tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020209409023585415.post383273420763879630..comments2023-09-13T08:22:21.488+01:00Comments on Leanne Woods Designs: When did the scales tip?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340429187911872470noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020209409023585415.post-49266014380733195542009-03-06T13:55:00.000+00:002009-03-06T13:55:00.000+00:00We have a balance of electric and non-electric toy...We have a balance of electric and non-electric toys. Kat's favorite toy for the last 18 months has been LiteBrite, which has a battery operated light bulb. She occasionally is allowed to play video games (we have PS2, nothing newer). But she also has had great fun recently with a stick that is the perfect size for a cane for her (she pretends she's Dr. House) and probably her favorite "toys" are her crayons, markers and paper. In addition to letting her have few battery-op toys, we also try not to get her too many toys with licensed characters (Dora, Spongebob, Disney characters, etc.) The more generic, the better, IMO.<BR/><BR/>Also, I didn't breastfeed when I had my daughter(had no desire to try despite it being healthier) but I did use cloth diapers. I figured, I wouldn't want to wear paper underwear so why would I put it on my baby?Annie Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123644833186800503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020209409023585415.post-87164121691616100962009-03-06T12:30:00.000+00:002009-03-06T12:30:00.000+00:00^^ had to google "poi" too. Also: "faff", "nappy"...^^ had to google "poi" too. Also: "faff", "nappy"...<BR/><BR/>I think that what the other <I>mum</I> was expressing was a form of "white man's guilt". Society has conditions us (people) to be hyper-conscious of differences and in particular socio-economic advantages to the point where we feel the need to acknowledge and defend our situation (<I>think how my wife is constantly prefacing everything with how lucky she feels to be a SAHM - because not everyone can afford to do so</I>). <BR/><BR/>I agree with the first commenter that she probably also felt "Mommy guilt". She felt embarrassed by her plethora of toys, and felt the need to explain that she wasn't spoiling her son.<BR/><BR/>We wanted to be anti-battery, and for the first 10 months or so we were reasonably successful (one notable exception is a musical toy that we bought for my nephew that my sister passed on - it's hard to explain but basically it had five items that each had a "spot" - based on size - and depending on which ones were in place the musical voices would add/subtract). Then one day we decided that denying the fun our daughter was having with other people's electronic toys wasn't fair to her, and that as long as not everything was "one button", we'd be OK.SciFi Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479890087443823197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020209409023585415.post-42413949163918908212009-03-06T07:21:00.000+00:002009-03-06T07:21:00.000+00:00Motherhood GUILT! - It comes with the placenta I r...Motherhood GUILT! - It comes with the placenta I reckon, but stays around forever.<BR/><BR/>Everything we do as mums we feel we have to justify and explain our reasons, and we still beat ourselves up about the choices.<BR/><BR/>On the topic of toys I love toys without batteries, and requested my brother-in-law when asked for toy suggestions for something without them.....he bought my daughter a xylophone! - no batteries to run out EVER, no way to turn down the volume!<BR/><BR/>When the batteries run out on toys here I am very slow to replace them, and the kids often play with the same toys in a different way, and often forget they ever did make noises and have flashing lights.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833388514253606318noreply@blogger.com