I like them in a few weeks when they're a little more sturdy
But he's ok to handle. Like a little beanbag.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:12, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

do you not worry you'll break him?
I can't handle newborns, or any baby really, because I worry that their necks will snap or something and it'll be all my fault.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:13, Reply)

Well if you have em under the arms their heads are generally ok
but you can make prongs behind their head with your fingers if you're not sure.
Just treat them like beanbags you don't want to flop.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:18, Reply)

ok but when I'm arrested for playing keep ups with the beanbaby I'm blaming you.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:19, Reply)

oh God what have I done...
EDIT: a good way to hold them is over your shoulder.
They like being up there, you look confident, and their head has nowhere to flop to.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:20, Reply)

doesn't that result in vomit all down your back?
ooh what if I accidentally put it too high up and it vaults right over the other side?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:24, Reply)

Practice with beanbags first.
For the love of God, please, think of the babies!
They will get vomit on you no matter what way you hold them. Especially if it's a stealth one.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:26, Reply)

Stealth vomit
nice.

I think I will need to take some kind of baby class before I have one. Although the benefits seem plentiful, I'm having to do all the office manager's work today because she's gone home for the second day in a row because her baby has a cold.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:32, Reply)

There are benefits
But you can't just go "Hey, let's go out tonight!" or "Hmmm, I think I'll sleep from midnight until noon tomorrow..." or "Ooh, I fancy Paris. This weekend."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:38, Reply)

True, I'm just bitter about all the benefits new mums seem to get at work
I know that taking care of a baby is really hard work, but sometimes it seems like we non-breeders get punished for it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:44, Reply)

You see
I think it would be criminal to leave an animal dying or ill or in pain. So if my tigger is ill, I can't just leave him. Nobody would. But this would get me into trouble with work.
If it's a HUMAN baby, oh it's fine. Who would even walk past a sick animal though? That's what I don't like.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 11:01, Reply)

That's true
they don't make any noise when they vom. Sometimes you don't notice it until much later and you're on a bus or whatever and you think "Where's that smell of sick coming from? Oh, it's me!"
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:41, Reply)

right I'm never holding a baby
I'm going to get a Swedish au pair.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 10:44, Reply)

Wiggy will love you forever!

(Kip, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 11:24, Reply)