>From: "Brinatello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <<Yes, that's the right time; I can't sleep at the moment. Been trying to find sources online of what the heck is wrong with me. I thought for sure there'd be a phobia for this but maybe I'm just acting immature. I'll say it here. Babies make me uncomfortable! I hate how I act around them: giggly, all smiley-face while on the inside I'm thinking, "What am I doing?" Tristan seems to like it so I keep doing it. When I watch others, I can only hold out for so long before leaving the room. I don't even feel right when holding Tristan. I have to be asked first if I want to hold him.>>
No, it's a normal feeling... trust me. :P (it's when you have urges to kill them that you should get help immediately) Why... cause I get somewhat unsure of myself when around human babies too! It's weird. I like them, watching them, and learning about how to care for them... but when the moment goes I have to care for someone's baby... heh, I'm suddenly not overly confident on what to do! *lol* And here I want to have one in a couple years! Like last February, news came around that my older cousin had adopted a little baby boy... and he was also her first baby. She admitted, during the baby shower, how unsure she felt about changing his diaper, feeding and burping him in front of the experienced mothers there. But she was getting a hang of it, and really loved the little baby boy. Then later, during Easter dinner, I finally got to hold him. Then hubby promptly tells me (I think he was serious!)... hey, don't squeeze him so tight! Lordy... thanks for the vote of confidence dear. At least he didn't say "don't drop him!" ;p <<Here's why I've kept this on-topic. I'm sure at times April and Casey left Shadow in the care of the four turtles and Splinter. Michaelangelo and Splinter I can see not having a problem with that, Leonardo would be very responsible, Raphael would probably do fine as well but Donatello, I bet, would sit at the computer all night long! I've teased him a few times of this subject in my fanfics, even made one short out of it if one can remember. It'd be rather humorous of how he'd handle it...being technical and all. Though, I have the most pity for him because he's so much like my uncle whom I can just sense feeling uncomfortable when handling Tristan. Mom even asked him over the phone, "What if you were left alone in the house with him and had to change his diaper?" I think he said something about calling one of us to come over and do it!>> Oh god... yes! I see it the same way too! Don'll be kinda like those guys in 'three men n a baby' or something. *lol* Not that Raph would be too keen about it either, I'm sure. I can see both of them also getting grossed out from the stench of a really soiled diaper. Or.. hey, anyone see that one men's deoderant commercial? Where the father is trying to soothe the baby... but he realizes that the baby cries more when he holds him close, and then stops when he holds the baby away. *heehee* <<Just for laughs, I've had ideas of writing a short fanfic of the TMNT baby-sitting Shadow but now seeing how scary it is, for me anyway, I don't think I can do that to the poor guys. It would almost seem hypocritical of me. Writing in their words of how easy it can be while the author chews her fingernails in the corner. I guess getting a taste of the real thing changes how I feel. I think if I wrote it now, well, no, maybe not. Even back when I was first planning the story, I felt awkward about it. Always have been for as long as I can remember.>> ooo... wait, just ya write something like that once... kind of? Where Don was babysitting, and then someone breaks in the aprtment and he tries calling on the phone and it doesn't work... or some wild Murphy's Law sort of goosechase like that? But yeah... a baby Shadow fic would be so cute.. and it somehow ends up for Don to take a turn at baby sitting. (o course, and I can see him becoming the saviour for the VCR/DVD player, when Shadow reaches those terrible twos and starts sticking food and other strange things in them!) ~HT "Your beauty will be reflected in the power of my arms and the flanks of my horse!" - Sir William, A Knights Tale :::::::XX For what do you quest? XX::::::::: the TurtleQuestrian http://www.turtlequest.com The TMNT FanFic Archive http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/photoshop/1828/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
