Eww factor
I didn't bronze the children's shoes, but my mother has my brother's still. Pretty cute, to be honest. When I worked in newsrooms, the reporters and photogs teased me about my shrines to my son on my desk. I haven't worked in a newsroom since the second and third children have been born of there would have been giant montages of them around my desk. But, here is a nasty new trend that I hope dies soon. These sickos are saving their baby's umbilical cord in acrylic resin or even gold plating it.
Ewww. I have heard of people saving their kidney stones or gall stones and stuff, but don't put that crap on your desk.
Ewww.
Ewww. I have heard of people saving their kidney stones or gall stones and stuff, but don't put that crap on your desk.
Ewww.
12 Comments:
At 11:02 AM, November 30, 2004,
blessed-with-3 said…
Well, I must admit it, I'm weird. Not that you will be surprised by that news flash!! No, I don't have the kids' umbilical cords gold plated, but, some might think this is just as bad! When J's (baby #1) umbilical stump dried up and fell off (I affectionately called it "Mr. Stumpy") I saved it on top of his dresser for months. It disgusted Eric to no end and several times he tried to throw it away. It was only months later, when I saw the cat had gotten a hold of it and was chewing on it, that I finally threw it away. Oh, and for the record, I also had a vacuum packed bag of my gallstones saved in my rolltop desk for years, too, before I threw them away. There, now all my skeletons are out of the closet!! Still proud to be related to me? :O)
At 11:22 AM, November 30, 2004,
Alli said…
Ok Ewww. Thats gross and I don't even see a cuteness factor. *shudder*
At 11:24 AM, November 30, 2004,
Alli said…
This is Alli, by the way.
At 12:57 PM, November 30, 2004,
Army of Mom said…
Ok sis-in-law, that is just plain nasty. I think I saved Boo's stump for a few weeks in his babybook and then it just grossed me out, so I chunked it. It is gross the things we get attached to!
At 1:52 PM, November 30, 2004,
LaLa said…
Not that I have it on display, but I do have it... and something worse...
At 2:57 PM, November 30, 2004,
JD said…
Back when my wife was expecting we took a Lamaze class. The instructor (Lamazette?) was going through some things we would need to make decisions about and mentioned that we would have to decide what to do with the placenta. I said "What do you mean by 'do'?", thinking that I should trust the medical folks to use their normal judgement. She told us that in some cultures it would be eaten or even buried in the yard. I asked her what would happen if I buried it and the dog dug it up. She gave me a very impatient look.
During the delivery we let the medical folks take care of things. None of the nurses popped up and asked us if we wanted anything for the scap book. I think our Lamazette was out there a bit.
JD
At 3:55 PM, November 30, 2004,
Unknown said…
Maybe I'll tell the story on my blog one day about how I ended up rescuing a girl from a cult that were eating her baby's placenta. Raw, I believe.
Regarding odd baby book fare, I have 3 of my sons foreskins displayed, as well as their belly stems. My mom kept a page in mine to mount all of the things I had swallowed she had been able to recover from my diaper. Lots of buttons and coins and stuff.
At 4:00 PM, November 30, 2004,
gone_1 said…
I'm going to be in the corner, yakking up my lunch.
To think, I'm missing all this by not having kids.
At 6:52 PM, November 30, 2004,
Unknown said…
Funny thing, Kat, those foreskins look just like little mini-pork rinds.
At 7:31 PM, November 30, 2004,
Army of Mom said…
Oh, now THAT is gross.
Thanks sis-in-law for getting this thread of comments started. :)
At 9:36 PM, November 30, 2004,
Astrosmith said…
Have y'all read this book called "Birthing From Within"? It's a weird-ass pregnancy book for hippies or something.
Anyway, they had a couple of ideas for what to do with your placenta...
One, you could dip it in paint and make a print of it to frame and hang in your baby's room.
Two, you could plant a tree, and place the placenta at the bottom of the hole you dug. Then as the kid grows, you can tell them, "That's your tree!"
That's all I remember...use your imagination! 101 Things You Can Do With Your Placenta!
At 8:54 AM, December 01, 2004,
Army of Mom said…
That is pretty disgusting. I've heard the old wives' tale about burying the placenta, but that is downright nasty. I suppose it is more practically done if you have an at-home birth. I mean, seriously, what else were they supposed to do with it when birthing babies at home? The whole eating it thing is nasty. I would have loved to see the Lamaze teacher's face when asking about such things. I remember wanting to bank the baby's cord blood because it can be helpful in certain health situations in the future, but it costs hundreds to thousands of dollars to do and we don't have that kind of disposable income. Would have been nice though. But, that would have been stored in some sterile facility, not on my fireplace mantle. Ack.
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