Comments on: Layers of Observation http://thismommygig.org/2008/07/10/layers-of-observation/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:17:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: This Mommy Gig » Blog Archive » Didn’t he get the memo? http://thismommygig.org/2008/07/10/layers-of-observation/#comment-974 This Mommy Gig » Blog Archive » Didn’t he get the memo? Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:30:18 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=298#comment-974 [...] quite mindful of Christian’s earlier post here and our tendency to make too much out of brief singular moments in the life of our first child.  [...] [...] quite mindful of Christian’s earlier post here and our tendency to make too much out of brief singular moments in the life of our first child.  [...]

]]> By: Kate http://thismommygig.org/2008/07/10/layers-of-observation/#comment-906 Kate Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:47:58 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=298#comment-906 Christian - Loved the video :-) I think these things a lot of the time as well and take a LOT of pictures of my kids (not a lot of video, though). Honestly, at this point of motherhood, if there's not a picture of it, it might as well not have happened because I just won't remember it. The few things I DO remember without the photographic proof are the nights with sleepy (or not so sleepy) hungry newborns when it was just the baby and me awake in the house. No pictures, but the memories are there. However, there are SO many things that I don't have at the front of my brain, but looking through pictures brings me back to so vividly - the oodles of pics ARE worth it! I have to admit that I have fewer pictures of baby #2 than I do of baby #1 and I think that's ok. As I said earlier, we don't do a lot of video and I think it's just because I NEVER remember to. The few moments that we do have on tape are treasured, though - and I'm sure will only get more so as we go on. As for the blogging aspect, well, that's a whole new ballgame. No one knows how these poor "Truman Show" children will turn out and I actually spend a lot of time picturing my daughter and son as teenagers or adults going back and reading my posts about them. I keep that thought in my mind every time I mention them.......and actually anything I write online. I see a lot of parenting blogs that are nothing but complaints about the horrors of parenthood and I really wonder how their children will feel about that later on. We'd all like to at least *pretend* that our parents enjoyed raising us, no? Ok, enough with the book - thanks for a great post :-) Christian -

Loved the video :-) I think these things a lot of the time as well and take a LOT of pictures of my kids (not a lot of video, though).
Honestly, at this point of motherhood, if there’s not a picture of it, it might as well not have happened because I just won’t remember it.

The few things I DO remember without the photographic proof are the nights with sleepy (or not so sleepy) hungry newborns when it was just the baby and me awake in the house. No pictures, but the memories are there. However, there are SO many things that I don’t have at the front of my brain, but looking through pictures brings me back to so vividly - the oodles of pics ARE worth it!

I have to admit that I have fewer pictures of baby #2 than I do of baby #1 and I think that’s ok. As I said earlier, we don’t do a lot of video and I think it’s just because I NEVER remember to. The few moments that we do have on tape are treasured, though - and I’m sure will only get more so as we go on.

As for the blogging aspect, well, that’s a whole new ballgame. No one knows how these poor “Truman Show” children will turn out and I actually spend a lot of time picturing my daughter and son as teenagers or adults going back and reading my posts about them. I keep that thought in my mind every time I mention them…….and actually anything I write online. I see a lot of parenting blogs that are nothing but complaints about the horrors of parenthood and I really wonder how their children will feel about that later on. We’d all like to at least *pretend* that our parents enjoyed raising us, no?

Ok, enough with the book - thanks for a great post :-)

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