I'm a proud new mother!

galadriel88 · 09-28-2002, 11:26 PM

....of 2 eggs!

At my school, eighth graders do what we call the egg baby project in Young Living class (you might know it as Home Ec), and well, it's that time of year! Yesterday my 2 girls were born: Aeryn Michele (named after you Aeryn!

Because I think it's sooo beautiful like that)and Aimee Grace.

They're adorable! Basically what we have to do is carry them around for about 5 days and do everything we would do with normal babies: rock them, play with them, change their diapers (kleenexes and tape), feed them, clothe them(barbie doll clothes) etc. and keep them safe and unharmed. So far mine are doing great! I just hope nobody kidnaps them

I have heard that it's a popular prank during egg baby time....

So anyhoo, have any of you had to do this in the past? Advice would be welcome!

Duddun · 09-29-2002, 12:03 AM

No i haven't im in seventh grade and our school doesn't do it I don't think.

***HOBBIT*** · 09-29-2002, 12:07 AM

wow that sounds really stupid. Luckily I have never taken home ec and any other silly elective like art. I take band (well, that is my elective and my only elective - it always has been. art would be stupid and i would get C's, computers would be waaay too easy for me, tech ed would not be fun for me, home ec - me cook? :P)

Home ec. here is called "Family Consumer Science" ha.

Duddun · 09-29-2002, 12:17 AM

My electives are band and Japanese, we don't have anything like home ec. Our choices are Japanese, French, Spanish, Band, TV productions, wood shop, Tech ed, and art. I play drums in our band, i wish i was in Jazz Band it's so much more fun you get to play the full drumset instead of just snare. What instrument do you play HOBBIT.

Hanza · 09-29-2002, 06:08 AM

What the hell is an elective???
Is it some kindof american thing?cos we certainly dont hav them here in England?

BeardofPants · 09-29-2002, 06:49 AM

I think electives are like option classes (as opposed to compulsory classes.) I know that we were allowed to choose a set number of classes per year to go with the compulsory ones.

Hanza · 09-29-2002, 07:10 AM

Oh right that would make sense

I've just started my GCSE's and decided to try Japanese
It's soooooooo hard!!!I haven't a clue sometimes

Arathorn · 09-29-2002, 07:25 AM

Good grief! I almost thought you had real live kids; and at your age!

Anyway, didn't you consider getting Tamagoche eggs instead? They're the battery-operated plastic eggs with digital creatures in 'em that you need to feed, tease, clean up when they poo, etc.

Hanza · 09-29-2002, 07:33 AM

Aw Arathorn i remember the craze of tamagotches. I had 2 and loved thaem both to bits until I dropped one in a puddle and smashed the other one when it wouldn't grow quick enough!!!!

Arathorn · 09-29-2002, 07:39 AM

Yeah, they take a lot of your time. Now there're PC based games that have something similar (artificial pets) like Black & White where you can have an animal totem who does things for you and learns from you depending on how you reward/punish him.

g88: Take care of those eggs... umm..yeah

***Earniel*** · 09-29-2002, 07:43 AM

Eggs? you mean like bird eggs? Why do you dress them up for? I'm unsure how dressing up a chick in diapers and barbieclothes will enhance your maternal skills.

It's a funny idea, though.

Hanza · 09-29-2002, 08:05 AM

Who cares if it helps you its just for fun!!!

Renille · 09-29-2002, 01:31 PM

Hee...they do that at my school, too. We call the class "Parenting." They make the students watch a childbirth on video before they give them the eggs. *yuck*
I've never taken the class or any other such classes. The electives I have this year are choir, anatomy, and Latin 3-4. All fun, and choir is easy. Except for the head Soprano whispering in our ears ALL block (90 minutes) " Watch the dynamics! Listen to the difference between piano and forte, sopranos! Be careful now, sopranos! Watch!"
It makes me want to be a 2nd soprano again,honestly. She's SO annoying. Oh well...have fun with your babies, G88!

emplynx · 09-29-2002, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by galadriel88
....of 2 eggs!

Bah! You scared me!
Anyway, at my school, the home-ec classes have these cool computerized babies that can cry and be fed and things. Then the teacher can get information from the baby to see if the person treated it right.

galadriel88 · 09-29-2002, 02:15 PM

Well Young Living isn't even an elective for us! All eighth graders have to take it - we have it first semster and Literature second semester. But it's fun.

An easy class - no homework except the projects! We also have to cross stitch in this class; that's the other project everybody associates with Young Living. But we won't have that till we get to the chapter on taking care of your clothes and such.

Quote:

Anyway, didn't you consider getting Tamagoche eggs instead? They're the battery-operated plastic eggs with digital creatures in 'em that you need to feed, tease, clean up when they poo, etc.

Ah, I remeber those! I had the little dog one. But I haven't seen those for several years, and besides, it costs a lot less to buy 3 or 4 dozen eggs than to buy that many electronic toys. I've heard of other schools that have electronic baby dolls that can actually cry and stuff, but those are really expensive and our school is on a budget, so the eggs will have to do.

Quote:

Eggs? you mean like bird eggs? Why do you dress them up for? I'm unsure how dressing up a chick in diapers and barbieclothes will enhance your maternal skills.

It's a funny idea, though.

They're regular chicken eggs, and the idea is that they're fragile like babies, so you have to keep them safe and unharmed, just like a real baby. THe difference is that eggs can't cry in the middle of the night, or pee and poop,a or anything like that. So we just have to keep it with us at all times and take care of it like we would a normal baby, as realistic as possible. We have to change it every 3 hours, feed it often, clothe it, rock it, play with it, etc. We improvise. And it's supposed to show us that we are NOT ready to be parents! If you can't handle an egg for 5 days, you can't handle a baby for several years.

Khadrane · 09-29-2002, 03:09 PM

How do you dress and egg in barbie clothes???? Anyway, I'm glad we don't have to do anything like that at my school. I'd probably break it and flunk the class. But congrats on your "children" I guess...

***Earniel*** · 09-29-2002, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by galadriel88
They're regular chicken eggs, and the idea is that they're fragile like babies, so you have to keep them safe and unharmed, just like a real baby. THe difference is that eggs can't cry in the middle of the night, or pee and poop,a or anything like that. So we just have to keep it with us at all times and take care of it like we would a normal baby, as realistic as possible. We have to change it every 3 hours, feed it often, clothe it, rock it, play with it, etc. We improvise. And it's supposed to show us that we are NOT ready to be parents! If you can't handle an egg for 5 days, you can't handle a baby for several years.

*rolls over floor laughing* Um...sorry. I've seen such things in a few American TVshows but I never thought it was done in RL too. The mental image of a class full of teenagers pampering eggs is jus...well...a bit hilarious.

Let's hope you don't have to hatch it like a mother hen too.

Khadrane · 09-29-2002, 06:15 PM

One question- Let's say one of the eggs breaks after school. Wouldn't it be pretty easy to just grab and egg out of the refridgerator and use that???

P.S. Earniel, the thought is pretty hilarious...

BeardofPants · 09-29-2002, 06:16 PM

So, do "Daddies" get to play at this game too?

Starr Polish · 09-29-2002, 07:28 PM

I was also required to take "Family Consumer Science" in junior high. It was stupid, but we never did the egg-baby thing. We didn't see the childbirth video until ninth-grade health, also a required class.

My high school offers WAY too many electives. Spanish, French, Art I and II, Sculpture, Drawinga nd Painting I and II, Computer classes, FCS classes, Band, choir...

This year my electives are Band, Choir, and Art...next year I'll probably take Photography. Whoo.

09-28-2002, 11:26 PM	#1
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	I'm a proud new mother! ....of 2 eggs! At my school, eighth graders do what we call the egg baby project in Young Living class (you might know it as Home Ec), and well, it's that time of year! Yesterday my 2 girls were born: Aeryn Michele (named after you Aeryn! Because I think it's sooo beautiful like that)and Aimee Grace. They're adorable! Basically what we have to do is carry them around for about 5 days and do everything we would do with normal babies: rock them, play with them, change their diapers (kleenexes and tape), feed them, clothe them(barbie doll clothes) etc. and keep them safe and unharmed. So far mine are doing great! I just hope nobody kidnaps them I have heard that it's a popular prank during egg baby time.... So anyhoo, have any of you had to do this in the past? Advice would be welcome! __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

09-29-2002, 12:03 AM	#2
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	No i haven't im in seventh grade and our school doesn't do it I don't think. __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

09-29-2002, 12:07 AM	#3
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	wow that sounds really stupid. Luckily I have never taken home ec and any other silly elective like art. I take band (well, that is my elective and my only elective - it always has been. art would be stupid and i would get C's, computers would be waaay too easy for me, tech ed would not be fun for me, home ec - me cook? :P) Home ec. here is called "Family Consumer Science" ha. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

09-29-2002, 12:17 AM	#4
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	My electives are band and Japanese, we don't have anything like home ec. Our choices are Japanese, French, Spanish, Band, TV productions, wood shop, Tech ed, and art. I play drums in our band, i wish i was in Jazz Band it's so much more fun you get to play the full drumset instead of just snare. What instrument do you play HOBBIT. __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

09-29-2002, 06:08 AM	#5
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	What the hell is an elective??? Is it some kindof american thing?cos we certainly dont hav them here in England? __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

09-29-2002, 06:49 AM	#6
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I think electives are like option classes (as opposed to compulsory classes.) I know that we were allowed to choose a set number of classes per year to go with the compulsory ones. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

09-29-2002, 07:10 AM	#7
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	Oh right that would make sense I've just started my GCSE's and decided to try Japanese It's soooooooo hard!!!I haven't a clue sometimes __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

09-29-2002, 07:25 AM	#8
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	galadriel88 Good grief! I almost thought you had real live kids; and at your age! Anyway, didn't you consider getting Tamagoche eggs instead? They're the battery-operated plastic eggs with digital creatures in 'em that you need to feed, tease, clean up when they poo, etc. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures... Last edited by Arathorn : 09-29-2002 at 07:35 AM.

09-29-2002, 07:33 AM	#9
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	Aw Arathorn i remember the craze of tamagotches. I had 2 and loved thaem both to bits until I dropped one in a puddle and smashed the other one when it wouldn't grow quick enough!!!! __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

09-29-2002, 07:39 AM	#10
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	Yeah, they take a lot of your time. Now there're PC based games that have something similar (artificial pets) like Black & White where you can have an animal totem who does things for you and learns from you depending on how you reward/punish him. g88: Take care of those eggs... umm..yeah __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

09-29-2002, 07:43 AM	#11
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Eggs? you mean like bird eggs? Why do you dress them up for? I'm unsure how dressing up a chick in diapers and barbieclothes will enhance your maternal skills. It's a funny idea, though. __________________ We are not things.

09-29-2002, 08:05 AM	#12
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	Who cares if it helps you its just for fun!!! __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

09-29-2002, 01:31 PM	#13
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	Hee...they do that at my school, too. We call the class "Parenting." They make the students watch a childbirth on video before they give them the eggs. yuck I've never taken the class or any other such classes. The electives I have this year are choir, anatomy, and Latin 3-4. All fun, and choir is easy. Except for the head Soprano whispering in our ears ALL block (90 minutes) " Watch the dynamics! Listen to the difference between piano and forte, sopranos! Be careful now, sopranos! Watch!" It makes me want to be a 2nd soprano again,honestly. She's SO annoying. Oh well...have fun with your babies, G88! __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

09-29-2002, 03:09 PM	#16
Khadrane Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle Earth (I wish) Posts: 670	How do you dress and egg in barbie clothes???? Anyway, I'm glad we don't have to do anything like that at my school. I'd probably break it and flunk the class. But congrats on your "children" I guess... __________________ Few know whither their road will take them till they come to its end. -Legolas FRODO LIVES! ABORTION IS HOMICIDE

09-29-2002, 06:15 PM	#18
Khadrane Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle Earth (I wish) Posts: 670	One question- Let's say one of the eggs breaks after school. Wouldn't it be pretty easy to just grab and egg out of the refridgerator and use that??? P.S. Earniel, the thought is pretty hilarious... __________________ Few know whither their road will take them till they come to its end. -Legolas FRODO LIVES! ABORTION IS HOMICIDE

09-29-2002, 06:16 PM	#19
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	So, do "Daddies" get to play at this game too? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

09-29-2002, 07:28 PM	#20
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	I was also required to take "Family Consumer Science" in junior high. It was stupid, but we never did the egg-baby thing. We didn't see the childbirth video until ninth-grade health, also a required class. My high school offers WAY too many electives. Spanish, French, Art I and II, Sculpture, Drawinga nd Painting I and II, Computer classes, FCS classes, Band, choir... This year my electives are Band, Choir, and Art...next year I'll probably take Photography. Whoo. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Top Ten movies NOT to see with your mother	hectorberlioz	Entertainment Forum	11	10-31-2007 11:35 PM
Story Beginning	Willow Oran	Writer's Workshop	8	03-16-2006 06:44 AM
Queen of England: Biggest Welfare Mother in History	Ruinel	General Messages	2	05-04-2004 01:58 PM
America the Proud?	Diaxion	General Messages	214	09-10-2003 12:08 AM
My mother, the voice of dubious reason on the rpg board	Kalile	RPG Forum	32	08-23-2003 09:04 PM