I never used to care much for them one way or another. I mean, I never wanted one of my own ever either. I would get annoyed when I'd go to family functions (and now friend functions as well) when a new baby was in tow and all anyone would do is play pass the baby all the livelong day. And you can't avoid it.


Perhaps it's hormonal. But somehow my aversion is now gone. I got to hold my friends newborn on Tuesday evening. And he is seriously, seriously precious.






Has anyone else overcome a baby aversion?



PS - Please excuse my hair. I've been growing it out and it's in an awkward stage. Thanks.

you smelled his head didn't you!!!!!

Auntie Carrie wants one of her own, huh?

ZombieKitten said:

ummm... not on purpose that I recall.



Wait - was I drugged?

CarrieMpls said:

you now have the baby bug!

CarrieMpls said:

very cute, they are great little things, babies. I know what you mean about the aversion. I don't think it's so much the baby people are against it is what happens to the adults around them that is pretty horrific.

PANDURITO said:

I don't think so...


but now I don't know.

Beware, Carrie. She's trying to sell you one


And I saw your thread first. What size you'd like it?

PANDURITO said:

That's a very cute picture.

I've never had anything against babies other than what you mentioned, but I'm pretty sure that wouldn't stop me from having one. If I did have one though and it turned into the happiness of my life which I'm sure it would, I'm also sure there would be days when I'd wish I could book a one-way ticket to the other side of the planet. I think most parents experience those days.

very cute pic

Never had an aversion. I'm always drawn to them. Mon even more so. Wherever we go and there's a cute baby there Mon always has to ask how old it is and start playing with it, whether the parents want her to or not.

retina said:

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

When I sit back and think objectively, I'm about 85% sure I don't want children. I think if I want to stay that way I'm going to have to keep away from the babies from now on.

I know how that baby feels. Loving arms.

JDInteractive said:

awwww...

babies are cute and all, but if i ever adopt, i am getting them post potty-training. that's when i think they become a bit more interesting.

I feel ya...I'm almost forty, the kid is 16 and we're working college stuff now. I can't image starting all over again.


Plus, i don't wanna be pregnant again at this point.


so....rhonda ain't birthin' no babies.....

cborgman said:

That's pretty much my idea too. lol. Toddlers are so much more fun.
I've thought about foster care for a while now too... I mean, for someday, anyway.

CarrieMpls said:

awww.... you look gorgeous there carrie. and that baby is too.

i never really had a baby aversion. and now that i've had one of my own, it's amazing how i think it couldn't get any better than this, but as she grows older i'm more fascinated and in love with her.

very sweet photo!
your hair looks fine. (and no, I don't mean like thin)
I never much cared for babies or kids either....
but I think once the aversion is gone.....it's gone for good.
I used to think "they're not even cute, they're loud and messy" but now, I look at a baby and think how could you NOT think they are cute?
I think you will have a child/children someday carrie....you look totally in love with that baby in the pic

JDInteractive said:

PANDURITO said:

omg!!

I had a SERIOUS baby aversion for years. My mother was certifiably baby crazy and took her baby obsession to a sickening level. So for years, I actually avoided infants. Just...ewwww.

BUT...

My sister had a baby a few years ago and I spent Thanksgiving 2005 playing with him...and I had an absolute ball. I'm fairly certain I don't want kids of my own, but other people's babies are OK. At least in moderate doses.

PANDURITO said:

Exactly!

CarrieMpls said:

I have just spat all over my computer screen!

Thats fucking brilliant!

Coincidently,
I just finished purusing over some periodicals that were chock full of controversial pictorials of where babies come from.

What a cute picture! I've overcome an aversion to babies too. Babies used to make me nervous, because I never knew what to do around them, especially when they would start to fuss or cry. I think it's because I wasn't around little babies a lot growing up.

Well, all that changed when my oldest nephew was born. I remember the first time I tried to hold him, I was as nervous as anything. My family was all around me, coaching me, and telling me, "Be sure to support his head! Hold him the same way you would hold one of your cats." Thinking back on it now makes me laugh, because now whenever I see a baby, I want to pick it up and cuddle it. Funny how that happens. I love feeding babies their bottles, even burping them, but I will not change their diapers.
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so cute...maybe you'll have one some day Carrie.....They are a precious gift...it took me and my husband a long time to have our 2 babies, I had alot of problems...but it was worth it...giving birth and raising and caring for a baby are precious times

But they do grow up and get smart ass mouths too....but that goes with the territory
[Edited 4/26/07 7:49am]

i think babies are like what they said about farts in that one austin powers movie: everyone loves their own brand.

it's easy to look at a picture a co-worker brought in of their new niece/nephew/grandchild/etc. and think "yeah, that's a baby, great", but when it's YOUR niece/nephew/grandchild/etc., and you're actually able to view the little runts in person, all of a sudden it's the most amazing thing ever and nobody could ever possibly understand how fantastically magically miraculous it is.

of course, some people just like babies as a general concept, and good for them i guess. i'm that way with kittens.

it only really bugs me when people bring their babies to work to show off. i feel like they're pimping their child and that i'm under some obligation to fawn over it, when baby worship is like the last thing on my mind at work at the moment.

i do like teaching babies how to stick their tongues out at their parents. i've gotten yelled at for that before.