of floor space for a crib!

I did some research and was relieved to learn that some parents actually did this by choice. If we'd had an extra bedroom, I'm sure I wouldn't have thought twice about having the baby in a crib, and would have missed out on what has proved to be an entirely unexpected source of intense joy (and SLEEP!) for both me and my husband.

 

How about we talk about how great the Bugaboo is.  Seriously I am tired of all the hating on it.  I'm not saying it's soooo pretty, but come on it isn't ugly.  Plus- it is a really great stroller, you only need to drive one to see the difference.  Waste of money, who's money?  I didn't waste your money buying one, so what's the beef?  Jealous perhaps?  Personally I would never buy a $3000 pram, but I don't hate on those that do.