Let There Be Babybook

Posted by Emily Farris

 

We have a bunch of friends who just had babies. Like, six couples within the last two weeks. And while we love you, and we love your babies (we really do!), we don't need to know every time your baby takes a shit, and frankly, we don't care that much.

We know you're excited, and we know that you care, and that's great and all, but do you really need to update your Facebook status to reflect your newborn's every move? Because remember when we said we loved your baby? Even though we want to look at baby pictures and drool over him every once in a while, you're actually making it very hard for us to love him right now.

Before you get all defensive, we have a solution we hope will work for everybody.

See, there are people who do care that you're having trouble deciding between Seventh Generation and Huggies diapers. There are other parents out there who are updating their status every five minutes and clogging their friends' feeds with 20 copies of the exact same picture except they're not the exact same picture because the baby's head might be at a different angle or his eyes might be open in this one.

You should be with those people.

That's why we want someone to start Babybook.com. It's like Facebook, but for people with babies. And when we want to see baby pictures we'll go look at Babybook and when we want to come home drunk and poke random dudes and not have to think about what might happen if that poke turns into more, we'll go to Facebook.

It worked for Nerve. When all the hookups resulted in baby-making Babble was born. Nerve keeps its edge, and when we want to talk about Ritalin and poopy diapers, we go to Babble.

Yes, we know someone is squatting at Babybook.com, but this will be big, we promise. Please just give us some credit. And $10,000.

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Comments

afellowgirl said:

A few of us came up with this idea last year, actually. . . unfortunately my husband the web developer hasn't had the time to do any programming and we all kind of dropped the ball.  I'm totally going to kick myself in the ass when it blows up, and somebody else gets rich off it.

July 15, 2008 3:37 PM

jenny said:

Fantastic idea.  

I don't know what happened.  I turn 26 and suddenly EVERYONE ON MY GAWDDAMNED FACEBOOK IS EITHER KNOCKED UP, OR TRYING TO GET KNOCKED UP.  Particularly the high school colleagues (who, like those of scanner Emily, have all ended up fat, oily, and prematurely aged tee hee).

Daily status updates include "Erin 's ovulating!!!111" and "Catherine still recovering from torn vagina" and I feel that it will never go away.  That the pre-pregnancy chatter.  Then there are the status updates (and the photos, oh god the photos) of chapped nipples, cradle cap, assorted contraptions, and happiness.  It's fucking sick.  Here I am travelling the world, working semi-glamourous jobs, getting excessively educated, and having cinematic love affairs, but is that interesting?  Nope.  Know why?  Because I have an untested uterus.

Fucking suburbs.  I'm so glad I moved my self-righteous ass out when I was 17!!

I'm not REALLY this bitter.  Okay, just a little. :o)

July 15, 2008 4:37 PM

Hamish said:

I think you'll find the problem is not baby-related status updates, but status updates from boring people.

John is eating his dinner.

Betty is looking forward to the end of her working day.

Charles is watching his newborn son learn about the effects of gravity.

William is wishing he didn't have to commute.

Laura is getting excited about her holiday.

July 16, 2008 11:33 AM

George Paul said:

An announcement facility for new borns exists at GHQ.com

August 6, 2008 12:47 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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