The joys of being a doctor, and apparently a parent
So I've been reading Jeff Vogel's discussions about his first year or so of parenting. Much of it is amusing, in a "smile and nod" sort of way. And then there was this, on TV and movie "newborns":
First, the baby always comes out impossibly clean. Second, it comes out impossibly huge. Now, instead of "How cute!", I'm more likely to say something like "Oooh! How cu ... wait a second! It's a six-month-old! She gave birth to a six-month-old! Oh my God! She had it in her until the start of the sixth trimester! Look how big its head is! How did that thing fit out of her? It must have gutted her like a trout!!!!"
Which I've thought for years, and which made me laugh quite a bit. Now I do realize why they do this; filming requires multiple takes, hot lights, and being routinely manhandled, and most parents aren't down with that happening to their newborn, whereas the 6 month old is going to be having fun, since they like being thrown around in said fashion (they're not so happy with the bright lights, but there's always a price for fun). But it's always made me laugh when they present "mom" with her "newborn" who has better head control than the last drunk adolescent I saw in the ED.
First, the baby always comes out impossibly clean. Second, it comes out impossibly huge. Now, instead of "How cute!", I'm more likely to say something like "Oooh! How cu ... wait a second! It's a six-month-old! She gave birth to a six-month-old! Oh my God! She had it in her until the start of the sixth trimester! Look how big its head is! How did that thing fit out of her? It must have gutted her like a trout!!!!"
Which I've thought for years, and which made me laugh quite a bit. Now I do realize why they do this; filming requires multiple takes, hot lights, and being routinely manhandled, and most parents aren't down with that happening to their newborn, whereas the 6 month old is going to be having fun, since they like being thrown around in said fashion (they're not so happy with the bright lights, but there's always a price for fun). But it's always made me laugh when they present "mom" with her "newborn" who has better head control than the last drunk adolescent I saw in the ED.