Is there a good store in the area to buy baby stuff

Babies have, indeed, become a sort of enemy to be vanquished by the mother. Crying must be ignored so as to show the baby who is boss, and a basic premise in the relationship is that every effort should be made to force the baby to conform to the mother?s wishes.

for millions of years newborn babies have been held close to their mothers from the moment of birth and that just because in recent history we?ve taken this to be optional (or inconvenient)

The violent tearing apart of the mother-child continuum, so strongly established during the phases that took place in the womb may understandably result in depression for the mother, as well as agony for the infant.

Relaxer wrote:
Okay I read that article by the "design consultant" i.e. stay-at-home mom.

Babies have, indeed, become a sort of enemy to be vanquished by the mother. Crying must be ignored so as to show the baby who is boss, and a basic premise in the relationship is that every effort should be made to force the baby to conform to the mother?s wishes.

for millions of years newborn babies have been held close to their mothers from the moment of birth and that just because in recent history we?ve taken this to be optional (or inconvenient)

The violent tearing apart of the mother-child continuum, so strongly established during the phases that took place in the womb may understandably result in depression for the mother, as well as agony for the infant.

It seems to me that attachment parents always feel it necessary to demonize those who don't subscribe to their views. Rather than teaching children to live and grow independently *and* with their parents, we're violently tearing apart the mother-child continuum. And attachment parents are always doing the attaching for honorable, noble reasons and never because they are privileged stay-at-home moms smothering their children in an urge to be needed, necessary and important.

I acknowledge that attachment parents are defensive because they take so much abuse, but I don't sympathize with them any more than I sympathize with people who run up their credit cards and then complain they're drowning in debt, to use one outta-left-field analogy.

Relaxer wrote:
Okay I read that article by the "design consultant" i.e. stay-at-home mom.

Babies have, indeed, become a sort of enemy to be vanquished by the mother. Crying must be ignored so as to show the baby who is boss, and a basic premise in the relationship is that every effort should be made to force the baby to conform to the mother?s wishes.

for millions of years newborn babies have been held close to their mothers from the moment of birth and that just because in recent history we?ve taken this to be optional (or inconvenient)

The violent tearing apart of the mother-child continuum, so strongly established during the phases that took place in the womb may understandably result in depression for the mother, as well as agony for the infant.

It seems to me that attachment parents always feel it necessary to demonize those who don't subscribe to their views. Rather than teaching children to live and grow independently *and* with their parents, we're violently tearing apart the mother-child continuum. And attachment parents are always doing the attaching for honorable, noble reasons and never because they are privileged stay-at-home moms smothering their children in an urge to be needed, necessary and important.

I acknowledge that attachment parents are defensive because they take so much abuse, but I don't sympathize with them any more than I sympathize with people who run up their credit cards and then complain they're drowning in debt, to use one outta-left-field analogy.

atomic wrote:

Relaxer wrote:
Okay I read that article by the "design consultant" i.e. stay-at-home mom.

Babies have, indeed, become a sort of enemy to be vanquished by the mother. Crying must be ignored so as to show the baby who is boss, and a basic premise in the relationship is that every effort should be made to force the baby to conform to the mother?s wishes.

for millions of years newborn babies have been held close to their mothers from the moment of birth and that just because in recent history we?ve taken this to be optional (or inconvenient)

The violent tearing apart of the mother-child continuum, so strongly established during the phases that took place in the womb may understandably result in depression for the mother, as well as agony for the infant.

It seems to me that attachment parents always feel it necessary to demonize those who don't subscribe to their views. Rather than teaching children to live and grow independently *and* with their parents, we're violently tearing apart the mother-child continuum. And attachment parents are always doing the attaching for honorable, noble reasons and never because they are privileged stay-at-home moms smothering their children in an urge to be needed, necessary and important.

I acknowledge that attachment parents are defensive because they take so much abuse, but I don't sympathize with them any more than I sympathize with people who run up their credit cards and then complain they're drowning in debt, to use one outta-left-field analogy.

I think day care is probably better for the kid once they are a couple of years old.  More socialization is good.  You need to be able to be independent and get along with others to succeed in life. 

I know people who have raised their kids in the James Ford style and how I have to hear over and over again how superior their kids are and then low and behold the kids decide they don't even want to go to college.   And they have no social skills and don't even have girlfriends/boyfriends in their mid 20's and no prospects and they are happy to live with their parents forever.   

atomic wrote:
So we need to create a registry for the Baby Shower.  I wonder if I can just do Amazon or do I need a real store as well? Baby R Us sucks balls.  I don't want to go there but that seems to be the only real store in Baltimore area. 

James wrote:
I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

James wrote:
I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

Julian, wrote:

James wrote:
I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

I agree, actually.

James wrote:
I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

But what's even more obnoxious is when people have registries for pregnancy #2 and beyond.

stevewizzle wrote:

Julian, wrote:

James wrote:
I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

I agree, actually.

because they don't need it (i.e., they could afford it themselves), or because the baby doesn't need it (i.e., they register a bunch of overpriced bullshit), or is there another reason i'm missing?

i have no opinion, i've only bought something on a baby registry once (it was for my sister), but i imagine i'm going to hate these things in a few years.