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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, now I'm wondering if I came off sounding doubly smug in this situation: I show up at another family's house for a playdate. Other kid starts handing me diapers with Sesame street characters on them. I show them to my kid and say, "Look it's a bird! You haven't met him yet, but he's called Big bird" and then I turned to the parents, "sorry, she doesn't know what these are." (=potential mistake #1) They assumed I meant my kid didn't know what diapers are because we use cloth which is not at all what I meant. I already knew the cloth vs disposable confused might have seemed smug and I tried to clarify that's not what I was saying and my kid knows what a paper diaper looks like, but maybe the "oh, she doesn't know Sesame Street characters" comment could have also offended.

Ufh people - I hope we aren't all so sensitive in real life. [/quote]

I can't tell if you're serious or joking.  :shock:

If you're joking...good one.

If not. Lordy. I have NEVER told my 18mo son "you haven't met him yet" or told anybody "he doesn't know who this is." Because he doesn't care, and nobody else cares!!!When ds points at something at the store I say "yes, that's Mickey Mouse!" or if I'm at somebody's house and they hand him a toy I say "look! Spongebob!" And that's that. You really must explain why you have a need to INTRODUCE the character and EXPLAIN to anybody whether your kid is familiar with the Big Bird or not. Really. [/quote]

Not the PP you're quoting, but I can totally see myself doing/saying something like the above because I'm generally awkward and/or naive, and I'm a master at putting my foot into my mouth.  I explain everything under the sun to 7 mo old DS because I don't know what to do with him half the time except talk to him!  So I basically speak stream-of-consciousness to him most of the time.  For what it's worth, I'm certain I'll be that mom everyone looks down on for not keeping their child away from marketing, Disney, whatever.  I have yet to spend 2 minutes thinking about whether DS should grow up knowing who sponge bob is or not.  I just want him to be happy.[/quote]

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