Psychotomy

had infant care class last night. the other half of the session is tomorrow night.

to give you an idea of this class, “had infant uh care um class last um night.” … and this lady’s been doing this for 4 years? cripes lady. and you don’t have to be all “yes excellent!” EVERY TIME someone answers a question! but when you do a round-the-room exercise “what will you do when the baby’s crying?” and you get to the 12th couple and they suggest, the other 11 things having failed, maybe putting the baby in the car for a bit to see if they settle down, perhaps jumping straight to the “well , we certainly don’t want to do that as a first response! you can’t spoil a newborn, but if you always put them in the car first thing, they’ll learn that behavior blah blah blah” … ok, lady, we’ve already tried: diaper, feeding, burping, singing, walking, naptime, playing, moving room to room for new scenery, temperature and clothes changing in case they’re hot or cold, and a couple other things. this is called “wits end” and we’re grasping at straws, b/c this freakin’ baby is being COLICY!

and you don’t have to prevaricate on EVERY answer with “well, every baby is different”, even if the parents are being somewhat stupid. And if you don’t know the answer, just say “I’m not sure, you should ask your pediatrician/ob/insert-someone-here” instead of going on a 10 minute tangential where you don’t even manage to answer the question you’re trying to pretend they asked!!! GAH!

and WHY do baby-dolls make me want to gouge out their eyes??? WELL THATS PROBABLY B/C EVERY BABY IS DIFFERENT! WHA???

i wasn’t taken with the class, does it show? :)

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