I just saw a banner ad that at first made me say “yuck”, but then it made me think. It was an ad for tripod’s webpages – it said “Build your baby’s journal now” or something like that.
Of course, we’ve all seen LJ’s for babies, dogs, cats, and various fictional characters.
Why does it have to be the “baby’s journal”? If I see another journal written in the POV of an infant (or cat, for that matter) I think I’ll gag. (“Meowmy says I can’t eat the plant – but why??” – <insert puking noises here>)
Will an online journal replace the traditonal “baby book”? Or will it be an extension? I would think that it would be cool to read, when you are grown, your mom’s thoughts as she was raising you. On the other hand, it could be frightening. :)
[God – I cannot believe I am about to say this. ]
A baby’s journal should be one from the mother’s POV. I have seen other journals written for pets which were not “baby-ish”, but definitely took on the pet’s so-called attitude.
At the moment, I am somewhat soured on the whole baby thing. People at work who have gotten married are constantly being harassed about having kids by those who are married and have children. I wish they would stop. It is really irritating. I almost want to say “I think it is amazing how much you complain about not getting any sleep and such because of the baby, but you want other people to suffer with you. Selfish bastards.”
:-)
…but I never do.
A baby journal can be cool. Too bad 99% of the ones I’ve seen aren’t. :)
“I think it is amazing how much you complain about not getting any sleep and such because of the baby, but you want other people to suffer with you. Selfish bastards.”
Heh – you should. I know I won’t hesitate when the opportunity presents itself. Going on our 5th year of marriage, it’ll probably start to come up more often. ;)
Bah. You’d think at 38 they’d believe me when I say I don’t want children.
Heh – I did today! I was talking about going to see “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and one of the guys started in about how he has to wait for DVD to see anything because of the baby. Then, he started in on this other guy whose wife is about to have a baby. I finally blurted that out and it felt good. They laughed about it, so I am not sure they got the point.
Of course, you can always tell the people at work – “Sure, I have children.” Then, name off all of the pets. :D