[sohmer]

I don’t have issue with the fact that my son is only 1 month old, yet has accumulated more stuff than I’ve managed in 31 years. No, where I have issue is that my son’s things are so much better than my own.

Let me give you an example.

I have a blanket on my bed, it’s one of those duvet things that the women folk love, and it’s filled with the comforter stuff inside. Great blanket, keeps me warm. Probably one of the best blankets out there. Or so I thought.

Caden has about 17 blankets, each made of this soft material that makes a Dove feel like steel wool. Each of his blankets are softer than the next.

My question is, why don’t I have a blanket made out of that same material? Obviously the technology exists to make such comfortable blankets. Why don’t I have one my size?

Why don’t I have a towel with a hood on it that makes me look like a frog?

Why don’t I have socks with rubber soles on the bottom for better traction?

Why don’t I have a giant onesie with a clever saying on it?

That seem right to you?

It’s a baby’s world, folks, we just live in it. Less comfortably.

- Because I can.

Quote of the Day

“I wanna talk about how bad you make this room look. I never knew what a dump it was until you came in here.”
-from Crazy Heart (2009)

[Sierra]

There are grown-up socks with rubber on the bottom, at least for women. I got a pair at Target of all places, and they are warm and soft and I love them more than I probably should. They're usually with all of the fuzzy socks or with the slippers when you go looking for them.

[Hobbes]

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Why don’t I have a towel with a hood on it that makes me look like a frog?

I too would like to know the answer to this question. It seems a massive injustice.

[AJER]

I have a pair of those socks. They have them at Bath and body Works, Idk if they have those up in Canada but they also have aloe in it which is good for your feet. I know this because I work there, and no, I am not gay. For the blankets, you could always steal his and sew them together. maybe even form a comforter cover and then you could just put your comforter in it and on both sides you get baby soft blankets!! And people will buy him more of those blankets so, in the end, with a little work and possibly minimal cost to yourself, you could have a better hybrid blanket/comforter. As for the others, I got nothing.

[Distant Traveller]

My niece has the following things I want:
a) a fluffy coat with ears that makes her look like a bear.
a towel along the frog front but it is a duck
c) a gro-bag (which is like a sleeping bag with arm holes)
d) a panda hat, not unlike Eric's in the recent arc.

Jealous....

[Ms.t.]

Little kids have all the awesome stuff! They need to make a little more of that in our sizes. Particularly mine.

[mythicgriffon]

I agree, the babies life is luxurious one.

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Caden has about 17 blankets, each made of this soft material that makes a Dove feel like steel wool. Each of his blankets are softer than the next.

My daughter has a blanket just like these that she carries around everywhere she goes, just like Linus from the peanuts comic-strip. My jealousy knows no bounds...

[Ash1505]

Wait until you try the baby foods; especially the apple juice. I swear it was like the end of the world when my husband realized that the stuff they make for babies tastes much better than the stuff we normally drink.

[Rigu-chan]

I KNOW RIGHT?! My baby, Theo, is only slightly younger than Caden.
He has somehow managed to TAKE OVER THE HOUSE.

Also why DO baby socks have rubber on the bottom? It's not like they can walk yet.

Here's my question: when did we become too old for swings? Theo LOVES his swing. Why are there not grownup-sized swings? (I mean ACTUAL SWINGS, not sex swings, you pervs .)

[Terrwyn]

Everything you can get for your beby you can get in adult size, from furniture ot clothes to bottle and pacifiers.. and yes even your blamkes... you just have to knw where to look, lol. (Don't ask, just laugh! LOL)

Forever a Kid

The Cutest One of All.

[Ferragus]

The socks are easy to come by. Just follow these steps:

Come to the USA, get very sick and stay at least three days in the hospitial. Survive (This is important, because of course without this part, you don't get to keep the socks).

While at the hospital, they will give you a pair of those marvelous socks! Absolutely Free! Really, they never even showed up on my bill.

Based on exhaustive personal research, you won't get the socks if you're stay is less then three days.

Once your home and all the horrible mind numbing medicines are out of your system, you will be able to fully enjoy your new socks with the rubber grippy bits on the bottom!

See, that's not hard!

Enjoy!

[Ads322]

I'm still laughing at the bit about the frog towel. I can just imagine Sohmer wearing one.

[Mouseyy]

I would also love to have a onsie, they're just TOO comfy and adorable.
They make babies so much more nice to snuggle than they already are too.

Soooo, I found these websites devoted to footie onsies

Pajama City

Jumpin' Jammerz

Footzies <----- these ones even have the rubbery stuff on the bottom of the feet!!!

Snug-as-a-bug

[zujin]

Y'know those sneakers that some little kids have nowadays, the ones with the wheels in the heel. I think they're called heelies? Anyway, ever since they came out I've wanted a pair, but they don't come in my size.

[That Jeff]

Well, if you're wanting one of those sleeper onesies, isn't a Snuggie essentially the same thing? I hear they even advertise on TV for them. (That was mild sarcasm.) And as for the blankets, I doubt Caden needs all seventeen of them; steal a few and sew them together....

[Krelo]

For the blanket . . . have your delightful wife (or someone else that you know who can sew) make you a blanket of that amazingly soft material. I'm sure that you can even find it in a Transformers print if your local fabric shop is well stocked enough. I'm in the process of making my god-daughter a tie edged quilt out of that magnificently soft stuff that's all pink and Disney princessey, so . . . I'm SURE you can find something appropriate

Here'sd a site for a company that makes those amazingly soft blankets in size EXTRA-huge
http://www.minkydeli...kyblankets.html

As for the frog headed towel . . . you're on your own there!

This post has been edited by Krelo: 04 March 2010 - 11:56 AM

[zdhusn]

And they get squeaky shoes. SQUEAKY SHOES!!!!

[AsmodeusLore]

You know that the next convention you are at, you are going to get people handing you Red Bull, and Rubber-soled Socks.

[Nadeshko Kikyo]

i too have always found this to be a great injustice, all baby or children clothes are not only softer, they are also cooler my nephews all have these really cool wardrobe, and lets not get started on the shoes, the sneakers are coolers in fun size that are in adult size, for this i say sketchers should up size their kids models

[Tanzier]

I'm with you on all of this. But you forgot one thing:

Why don't I have a giant to carry me around, feed me, bath me, clothe me and buy me everything I need?

sohmer, on 04 March 2010 - 07:44 AM, said:

I don’t have issue with the fact that my son is only 1 month old, yet has accumulated more stuff than I’ve managed in 31 years. No, where I have issue is that my son’s things are so much better than my own.

Let me give you an example.

I have a blanket on my bed, it’s one of those duvet things that the women folk love, and it’s filled with the comforter stuff inside. Great blanket, keeps me warm. Probably one of the best blankets out there. Or so I thought.

Caden has about 17 blankets, each made of this soft material that makes a Dove feel like steel wool. Each of his blankets are softer than the next.

My question is, why don’t I have a blanket made out of that same material? Obviously the technology exists to make such comfortable blankets. Why don’t I have one my size?

Why don’t I have a towel with a hood on it that makes me look like a frog?

Why don’t I have socks with rubber soles on the bottom for better traction?

Why don’t I have a giant onesie with a clever saying on it?

That seem right to you?

It’s a baby’s world, folks, we just live in it. Less comfortably.

- Because I can.

Quote of the Day

“I wanna talk about how bad you make this room look. I never knew what a dump it was until you came in here.”
-from Crazy Heart (2009)