Ha. I'm loving how they try to suggest appropriate titles before I've even entered anything.

[kelsied]

Whoops, it's been a while.

First: RockstarBaby is adorable, and doing just fine, thank you for asking (and I know you will because I'm just that psychic). For those who haven't had a chance to see, photos of RockstarBaby are available hereIt's a bit trite to say that having a baby is transformative -- I mean, it's one of those perfectly obvious

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[kay_gmd]

Your totally right about baby transformation being awesome, and like so many things, different for every mom/ pregnancy. For instance for me having Josh brings me out so I interact more with people I'd otherwise just be passing by.

I think it is important to emphasis the hard aspect of new parenting to teenagers and young adults, because it really is a lot of work, and I can't think of a better way to encourage kids to think before they leap. But it is equally important and valid to emphasis the joys of parenting, and I agree that isn't done enough. I think it might be a generational thing. We got most of that kind of focus from church.

[kelsied]

Yeah, the number of people who approach us, now that we have a baby as an excuse for them to reach out, is kind of interesting. Nice, but really surprising.

I just think there ought to be a better middle ground. I'm huge on letting people make informed decisions, but it feels like with childrearing, we leave a huge piece of information out of the decision-making process, which is the fact that having kids is a lot of fun. And don't you think the narrative should shift, depending on whether you're talking to teenagers or established adults? I mean, why are we limiting our narrative about having children to the lowest common denominator?

[chibichang]

I'm glad that you and your hubby and the adorable Rockstar Baby are doing well!

As for the Davis LARP, some people can be *colorful-and-imaginative-words* and you don't deserve that.
Taking time away from that is a good thing. I'm glad that you're putting your foot down. Good for you! ^_^

[kelsied]

Of all the people I expected to see respond to this post, yours is a nice surprise.

Thank you.

[kelsied]

Thanks, Sophy. :D