Some places inspire you to do stuff. (And no, I’m not referring to sex shops, though I’m sure it applies there too.)
For instance, you visit a Museum, you are likely to get inspired to study art more, if only to know some of the names and pieces you see in exhibitions. You go to certain spots in California, you might be inspired to learn to surf. You go shopping and find nothing that fits, you might be inspired to lose weight. Or go home and drawn your sorrows in a pint of ice cream (Ben&Jerry’s, anyone?)
And when you go to baby stores, you might just be inspired to have another baby. There’s cute stuff there. Lovely baby clothes in pastel colors. Small patent mary jane shoes and tiny leather sneakers.
So yesterday, when I went with my friend V. to help her with her baby registry, I had to activate my baby dust deflector. Which basically means I had to enter a yogi semi-meditative state where no thoughts of babies entered (kind of hard in a baby store.) Because I got pregnant so quickly both times, I’m not entirely sure I couldn’t get pregnant just by thinking about it too much. And since I’m still dealing with the baby fat (ehm… toddler fat) and sleep deprivation, I’m going to go ahead and say I am not ready for another child.
Not thinking about having another baby is kind of hard when you see things like this:
which invariably bring to mind the “cute baby in a cute outfit” moments you had with your own children, those when you look at them and you can hardly contain the pride in both your offspring and your fashion sense. Which in my experience happens more often with girls, because, as everyone knows, there’s way more cute clothes for girls than for boys. But that might also be because I have two girls and I’m sort of clueless about baby boys, really.
Anyhoo, these are two of the “cute baby in a cute outfit” moments that came to mind yesterday:
Sarah, 10 weeks old, in an adorable hoodie sweater you can't see well because this photo is from the time before digital cameras and the quality sucks. Also, I scanned it so it's even worse.
Stella, 10 months old, in a pink velour tracksuit so cute I wanted to eat her up.
And believe it or not, adding those images here was enough to start those impure baby making thoughts again. My baby dust deflector is apparently stuck. In such cases, the emergency cure: stepping in front of the mirror in a bathing suit.
Aaaaaaargh!!
There. All better.
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Ha! I hear ya, sister! Every time I go shopping for clothes for my boys, and I see the itty bitty newborn section, I just totally crave another baby! The cutest little outfits, for boys and for girls! Luckily, I’m not ‘craving’ a girl, because I’m totally happy with my boys (and the fact that I am sure that when they are teenagers, they won’t be as hard to deal with as it would if I had girls!) but if I was craving a girl, I’d totally start planning to have another child. But my husband is like ‘NO WAY’, so you see, we’d have a problem! I’m not 100% decided to NOT have another child… but really, right now, I’m just too tired to even think about it! Two children are hard enough, you know? But yesterday, I was holding my friends baby and OMG the tiny-ness of her was so sweet. I think I just love all babies, period. Babies are the best! Those pics of your girls are sooo cute!
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I know exactly what you mean, but it is really killing me right now because I do want another baby. But right when we started trying is when i started having trouble with my gallbladder and we had to put it off for a few months. I see the dr. friday and I hope that we get the go-ahead, but I am not getting my hopes up because he said that it might be aug/sept before he would feel ok letting is go at it! I just look at the newborn stuff and am amzed that my little bug was ever that small!
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I was at a family do recently, with so many babies. I think I am ready for another, because I just went around sniffing them all. More like snorting the baby cocaine, actually.
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I totally agree with you about the whole….cuter stuff for girls thing! WAY cuter!!! I was really glad I had a girl…especially a girly girl!! She’s always been that way…not that dressing her in pink and purple her entire first five years had ANYTHING to do with it. Now she’s a cosmetologist! Can’t get much more girly than that!! She’s also 23…so if anyone is havin’ a baby…it ain’t me!! Great post Elisa!!
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I totally hear you! A friend just had a baby so I had the great pleasure of buying a gift for the new little girl–a whole whack of adorable organic cotton onesies and rompers in the sweetest shade of pink! Whet my appetite for sure!
I have the same response when I look at photos of gorgeously decorated nurseries…
I think this is how my mom ended up with NINE of us.
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I SO feel ya on this one. I am in the middle of a huge I WANT ANOTHER BABY fit right now. Baby stuff, gear, clothes, smell… oy. Where’s the stork delivery service customer care counter? I need to file a complaint.
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GREAT one Babe!! SO true. I really don’t want anymore, but you just can’t help think about it when you see such cute, teeny, tiny stuff…..
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C.
ha ha ha.
I just have to go try on a bathing suit at a store WITH my kids to remember that I already have enough.
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Yes, the mirror and bathing suit trick works for me too! You will be my hero if you go for a third. I can’t even entertain the thought at this point.