The weekend was okay. Nothing special, aside from upgrading from infant seats to forward-facing child seats (its sad how something like that qualifies as the highlight of the weekend!). Hunter seems to enjoy the improved view, though.
@AarthiDevanathan tweaking the configurations on my new server, and participating in a demo of some software. That, and counting hours until I go on vacation! :P
@AarthiDevanathan yeah, although the strollers and infants seat (plus extra base) weren't a problem, since we were lucky enough to get them from baby shower presents
which makes me wonder why there isn't a toddler shower.....
@AarthiDevanathan from my (limited) experience, 1st birthday parties tend towards much less... practical gifts. Which I'm fine with (although he certainly isn't hurting for toys at this point!)
@AarthiDevanathan I can't listen to the audio here. I'm also not sure how competent I would be to evaluate it, as Hunter never showed any real interest in pacifiers
yesterday we went out for lunch. At the table next to us, there was a little boy about a year old, give or take a few months.
His parents put him in a high chair, and then set up a portable television in front of him, turned it on, and then enjoyed their meal while the child stared at the screen
am I some sort of Luddite for finding that to be unsettling?
i'm all for following the AAP's recommendation of "absolutely no TV before the age of 2", but I recognize that I'm in the very small minority with that
however, the really annoying part was that Hunter kept turning around in his seat to watch the TV, too
although he may very well have been more interested in the other kid
To quote one of my favorite songs, by the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: "Television: the drug of a nation. Breeding ignorance, and feeding radiation!"
also: "Where imagination is sucked out of children by a cathode ray nipple T.V. is the only wet nurse that would create a cripple"
yeah, none of their stuff is remotely up-beat. It is all very heavy with social commentary, but their commentary is, imo, very perceptive and accurate (and not at all flattering)