tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post7591695465910758038..comments2023-04-25T23:54:42.948-04:00Comments on Theology PhD Mom: Babywearing, Offending People, and making Academic Arguments: Or, My Take on the Current Political Speech DramaTheology PhD Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088953060303425283noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-4923654928161072032011-03-29T11:16:22.024-04:002011-03-29T11:16:22.024-04:00Cool - I've never even been able to make eye c...Cool - I've never even been able to make eye contact with another baby wearing mom, for some reason! I'll see someone in the grocery store wearing a baby and I'll start to smile when she looks my way, and then she - ignores me! It must be me...Theology PhD Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088953060303425283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-14878291422679636822011-03-29T02:56:03.846-04:002011-03-29T02:56:03.846-04:00This is so contrary to my experience... At least ...This is so contrary to my experience... At least for me, someone else with a baby in a sling seems like an open invitation to a conversation. Then again, my youngest is now 10 y/o and things definitely could have changed since I was wearing him.<br /><br />I did get a lot of worried questions from the babushkas in Ukraine, though, "What about his spine?!" They were easily reassured when I told them it was like in the womb.TulipGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491713586488210547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-53982894021705732472011-01-25T20:12:42.001-05:002011-01-25T20:12:42.001-05:00I don't know - do you think it's a pride t...I don't know - do you think it's a pride thing? Like "I'm doing this, and I'm different and better than all those stroller people...oh, wait, who are you... and why are you doing exactly what I'm doing when I'm so busy being unique?"<br /><br />Just a guess. That was the impression I got at the park incident (even though that was actually a group of babywearing moms that obviously knew each other). They were all being different together.Theologian Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16919247935256202972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-9701682992203508592011-01-25T14:31:18.514-05:002011-01-25T14:31:18.514-05:00Definitely should have gone with the Ergo ;-)
I k...Definitely should have gone with the Ergo ;-)<br /><br />I know what you mean about becoming more of a carseat/stroller mama. I have become more of a carseat mama with #2. Still, I like baby wearing when I do and when I can. <br /><br />What do you make of that babywearers silence, since you have experienced it too?Theology PhD Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088953060303425283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-75105100210986488242011-01-24T18:41:32.814-05:002011-01-24T18:41:32.814-05:00Interesting... I have noticed this phenomenon too....Interesting... I have noticed this phenomenon too. I remember once I was at a park with baby #2 in a sling, and I saw a group of moms with similar wraps, so I went over by them (knowing how cool I looked with my own sling) and, an hour later had never even gotten a greeting. I've also been reprimanded by people at least twice (including an African woman who insisted that babies could ONLY be worn on the back and that I was endangering my child!) for babywearing. This time around, with baby #3, someone leadingly asked me if I was worried about "spoiling" the baby (mind you, he was only two weeks old). But being criticized in these contexts is not so much better than just being ignored; it is too bad it can't lead to better conversation.<br /><br />I have to admit, though, now on baby #3, I'm much more of a carseat/stroller mama. Part of that is that it just has to be, since I'm taking care of two other kids and sometimes need more than just my hands free (e.g. lifting a kid off and on a toilet in a public bathroom is a bit hard when wearing a sling). But part of it is also the physical wear and tear on my shoulder and back. Should have gone with an Ergo, right?Theologian Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16919247935256202972noreply@blogger.com