Everything is as ready as it can be though. The baby has a bed and some clothes (actually a lot of clothes) and the car seat is installed. And we have diapers. So we can get the baby home where it can eat, sleep & poop.
I have been planning ahead and downloading various cartoons and kids shows because I don't like any of the crap that's on TV for kids now. It's all way too PC and geared toward really over-sheltering kids. I'm not the sheltering type. I have absolutely no interest in making sure my kid doesn't see nudity or hear swearing. And everybody goes, "Oh you'll feel differently when you have a kid." Oh, nope. I think that the more you make something taboo, the more your kid is going to want it. I'm not going to get my kid liquored up and sit it down in front of a porno, but I'm going to continue to treat things the way I normally do. There are some movies that have weird graphic sex scenes that make me uncomfortable and I will most likely not let our kid watch those, mainly because I don't really want to watch them either. But violence, nudity and not so graphic sex scenes are fine by me. I really think it's weird when people don't let their kids see just nudity. We are so afraid of the naked body in this country. We are the only country (of mainly white people) who are this afraid of nudity. I mean, we blur out cleavage on the TV and bleep the word "balls". Really? Balls? Maybe if we didn't constantly teach our kids to be ashamed of their bodies, their wouldn't be so many kids with eating disorders... Just an idea.
And swearing.... Give me fucking break. My mom NEVER swore. I mean, literally she swore once while I was growing up and my sister and I were amazed that she did. She was prudish about sex and violence in movies and she never swore and I love violent movies and I swear like a sailor. So that doesn't work. Maybe the fact that she made it a big deal focused my attention on it and made it an attractive way to rebel? I find it hilarious that my mom thinks I should not swear around my kid, which is what she did and she has a kid who tuned out to swear a lot... And she thinks I should do the same thing? Am I the only person who sees that as a pattern for failure? So, no offense, but I'm going to go ahead and disregard the advice from the parent who's kid turned out to swear constantly and try my own method. My method is called the "I don't give a shit, everybody makes everything out to be way to big of a deal" method. And maybe it won't work and my kid will turn out to swear a lot but really, not the end of the world. I swear a lot and I'm doing just fine. And, though I don't want my child to walk around swearing at people, if she swears as an adult, I don't care. I'm not trying to eliminate swearing from my child's vocabulary. If my kid learns swear words when she's little I think teaching the kid how to be polite and respectful will stop them from swearing at everybody. But my prediction is that it will work perfectly and my kid will never swear and it will frustrate my entire family. Oh, the simple pleasures in life...
