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Caving
So, an upcoming trip to the Bronx Zoo made me cave and I did, indeed, on the advice of many, order the famous Ergo baby carrier. Yes, indeed, it works very well. Everything I've heard about it is true.
And yet, I suspect you hear a touch of regret in my tone. Where is it coming from, you ask? I made the mistake of reading the literature that accompanies the Ergo.
One of the things about being a parent that makes my teeth positively itch is that everything is associated with one movement or another. Never can one just claim to be getting by. One is either a "glamour mom" a "high maintenance mom" an "eco mom" "organic mom" "attachment mom" "cry it out mom" on and on and on. I got the Ergo because sometimes it is easier to carry the kid. I am not and will never be a card-carrying "babywearer". In the first place, I can't stand that word and all the self-righteousness I feel bubbling underneath the obviously recently invented term. The Ergo literature is very strong on babywearing and insists that it is what babies prefer. Being worn and facing inward are the de rigueur attitudes for babies, the Ergo experts say.
My current baby and the toddler that once was a baby don't really like to be carried. They don't like to be hot, which is a universal side effect of all carriers (since their mother maintains a normal human body temperature). Also contrary to the literature, my kids don't like facing me very much. They are plainly sick of me and want to look out. Carrying Sebastian around is like chatting with someone you want to impress but can't at a cocktail party. He's always peering around me trying to find someone more interesting to rescue him.
Anyway, many thanks to everyone who recommended the Ergo. It will make various activities much more manageable. I just wish reading the instructions didn't wake up my not so latent contrarian and make me want to Ergo Sebastian into the closest bar.
posted by Elise at 10:59 AM
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leighs said...
I think we are ont the cusp of a huge backlash towards the many labels that seem to be applied to all parents these days. It is so annoying to be labeled as one type of parent or the other, with the unspoken judgement hanging over each label like a cloud. What is the new catchword for "trying to do the best" parenting? Becasue that is the only lable that applies to everyone.
7/06/2007 8:11 AM
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