This weekend i am taking home a mechanical baby for childcare class in school. Any tips? Has anyone done this before, what was it like?
2007-05-03 12:41:51 · 8 answers · asked by xoxl3eachl3abexox 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
You get mechanical babies? We had to carry around sacks of flour. Mine was kidnapped and held for ransom.
2007-05-03 12:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by e_imommy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know but I think that is an AWESOME idea! With teen pregnancy rates so high, I think every school should do this.
Tips: probably hold the baby a lot and make sure to feed it and check the diaper every 2 hours. These things are meant to teach you that you have to carry the baby with you everywhere and that they need a lot of attention. Don't lose the poor thing! :-)
Ha ha! Reading these other comments is cracking me up! My real baby had that same problem. She would not stop crying unless I held her all the time. I could not take her batteries out! LOL!
2007-05-03 12:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by purplebinky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to comment on "motherhood is the act of giving birth." I had 2 C-sections. Does that make me not a mother, then? I've never given birth. Does the fact that I couldn't have immediate skin-to-skin contact with my kids, or that it took them over 12 hours to be interested in breastfeeding, mean that I'm not a real mum? That's what you are suggesting. Or is adoption somehow 'different'? You can't have it both ways. These things are ideal. They are not essential, and they don't determine whether or not you are a mother or have a real bond with your child. It really doesn't help when people use the fact that adopted babies never have certain desirable things from their adoptive parents to infer that anyone who can't give those things to their babies, adopted or natural, is somehow inferior and can't possibly have bonded with their child. We don't all get to have the perfect birth experience.
2016-05-19 23:22:23 · answer #3 · answered by salina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did it and I truly think that the baby that I got was defective because no matter what I did the baby would not stop crying. It was a long time ago but I think I finally just took the battery out so it would shut up. Needless to say I failed.
2007-05-03 12:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer K 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
ok i didnt do early childhood at school but i ended up baby sitting heaps of those things, if they are crying try feeding if that doesnt help make sure the nappy sensor is attachted still doesnt stop take the nappy off but it back on. MAKE SURE THE HEAD DOES NOT GET PUSHED BACKWARDS you will fail.
2007-05-03 12:55:04 · answer #5 · answered by ~*~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ugh. My brother did. I couldn't sleep that night. Neither could my parents or him. It wouldn't stop crying! You leave it alone for a few seconds it crys again! Horrible experience!
Good Luck! Follow directions and treat it like a real baby!
Again Good Luck!
Remember to be patient!
2007-05-03 12:48:16 · answer #6 · answered by SimplyLinh 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots of Holding, Rocking, and Snuggling!!
Oh...don;t forget to change the diaper every few hours and feed every 3 hours!!!
2007-05-03 12:49:58 · answer #7 · answered by sflangel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't leave it laying around.
2007-05-03 12:44:35 · answer #8 · answered by sammy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋