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Jan. 12th, 2011 09:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holytoastrSomehow my office decided that the person with the least maternal instinct should be the one to go shopping for the baby shower. I greatly disapprove.
The whole experience filled me with madness too. I learned that you can either have a pink girl or a blue boy. No other colors exist for babies. Not even in the wrapping paper section. It was madness. How do people shop for couples that want to be surprised what the baby will be? And what if the parents don't want the baby to be brought up in strict gender roles?
Such people are not allowed to exist.
In the end, I got her a pack of bottles, a pack of diapers, a towel in the shape of a shark, and a clown fish bath sponge. All very neutral! Those were my small triumphs.
Then I was totally defeated by clothing. There was one section for newborn girls and one section for newborn boys. They were completely color coded. I got two BLUE onsies. One says something like eat, sleep, cry. I figured that could apply to any baby so did not violate my standards. The other one says something like, "mommy's big guy" or something like that. It had a dinosaur on it. Dinosaurs are awesome, so I let that one break the rules.
Another reason I should have been the last one to go shopping? I have to carry all this junk on the bus! And then the train! And then walk several blocks in the freezing cold. All while carrying all this stuff. Greeeaaaaaaat....
The whole experience filled me with madness too. I learned that you can either have a pink girl or a blue boy. No other colors exist for babies. Not even in the wrapping paper section. It was madness. How do people shop for couples that want to be surprised what the baby will be? And what if the parents don't want the baby to be brought up in strict gender roles?
Such people are not allowed to exist.
In the end, I got her a pack of bottles, a pack of diapers, a towel in the shape of a shark, and a clown fish bath sponge. All very neutral! Those were my small triumphs.
Then I was totally defeated by clothing. There was one section for newborn girls and one section for newborn boys. They were completely color coded. I got two BLUE onsies. One says something like eat, sleep, cry. I figured that could apply to any baby so did not violate my standards. The other one says something like, "mommy's big guy" or something like that. It had a dinosaur on it. Dinosaurs are awesome, so I let that one break the rules.
Another reason I should have been the last one to go shopping? I have to carry all this junk on the bus! And then the train! And then walk several blocks in the freezing cold. All while carrying all this stuff. Greeeaaaaaaat....
