So This weekend has been a real adventure for me.
So I am taking a class in school called Adult Roles and we have been learning about marriage and families. To teach us how hard a baby really is they are having us take care of an electronic baby. I just got to say it's been really fun and stressful at the same time taking care of the "baby"
I got her Friday after school and at 3pm she officialy turned on. We were in the car on our way to walmart when she first went off. She wanted a bottle and so it wasn't that hard to feed her a bottle while still in the car since I wasn't driving. She took about 15-20 minutes to "eat". While we were in Walmart she was good when I was holding her and either rocking her, feeding her a bottle, or burping her. She probably cried about 3-4 times during the 30ish minutes that we were at walmart. Later on that night when I was eatting my dinner she decided that she wanted to cry. I don't know if she knew I was eatting or what but it was kinda hard to eat and take care of the baby at the same time. But I did figure it all out and was able to finish my dinner while taking care of her.
There was also a basketball game that night that some friends and I decided that we were gonna go to since it was the last game of the season. Of course I had to take Layla with me and that was pretty interesting. I dressed her up in one of my Lehi shirts that way she can show her school spirit it for her "mommy's" school. She did really good at the game till after half time. Then she sharted to cry. She needed to be rocked which took awile to do and I ended up going out into the hall with Kellsie to rock her. We were able to get her to be quiet to get back into the game to finish watching the game. It was a really great game. Then as we were leaving she decided that she needed a diaper change so as we are standing right outside of the school Kellsie dug in the diaper bag for the diaper as I took her diaper off of her while standing up and holding her then we put the new diaper on her as fast as we could.
My first night with her went okay I guess. She woke up a total of 4-5 times during the night. Most of the time she just wanted to have a bottle but there was one time that she wanted a diaper change.
Saterday was my 2nd day and the full day I had with her. She did really good throughout the whole day. She didn't cry that much and the day went really good. There was one part when I was at the dollar store with some friends that I got a really rude comment(s) from some lady who didn't seem to believe me that the baby was fake and for a class and she said some things she really shouldn't have said to me and she jumped to things that she shouldn't have and even though all the stuff she presumed and yelled at me about isn't true it still hurts on what she said to me. It may not be a real baby and she didn't say anything about the baby. She just said things to me about teen parents and then made assumptions on things about me as a person and on my own personal life that isn't true and she don't even know me so she doesn't know my personal life. I really don't understand why some people have to be so rude and just jump to things without even knowing things at all.
Oh well...moving on....
Later on that night I got to babysit for a family in my ward(church) and that was a great experince that I got. It was really easy since Layla was good for me and I got to learn how to do things while holding a baby.
Last night (the last night with her) was really nice and easy. She only woke up twice really. She woke up at 5 am wanting a diaper change then a bottle oh and also to be burped. She then woke up at 7:30 which is the time I needed to get up at anyways for today.
She did really good at church today. She was on quiet time but she did cry once and that was during sacrment meeting. She did a loud scream and just wanted to be rocked. She calmed down really quick so that was nice. She was quiet for the rest of church till church got over and then she cried after church wanting a diaper change.
She is now off. She turned off at 3:00 pm today and I'm kinda sad she's off but yet I'm glade that she is. It was a great learning experience. I learned that babies are not that easy as you may think they are and that they need to be taken care of when they cry and you never know what it is going to be for. I know that I won't be having a real baby for a long time. Not till I've been married for awhile and both me and my future husband feel that it is the right time to start having kids. They are a big responsibility and you don't always have someone there to help you out when you need the help. I have learned a lot from this assignment and I feel as if there are not enough words out there to express how I feel from this assignment and all of what I have learned. I recommend that if you want to learn how hard it is without really having a baby to get a hold of one of these electronic babies and to take care of it for awhile just so that way you know truly how hard it can be.
That is all I have to say for now.
Till next time
PEACE!!!!
xoxo
Rae
