[Poll] The fannish baby boom.

[thefourthvine]

Okay, first, I want to thank everyone for the snowflake cookies. It was awesomely fun, particularly as that's the only snowfall we'll be seeing this year. (I know, I know, everyone who is currently buried in snow is saying, "Oh, my heart bleeds for you." Let me keep my snow fantasies, people!) Also, um, it turns out there's a setting you can have

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[musesfool]

I would bet that fans are probably having the same number - or fewer - babies now as ten years ago, but ten years ago, we were mostly on mailing lists, and so wouldn't have discussed it as regularly etc. So it just seems like more, because people post about it to their LJs instead of leaving it for private mail or off-topic list posts.

[cofax7]

Seconded. I think it's just a function of how we interact that we're more aware of people having babies.

[bitter_crimson]

I bet this also. Additionally, it's hard for me to gauge, b/c ten years ago, most of my fannish friends were my age (that is, in high school), and thus weren't really having many kids. Now I have a much wider range of ages in my fannish friends, in addition to being older myself.

[lapillus]

You see, I based my response on who I know who goes to cons who are having babies. I'm going to the same or fewer number of cons and the number of fans who are pregnant or not coming because they have a new little one in the last couple of years is much higher than I remember it being when I started in fandom.

[sdwolfpup]

My fannish circle seems to be having more children since I started LJ in 2003, but my fannish circle is also quite a bit larger than it was. This sure seemed like the year for babies amongst friends and acquaintances, though.

Also, we THINK we want another one, but we want to get through the first two years with this one first before we decide. *g*

[thefourthvine]

Yeah, I mean, I know more people having babies than I did the first year I was really active in fandom, but then I also know more people. And have access to more friends-locked posts. Plus, the people I met when I came in are older now and more likely to reproduce.

Also, we THINK we want another one, but we want to get through the first two years with this one first before we decide. *g*

That's exactly what we're doing: waiting until he's two to make the choice. I approve of this plan!

[bkwyrm]

Wish I'd thought of that - I waited until she was one, and still cute, to decide to have another one.
Actually, two is really pretty awesome and I recommend it.

[ninasis]

I said I have 2 and am expecting, but that might seem misleading since the one that I'm expecting will make #2. But since that's a week away I'm counting him as fully cooked. :)

[thefourthvine]

You definitely get to count him as a full baby, since even if he decides to pursue an early exit strategy he's still going home with you.

And, awwww, new baby. *hugs* to all four of you.

[cathalin]

I almost wasn't going to fill this in for time reasons, but saw "have three children" at Zero and just had to, because I like being different or something? *such a ~rebel* (and also because there are too many sane people responding, and obviously you needed someone insane, aka someone with more than two children).

I answered that it seems like more are having kids, but thinking back, I'm not sure if that's true, or it's just that lj brings out the talk about that kind of thing more. Yeah, you know what, I'm thinking it's the latter and maybe my vote should have been "it's the same as always."

If I haven't said recently, I love your musings/polls/recs/side-splittingly funny thoughts/child postings.<333

[thefourthvine]

I'm glad you filled it in. We need the voice of the crazy! Without it, how can the rest of us all congratulate each other on how sane we are?

Um. No, really, it's wonderful to have three children. I'm sure after a while you just don't even need sleep anymore, right?

If I haven't said recently, I love your musings/polls/recs/side-splittingly funny thoughts/child postings.<333

Awww, thank you. That is awesomely good to hear.

[cathalin]

Hee, exaaactly.

It's actually more that you realize that you will and should do *anything* for sleep, short of actually endangering a child in an immediate way. So, for example, M&Ms to keep a toddler awake in car until you get home because if toddler gets 30 seconds of sleep they will not nap and therefore you will not? YES. Show movie Fox and the Hound (WHY) to your two year old with their shirt clutched in your hand so you can drowse for an hour because they wake up at 5 a.m. on the dot every freaking morning for two years and only that movie will keep them quiet so you can sleep on the sofa? YES. Introduce actual television other than pbs because only "real" cartoons with bad guys will amuse your three year old son so you can nap when pregnant? YES

Ahem. Not that I have any personal experience with those examples or anything...

[redhedlvr]

You need a ticky for grandkids!

[thefourthvine]

Obviously the grandbaby boom should be its own poll!