The Best Kind of Baby
Posted by Cottontimer on 17 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: Kids
How would you complete this sentence?
There’s only one thing better than having a baby, and that’s having a ____________ baby.
Kristina at Autismland said:
…there’s nothing better than having a baby, “whatever” he has, and especially when that baby was a gorgeous brown-eyed handsome boy named Charlie Fisher.
And I said:
There’s only one thing better than having a baby, and that’s having a HAPPY baby.
A competitive mom said in The New York Times:
There’s only one thing better than having a baby, and that’s having a SMART baby. [emphasis mine]
What would you say?
NB: I wrote more about the NYT article at Play Library.
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I fixed the runaway italics—what bright and yes, happy eyes your boy-as-baby has!
The first thing that popped to mind was “having an EASY baby” My first was so easy, so happy and fun, ate well, slept well, even sick he was smiling and laughing, that I couldn’t imagine why people complained about parenting! Then I had #2, a baby so high-needs as to rival Paris Hilton and I realized how lucky I was with #1! Not all babies are like that!
There?s only one thing better than having a baby, and that?s having a HEALTHY baby.
KChew: Ahhhh. I’m glad the italics didn’t follow you here. Or did it?
Goodjoan: Many of my friends have recently had their 2nd babies and I’ve been observing the opposite personalities of kids 1 and 2. Very interesting!
Krissy: Having been sick all week, I totally know what you mean.
Happy baby would be foremost on my list.
You’re not using LJ anymore. Um. No wonder you don’t show up on my friends list. *hangs head*
HAPPY baby…or…healthy, though I’d much rather have a baby with Parkinson’s and be happy than one with a genius IQ but be abused or sad or something.
’cause I make so much sense. =)
Jane: Hi, Jane! I’ve just added you to my blogroll.
When my son is happy, it’s the greatest thing in the world. When he’s not, it’s…ARGH!
Lynn: Hello there! I’m so happy you found me. I totally know what you mean and that’s exactly why I chose happy over healthy (although my mom chided me for it).
defnitely a happy baby!
I’m in agreement with all the Happy Baby people. Sickness isn’t fun, but with a Happy Baby it goes by so much faster than with a Colick Baby.
anny: And you have one for sure!
Deb: I can’t even imagine what it’s like with a colicky baby. Just the occasional 30 minutes of continuous crying when Stephen was an infant was enough to send me into despair.