From: Alex 
Sent: 06 February 2009 17:56
To: Social
Subject: Newborn babies

Hello social,

A few months ago I wrote to social for advice about weddings and wedding
gifts. That worked out well for me, so once again I invite you to help 
me with something that's never happened in my life.

A good friend of mine is currently pregnant. She's going to burst in 
about a week (that's how it works, right? The baby tears through your 
stomach like the thing in Alien?) and presumably there's something I 
should do to herald this new arrival. Does one buy gifts? If so, what? 
Do I give her a card? A bottle of wine ("Congratulations, you can go 
back to ingesting whatever you want")? All advice gratefully received.


In return, I offer you the following advice that I learnt the hard way: 
new mothers like to show off the new things they've bought for their 
babies - prams, cots, clothes, etc. Two things my friend has bought is a
vegetable steamer and a blender. Here's what not to say:

Me: "Neat. That's for bathing the baby, right? Steam-cleaning them makes
     them super hygienic."
Her: "Erm, no. Besides, I don't think he'd fit in it."
Me: "I know. That's what the blender's for."


Expectant mothers will not find this funny.

-- 
Alex                                  .~. 
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