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By: NEW ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (CONTD.) | Tripping Along The Ledge

NEW ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (CONTD.) | Tripping Along The Ledge — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:22:07 +0000

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By: NEW ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (CONTD.) | Tripping Along The Ledge

NEW ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (CONTD.) | Tripping Along The Ledge — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:28:36 +0000

[...] Oh, I’m sorry… Welcome to my world motherfuckers. I’ve previously described how disgusting I find the nappy changing process. “An ordeal that demeans both parties,” I believe were my exact words. But actually, [...]

By: NEW ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (CONTD.) | Tripping Along The Ledge

NEW ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (CONTD.) | Tripping Along The Ledge — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:31:36 +0000

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By: Baby animals vs baby babies « Rosemary Mac Cabe

Baby animals vs baby babies « Rosemary Mac Cabe — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:28:58 +0000

[...] A baby.” This is a terrifying thought. Kind of because of what Eoin Butler has to say on the topic, but also because, well, babies kind of leave me cold. I don’t hate them; on the contrary, [...]

By: Eoin

Eoin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:19:10 +0000

Posted this on Friday. On Saturday, when Lola asleep and my sister in the other room, I cut her nails again. Nine of them successfully, but on the tenth I cut the tip of her finger. Felt so guilty – there was actual blood this time.

Now I’m totally at sea. Feck it, maybe biting them is the way to go. But if someone came in the room all of a sudden and you were biting the baby’s fingernails, I still think that’s really, really weird.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:43:20 +0000

If you think about it like yer one from Circle of Friends, biting a baby’s fingernails is better than sex, which (a) made the baby in the first place and (b) is – and this is a quote – “like sticking your finger up someone else’s nose”. Anyway someone once told me that you’re supposed to bite your baby’s fingernails, and who am I to question inherited wisdom, however questionable that wisdom may be? Tip for the top, though: don’t ever try to bite somebody else’s baby’s fingernails. It just won’t go down well.

By: Gemma

Gemma — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:35:33 +0000

Biting your babies fingernails? Uuuuuuuuh……… gross

By: Eoin

Eoin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:03:59 +0000

P.S. If you’d told me a month ago I’d be getting into child-care arguments online, I would not have believed you. I’m actually writing this on my iPhone in the media box at the U2 concert – that’s how obsessed about this I’ve become (and also how indifferent I am to U2…)

By: Eoin

Eoin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:02:41 +0000

Nah, I dunno, I think it’s too weird. Yeah, it hurts to cut the child’s nails the first time but, fuck it, a bit of pain won’t kill them. They spend 90% of their waking hours crying anyway, so what difference does it make?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:54:36 +0000

The biting fingernails thing isn’t all that weird to me, as a new dad I ended up doing the same thing until I had a bit more confidence with the mini clippers! I didn’t swallow them or anything, though. That would be weird all right.