# I Don't Want To Be One Of \*Those\* Parents... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767 "2006-01-20T02:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/1 "2006-01-20T02:52:59Z")
…but holy crap, do we know how to make a [fricking cute baby](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Shayla&start=60&pic=Shayla063.JPG&picindex=62) or what? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/2 "2006-01-20T03:07:47Z")
Awww… Almost as cute as a kitten. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/3 "2006-01-20T03:57:50Z")
I love [this one](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Shayla&start=60&pic=Shayla062.JPG&picindex=61). “Heyyyyy, this place is kinda cool!” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/4 "2006-01-20T04:01:48Z")
Mom [looks so thrilled.](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Shayla&start=60&pic=Shayla065.JPG&picindex=64) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/5 "2006-01-20T04:12:47Z")
That’s one damn cute baby. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/6 "2006-01-20T04:33:55Z")
AAH! :: dies from cuteness :: Absolutely adorable, **Hal**. (That’s what AAH! stands for. 😛 ) Some captions with links: [“Hey, where did everyone go?”](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Shayla&start=60&pic=Shayla049.JPG&picindex=48) [“Boy am I tired. I think I’ll ju-zzzz …”](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Shayla&start=60&pic=Shayla050.JPG&picindex=49) [“PLHBTPLBPLHPH!!”](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Shayla&start=60&pic=Shayla041.JPG&picindex=40) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/7 "2006-01-20T05:35:19Z")
I notice that the picture info on your fist link says it was Fine Quality, too… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/8 "2006-01-20T05:53:05Z")
Adorable! ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/9 "2006-01-20T06:39:20Z")
She is adorable! Ewe should be so proud! Sorry, Mrs. Briston… I couldn’t resist! Kid really is cute, too! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/10 "2006-01-20T07:11:54Z")
Absolutely adorable! And don’t you dare worry about being one of “those” parents - you are morally, and perhaps even legally, obliged to consider your little girl to be the cutest baby ever to grace the earth with her presence. And she is. _We parents of older children are morally, and perhaps legally, obliged to indulge you._ ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/11 "2006-01-20T07:53:33Z")
Most babies are ugly. But yours? Genuine cutie. You guys have some skills. Go teach a class. 😃 Best wishes to you and yours, **Hal**. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/12 "2006-01-20T11:07:14Z")
Very nice looking child, congratulations. But if I’m not mistaken, she seems to be thinking “I want a sibling!” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/13 "2006-01-20T13:24:08Z")
She is adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/14 "2006-01-20T13:28:52Z")
[I dunno](http://www.bildungsservice.at/faecher/be/sachgebiete/visuelle_medien/bilder/comics/charlie%20brown1.jpg)… 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/15 "2006-01-20T13:35:05Z")
So you haven’t got a cat like all the other Dopers? Cute kid, except image 58 seems to show that she is actually a cyborg…clever trick. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/16 "2006-01-20T13:40:38Z")
Oh my! Look at this [one.](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Shayla&start=60&pic=Shayla067.JPG&picindex=66) Kitty _and_ baby! You done good, daddy. (And mommy!) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/17 "2006-01-20T13:56:15Z")
Why is it always plugged in? Is it battery powered? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/18 "2006-01-20T14:18:53Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > [I dunno](http://www.bildungsservice.at/faecher/be/sachgebiete/visuelle_medien/bilder/comics/charlie%20brown1.jpg)… Believe me, I’ve make that observation as well. Sometimes it looks like her head was drawn on with a compass. 🙂 > [@don't ask](#): > > So you haven’t got a cat like all the other Dopers? [Four of 'em](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/index.php?album=Pets), actually…and a dog. We got them during the years that we thought we wouldn’t be able to have kids. And now it’s too late to trade 'em in… > [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Why is it always plugged in? Is it battery powered? That’s an apnea monitor. She has this little habit of forgetting to breathe when she’s sleeping. After 15 seconds without taking a breath, we get a nice, ear-shredding alarm. And thanks for the praise, all. **InternetLegend** , you summed it up very nicely. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/19 "2006-01-20T17:22:10Z")
She’s very cute, but I would have expected her to be more… well… wooly. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767/20 "2006-01-20T17:31:03Z")
Since **Dolores** already posted the cutest picture: [Bwahahaha!](http://www.sirblah.com/photo/view.php?album=Shayla&start=30&pic=Shayla034.JPG&picindex=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-one-of-those-parents/340767.md?page=2)