----- Original Message ----- From: "Horse Turtle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 7:24 PM Subject: Re: Fear of babies...yes, this is ON-topic!
> >From: "Brinatello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <<Yes, that's the right time; I can't sleep at the moment. Been trying to > find sources online of what the heck is wrong with me. I thought for sure > there'd be a phobia for this but maybe I'm just acting immature. I'll say > it here. Babies make me uncomfortable! I hate how I act around them: > giggly, all smiley-face while on the inside I'm thinking, "What am I > doing?" > Tristan seems to like it so I keep doing it. When I watch others, I can > only hold out for so long before leaving the room. I don't even feel > right when holding Tristan. I have to be asked first if I want to hold > him.>> > > No, it's a normal feeling... trust me. :P (it's when you have urges to > kill them that you should get help immediately) Ahhh, no, and not even my grandmother is that bad. I hope! > > Why... cause I get somewhat unsure of myself when around human babies too! > It's weird. I like them, watching them, and learning about how to care for > them... but when the moment goes I have to care for someone's baby... heh, > I'm suddenly not overly confident on what to do! *lol* And here I want > to have one in a couple years! > > Like last February, news came around that my older cousin had adopted a > little baby boy... and he was also her first baby. She admitted, during > the baby shower, how unsure she felt about changing his diaper, feeding > and burping him in front of the experienced mothers there. But she was > getting a hang of it, and really loved the little baby boy. > > Then later, during Easter dinner, I finally got to hold him. Then hubby > promptly tells me (I think he was serious!)... hey, don't squeeze him so > tight! Lordy... thanks for the vote of confidence dear. At least he > didn't say "don't drop him!" ;p Well, I got a quick, "Wait, don't do that" when I pulled away the tissue box from Tristan's grasp. Kat told me he needs to learn by just hearing the word, "No." I sat back with a mumbled, "Sorry..." but they said it was okay. Almost like on instinct for me to take it away. > > <<Here's why I've kept this on-topic. I'm sure at times April and Casey > left Shadow in the care of the four turtles and Splinter. Michaelangelo > and Splinter I can see not having a problem with that, Leonardo would be > very responsible, Raphael would probably do fine as well but Donatello, I > bet, would sit at the computer all night long! I've teased him a few > times of this subject in my fanfics, even made one short out of it if one > can remember. It'd be rather humorous of how he'd handle it...being > technical and all. Though, I have the most pity for him because he's so > much like my uncle whom I can just sense feeling uncomfortable when > handling Tristan. Mom even asked him over the phone, "What if you > were left alone in the house with him and had to change his diaper?" > I think he said something about calling one of us to come over > and do it!>> > > Oh god... yes! I see it the same way too! Don'll be kinda like those > guys in 'three men n a baby' or something. *lol* Not that Raph would be > too keen about it either, I'm sure. I can see both of them also getting > grossed out from the stench of a really soiled diaper. Josh reminds me sooo much of Raph because he doesn't act all cutesy around him. He acts...funny! He's changed his diapers, voices of the smelly ones, but he just does it! The kid amazes me of how having a child in one's life can make you grow up so fast. > > Or.. hey, anyone see that one men's deoderant commercial? Where the > father is trying to soothe the baby... but he realizes that the baby cries > more when he holds him close, and then stops when he holds the baby > away.*heehee* Yeah! I saw that one! That was too cute! It's like, "Daddy! You need to use Dial!" Tristan will go to anyone who takes him and he LOVES having his picture taken! I took some recent ones of him. Whenever a girl holds him, he likes to grab for their boob! Josh is like, "That's my boy!" > > <<Just for laughs, I've had ideas of writing a short fanfic of the TMNT > baby-sitting Shadow but now seeing how scary it is, for me anyway, I don't > think I can do that to the poor guys. It would almost seem hypocritical > of me. Writing in their words of how easy it can be while the author > chews her fingernails in the corner. I guess getting a taste of the real > thing changes how I feel. I think if I wrote it now, well, no, maybe not. > Even back when I was first planning the story, I felt awkward about it. > Always have been for as long as I can remember.>> > > ooo... wait, just ya write something like that once... kind of? Where Don > was babysitting, and then someone breaks in the aprtment and he tries > calling on the phone and it doesn't work... or some wild Murphy's Law sort > of goosechase like that? Oh...that was called "The Night Watchturtle" and I based it on some experiences with a friend's 13-month old named Lily. She is absolutely darling, looks like a little Japanese baby doll. Don figured it'd be easy to baby-sit for less than an hour tops. Plus, Splinter was there incase he needed him. But then, some bad people were aware of April's inheritance (from her father) and set up some sort of ransom with Splinter and Shadow to get it from her. I remember reading up on Central Park and the Bethesda statue as I worked on it. The story was only a short but it was kind of fun to write. Loved making Don, the perfect, a klutz! > > But yeah... a baby Shadow fic would be so cute.. and it somehow ends up > for Don to take a turn at baby sitting. (o course, and I can see him > becoming the saviour for the VCR/DVD player, when Shadow reaches > those terrible twos and starts sticking food and other strange things in > them!) > > > > ~HT Yeah! That was like that other commercial when the kid stuck the oatmeal into the machine, thinking if it can work going in the mouth, it'll work going in the VCR! I always pictured Shadow being a little angel or what Leo said in issue #4, a little pumpkin! I had to giggle at that because that's a name my grandmother called us and now says it to Tristan. I also pictured Shadow as being the behavioral type, obeying her parents at all times. I would obey everyone, too. Hanging around 4 ninja masters, I don't think I'd want to upset anyone, either! Brinatello
