Comments on: Remember This? #29 The Baby Project http://www.reschoolyourself.com/remember-this-29 Reliving my schooling. Rebooting my life. Fri, 18 May 2012 11:51:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Siobhan http://www.reschoolyourself.com/remember-this-29#comment-1707 Siobhan Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:54:50 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1439#comment-1707 LOL! Add myself and Charlotte to the list of faux-lesbian couples sharing a flour child. I can't really remember our "kid's" name now either. I know we had a boy....Connor? Ronin? I wonder if Charlotte can recall? I remember Charlotte giving him a face so he was less creepy. I also remember the experience being a joke. My actual babysitting experience served me much better than any flour baby ever could. I think teens would be much better served if they actually had to babysit live kids for a weekend. LOL! Add myself and Charlotte to the list of faux-lesbian couples sharing a flour child. I can’t really remember our “kid’s” name now either. I know we had a boy….Connor? Ronin? I wonder if Charlotte can recall? I remember Charlotte giving him a face so he was less creepy. I also remember the experience being a joke. My actual babysitting experience served me much better than any flour baby ever could. I think teens would be much better served if they actually had to babysit live kids for a weekend.

]]> By: Katie http://www.reschoolyourself.com/remember-this-29#comment-1591 Katie Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:36:27 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1439#comment-1591 We never had to do anything like this in high school, probably because the school was all-girls so the parents would either have to be single moms or lesbian couples. The all-Catholic board of trustees was not so OK with either of those options. Did you guys have to watch the birthing videos? I remember that we had to watch three of them at the end of senior year, to "show" us what giving birth was like and I suppose dissuade us from pre-marital sex. It was a little late in the game, though, and therefore required some special exceptions. For example, my friend Heather was excused from watching the videos because she had given birth to a baby boy earlier that month (who was conceived on the school trip to Europe. Ooopsies!) We never had to do anything like this in high school, probably because the school was all-girls so the parents would either have to be single moms or lesbian couples. The all-Catholic board of trustees was not so OK with either of those options.

Did you guys have to watch the birthing videos? I remember that we had to watch three of them at the end of senior year, to “show” us what giving birth was like and I suppose dissuade us from pre-marital sex. It was a little late in the game, though, and therefore required some special exceptions. For example, my friend Heather was excused from watching the videos because she had given birth to a baby boy earlier that month (who was conceived on the school trip to Europe. Ooopsies!)

]]> By: Melia http://www.reschoolyourself.com/remember-this-29#comment-1559 Melia Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:52:07 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1439#comment-1559 We taped a doll to our flour sack so little Bossu had a face to put to that beautiful name. Luckily, she survived until the end of the project. Not all babies were quite so lucky -- if the flour strewn across the pavement outside the school every day was any indication. Darren's mom, Jill, reminded me that a lot of schools have replaced flour or egg babies with Baby Think It Over, a 6.5 pound electronic doll that cries at intervals all day and night. The caregiver simulates feeding, changing, and bathing the baby by inserting a key for a 5 to 35-minute care session. The doll keeps an internal record of whether its needs were met in a timely fashion, and whether it suffered any abuse. Jill said that Darren's brother had the choice of caring for the doll or writing a 20-page paper. He chose the paper. We taped a doll to our flour sack so little Bossu had a face to put to that beautiful name. Luckily, she survived until the end of the project. Not all babies were quite so lucky — if the flour strewn across the pavement outside the school every day was any indication.

Darren’s mom, Jill, reminded me that a lot of schools have replaced flour or egg babies with Baby Think It Over, a 6.5 pound electronic doll that cries at intervals all day and night. The caregiver simulates feeding, changing, and bathing the baby by inserting a key for a 5 to 35-minute care session. The doll keeps an internal record of whether its needs were met in a timely fashion, and whether it suffered any abuse. Jill said that Darren’s brother had the choice of caring for the doll or writing a 20-page paper. He chose the paper.

]]> By: Gilliebean http://www.reschoolyourself.com/remember-this-29#comment-1556 Gilliebean Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:53:50 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1439#comment-1556 Oh wow. I remember little Bossu! The headless babies really are a little creepy. I had to do this in 8th grade and remember feeling NO motherly instincts toward my little flour sack. I think I made cookies with her when I was done. Oh wow. I remember little Bossu! The headless babies really are a little creepy. I had to do this in 8th grade and remember feeling NO motherly instincts toward my little flour sack. I think I made cookies with her when I was done.

]]> By: Alicia C. http://www.reschoolyourself.com/remember-this-29#comment-1500 Alicia C. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:30:31 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1439#comment-1500 Robyn and I were another all female couple and I've been trying to remember our baby's name since the reunion. It still hasn't come to me! I taped a Cabbage Patch doll to our flour sack so that it wasn't so creepy... Robyn and I were another all female couple and I’ve been trying to remember our baby’s name since the reunion. It still hasn’t come to me! I taped a Cabbage Patch doll to our flour sack so that it wasn’t so creepy…

]]> By: Katie http://www.reschoolyourself.com/remember-this-29#comment-1459 Katie Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:29:23 +0000 http://www.reschoolyourself.com/?p=1439#comment-1459 Oh. My. God. That picture is GOLD. Oh. My. God. That picture is GOLD.

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